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Can Indian banks weather the last wave of bad loan resolution?
Can Indian banks weather the last wave of bad loan resolution?
Profitability is set to suffer but cleaner balance sheets will produce benefits in the long-run.
Hong Kong loans up 3.6% in Q1 amidst intensified construction activities
On a monthly basis, loans for use also inched up 1.2% in March.
Weekly Global News Wrap Up: RBS to cut 792 jobs and 162 branches; Nordic banks' shares plunge in Q1
And Deutsche Bank may also axe 10% of its US workforce.
Chart of the Week: Here's how China's shadow banking crackdown hit assets in 2017
Financial investments and interbank activities were the most battered areas.
Hong Kong banks lift time-deposit rates amidst expected rate hikes
Standard Chartered and ICBC raised time-deposit rates to more than 2%.
Philippine banks' loan growth up 16.4% to $171.93b in 2017
Asset expansion clocked in at a healthy $293.63b.
Housing downturn will not shake Australian banks
Mortgage portfolios will remain intact amidst adequate capital buffers.
New regulations to overhaul China's outdated wealth management model
The principal-preserved model may not survive under new rules.
Singapore bank lending up 5.4% in March
Thanks to sustained demand for home and corporate loans.
2018 Retail Banking Forum - Kuala Lumpur a success with more than 60 attendees
Key executives from Malaysia's major banks graced the event.
Australian banks under tight scrutiny for a decade of corporate wrongdoing
A probe has opened a can of worms ranging from bribes to extracting fees from dead customers.
Aggregator threat closes in on open banking
Banking customers may switch now that they can compare their bank's performance with others.
Maybank expands Sunday banking services in Singapore
Maybank's Alvin Lee also shares how the bank currently innovates their branches.
Fintech patent application streamlined in Singapore
Applicants need to furnish a “Fast Track” document to be recognised as fintech.
China's shadow banking crackdown slows home market
A tightening lending environment may cause property sales to plummet.
Singapore and Vietnam tie up for fintech cooperation
Additionally, the two countries also revised a partnership on banking supervision.
Are ecosystems the key to boost bank returns?
Networks of ecosystem partners and access to more data lower costs of customer acquisition.
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