Lending & Credit
Philippine banks' NPL dropped to an all-time low of 2%
Philippine banks' NPL dropped to an all-time low of 2%
It's a 54-bp improvement from last year.
Singapore banks' mortgage loans to grow by 8% in 2013
Thanks to natural new home buyers and HDB upgraders.
Thailand's SCB aims for double-digit lending growth
Siam Commercial Bank unveiled its plans for 2013 to boost growth.
China banks' total social financing reaches record high of RMB15.8t
Loosening monetary conditions continue.
Household loan growth hits 6-year high in S. Korea
South Korean banks' household loans grew at the fastest pace in six years in December.
Here's how China banks' credit growth will be robust in 2013
Credit growth may reach 20% in 1H13.
S.Korean banks to tighten lending in Q1
Credit risks will force South Korean banks to tighten lending practices in the first quarter.
Japan Post Bank to offer housing loans
Japan Post Bank has been conditionally allowed by the government to launch three new businesses.
India's Dena Bank to restructure SME loans
Dena Bank announced it will work out a loan restructuring package for SMEs.
UBS to face Hong Kong interest rate misconduct probe
Hong Kong is investigating UBS over the Asian financial center’s benchmark interest rate.
China targets CNY9t new loans for FY13
It's up from the CNY8t target in FY12.
Indian banks admit massive losses to fraud
Duped out of US$817 million in the last financial year.
China's November loan figures 'roughly in-line'
Mainland banks lent out CNY530b of new loans.
Indonesia's SME loan requirement may hurt foreign banks
Foreign banks could reel from Indonesia's new requirement to lend 20% to SMEs.
Why Asian banks must revamp their SME divisions
The latest strategy to aggressively grow unsecured loans to the SME segment, underpinned by the hopes of earning mega bucks to make up for the...
Why Chinese banks must mull over bailing out shadow banking
Check out what Barclays has to say.
China's Big Four lent out CNY168b in November
That is lower than October's CNY220b.
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