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How Asean Financial Innovation Network can help banks play catch-up
How Asean Financial Innovation Network can help banks play catch-up
The managing director will share how to speed up digitisation through the APIX platform.
BearingPoint's Vasant Chaudhry to join panel at ABF Digital & Open Banking Conference 2019
He looks to explore blockchain’s potential in bankrolling SMEs.
Japanese regional banks assume more risk to boost bottomline
A crisis or similar shock would lead to downturns more impactful than the GFC.
Indonesian bank loans to accelerate 13% by 2020
Working capital and consumer loans are set to recover.
Thailand banks' Q3 profits to drop 14% as fee waiver bites
Earnings will take a hit from weak non-interest income.
Myanmar's struggling banks stall growth of car sales
Consumers and businesses find it hard to access credit amidst gaps in the financial system.
Malaysian banks' bad loans hit 1.61% in August
On an absolute basis, gross impaired loans rose to $80m.
Regulatory uncertainty fails to cripple Bangladesh's Islamic banks
Islamic financing accounted for more than 24% of total financing in Bangladesh.
China's tech titans leave little space for foreign players
AliPay and WeChat command 93.7% of the fintech market.
Card payments in Vietnam to hit over 522 million in 2023
The number of card payments have already rose more than fivefold in 2015-2019.
Foreign currency loans extended by Philippine banks up 11.6% in June
Low interest rates attracted borrowers.
Mobile banking transactions in Korea hit $5b in H1 2019
Internet-only banks drove robust adoption.
Approved mortgage loans in Hong Kong dipped 2.8% in August
The number of mortgage applications also fell by 26.5%.
Malaysian banks hit by tepid loan growth
Loans grew by just 3.9% in August and loan applications shrunk 3.7%.
Bangkok Bank's Charamporn Jotikasthira to grace ABF Digital & Open Banking Conference 2019
The executive director makes the case for forging strategic ties in the financial ecosystem.
Singapore bank loans reverse slowdown in August
Loans grew 1% MoM and 5.1% YoY amidst steady expansion in business loans.
APAC banks grapple with rising risk as corporate debt swells
Lenders in India and Indonesia are most vulnerable to a deterioration in corporate debt repayment capacity.
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