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Chart of the Week: Have Thai banks' credit costs peaked?
Chart of the Week: Have Thai banks' credit costs peaked?
Credit costs have been on a steep uptrend in the past four years.
Philippine rural banks remain flush with money despite back-to-back branch closures
The sector’s assets rose 8.3% to $4.02b as of end-March.
Vietnamese banks step up bad loan disposal via auction
Agribank is planning to hold 12 auctions in September alone.
Malaysian banks' profit growth slow to 8.8% in Q2
This comes from double-digit growth of 11.8% in Q1.
Thomson Reuters' Patrick Donaldson to tackle data and insights at ABF's Priority Banking & Wealth Management Conference 2018
He will join representatives from Celent, Bain & Company, DBS Bank, and more.
Hong Kong banks struggle to plug tech talent shortage
Engineers and developers are all in short supply.
Australia's big banks move to preserve profitability in mortgage rate hike
It proves they remain able to retain pricing power despite intense scrutiny.
Can Vietnamese banks plug their massive capital shortage ahead of Basel II?
The banking system could face a $20b capital shortfall by 2020.
Steady mortgage lending boost South Korean bank loans to $491.76b in August
Residents have been turning to banks as property prices pick up.
Singapore banks reign supreme in heating e-payments battle
Early tech adoption will cushion the expected earnings blow from new competitors.
South Korea's web-only banks lose steam as they book massive half-year losses
Kakao Bank and K Bank booked net loss of $10.67m and $35.14m respectively.
Alipay eyes tie-up with Japanese regional banks to boost coverage
The mobile payment platform has already partnered with Yahoo Japan.
Millennials drive Hong Kong's credit card growth as average balance hits $39,000 in Q2
They hold a fourth of the city’s total card balances.
Indonesia's mid-sized banks struggle against digital dominance of state lenders
Top players are accounting for the lion's share of e-banking fees.
Weekly Global News Wrap Up: Abu Dhabi eyes three-way bank merger; ING fined with $900m over money laundering case
And Venezuela has imposed additional reserve requirements.
Chart of the Week: Malaysian banks CASA growth slower than total deposits in July
Total systems deposits growth picked up by 5.8% in July.
Chinese lenders shore up on e-banking fees in Q2
Electronic banking fees of CCB and ACB surged 60% and 33% respectively.
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