Lending & Credit
Alibaba to finance Guangdong's small businesses
Alibaba to finance Guangdong's small businesses
Alibaba will offer collateral-free credit loans to small business owners in Guangdong Province. It is building up its financing arm to tap its...
Loan penetration extremely low in ASEAN
Guess which country has the lowest loan penetration at 30% of GDP?
Loan growth in Malaysia to slow to 11% in 2013F
Rate of compression is likely to ease as well.
S.Korean banks told to support risky debtors
South Korea wants to prevent bank customers from becoming credit delinquents via a pre-workout program.
Philippine bank lending up 16.2%
Loan releases of Philippine commercial banks increased 16.2 percent to P3.219 trillion for the full year 2012.
Thailand's KTB, Exim Bank provide attractive SME loans
Krungthai Bank will increase its SME loans by Bt55 billion this year.
Bangkok Bank to benefit from Thailand's first-ever SME loan cycle since 1997
SME loans accounts for 90% of its loan book.
Chinese banks' medium- to long-term loans finally rebound after a 2-month decline
Loans were up RMB309.8b in January.
Why we can't expect much from Bank Rakyat Indonesia's net interest income growth until 2014
Awaiting the delayed effect of BRI's 2011 revitalization programme.
Massive Wenzhou debt might wreck Chinese financial reforms
Court cases on private financing jumped to 20,000 in 2012.
Indian Overseas Bank expects 18% credit growth in FY13
Indian Overseas Bank expects a loan growth of up to 18 percent in the current fiscal.
Vietnam will not meet 2015 deadline for Basel II
Banking sector’s huge non-performing loans and inadequate credit risk framework are major stumbling blocks.
Philippines' bank lending standards eased in 4Q12
It's attributed to improvement liquidity of banks’ asset portfolio.
Chinese banks in massive rollover of local government debt
Extends repayment of three-fourths of RMB4 trillion.
India's J&K Bank targets 20% credit growth
The Jammu and Kashmir Bank is targeting a credit growth of 20 percent deposit growth of 17 percent.
Thai banks' household loans under watch
The Bank of Thailand said it was keeping a close watch on credit for the purchase of cars and condominiums.
State Bank of India shifts lending power to branch managers
State Bank of India is giving up its half-a-decade of centralised loan processing.
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