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Fitch warns of bad debt tsunami overwhelming China’s banks
Fitch warns of bad debt tsunami overwhelming China’s banks
Fitch Ratings Ltd expects the balance sheets of Chinese banks to deteriorate until the first-half of 2013.
Malaysian banks to see healthy loan pipeline in H2: Research
The Malaysian banking sector will sustain growth momentum in the second half of the year with a healthy loan pipeline, especially business loans...
SBI ties up with the Japan Bank for International Cooperation
State Bank of India has signed an agreement that will allow it to support funding needs of Japanese companies in India.
Mizuho to finance Japanese investments in Turkey
Mizuho Corporate Bank and Akbank signed a cooperation agreement to finance mergers and acquisitions between both countries.
Thailand's TMB Bank focuses on lending to exporters
TMB Bank wants to build its export loan portfolio by adding attractive features for supply-chain solutions for exporters and their suppliers.
Ballooning local government debt threatens Big Four
Loans by China's Big Four banks to local government financing vehicles (LGFVs) amounting to US$410 billion from January to June has increased the...
China's banks threatened by NPLs
China's commercial banks are facing a high risk of increased bad loans as local governments try to unleash a new round of stimulus packages.
State Bank of India to assist Japanese SMEs
State Bank of India and the Japan Bank for International Cooperation will help small companies Japan do business in India.
Mizuho receives US$2 billion credit for M&As
Mizuho Bank Ltd, the banking unit of Mizuho Financial Group, is set to finance more mergers and acquisitions abroad with a US$2 billion credit line...
Bad debts in Zhejiang pull down banking sector
Massive bankruptcies among small businesses causes soured loans in Zhejiang Province to balloon by over 50%.
Japan’s megabanks dominate world lending
Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group Inc., Mizuho Financial Group, Inc. and Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group Inc. have loaned a record US$515 million...
Chinese banks bid farewell to era of easy profits
China’s Big Four banks face far weaker earnings growth in the future as profits continue to fall this year.
Massive liquidity injection fails to ease liquidity
The People’s Bank of China has released RMB220 billion into the banking system via reverse repo.
NPL ratio of ailing Vietnamese banks reaches 60%
Vietnam's central bank found non-performing loans at some banks as high as 60% of the total outstanding loans.
China to miss annual credit supply target
New loans extended by Chinese banks in July came to just US$84.9 billion against an expected US$110 billion, the lowest level since October 2011.
China's Big 4 accelerate new loans
The "big four" Chinese banks extended 70 billion yuan or $11 billion worth of yuan-denominated loans in the first half of August.
Credit standard for Philippine banks eases: Central Bank
Credit standards for loans given to businesses remain unchanged but standards to household have eased slightly.
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