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Chart of the Week: Singapore banks' lending to the O&G sector rose by as much as 20%
Chart of the Week: Singapore banks' lending to the O&G sector rose by as much as 20%
OCBC's exposure to the sector widened the most.
Indonesian banks' capitalisation to be broadly stable
Thanks to high core profitability and loan loss coverage ratios.
Chinese banks urged to tackle loss-making 'zombie firms' as part of reform
Beijing is promoting supply-side structural reform.
Why CASA deposits are no longer a cheap source of funding for Singapore banks
They've been paying up for such deposits to attract new customers.
Aussie banks to face additional tax from Southern state by July 1
Banks say the move is an 'outrageous cash grab'.
China's shadow banking crackdown finally cools credit growth
Bank lending growth has held up, while non-loan TSF declined in May.
This worst case scenario could hurt Thai banks' profits by up to 29%
Krung Thai Bank will be most impacted.
Chart of the Week: CASA deposits dominate Singapore banks' total customer deposits
Savings and demand deposits now comprise 62% of total deposits.
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And EU warns Trump not to deviate from international banking rules.
Aussie banks want foreign rivals to also face the $4.6b tax
But they have agreed the levy won't threaten the financial system.
Malaysian banks' loans loss coverage ratio on a persistent decline since 2014
It has declined to 74.4% from 4Q14's peak of 91.1%.
Chinese banks endure record high borrowing costs
Moody's says profitability will be affected.
Singapore banks have some scope to improve liability management: analyst
Banks are already working on lowering their liability cost.
Indonesian banks' loan growth to hit 12% as operating environment improves
But a key downside risk is the corporate sector's still high external debt level.
Indian banks ordered to go to court to resolve $31b bad loans
The banks are urged to use insolvency laws.
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Chart of the Week: Singapore banks' customer spreads 'stubbornly subdued'
They were 1.95 to 2.14% in Q1.
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