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Myanmar’s largest bank clinches licence to open office in Thailand
Myanmar’s largest bank clinches licence to open office in Thailand
It’s the first Myanmar bank to have an international office.
OCBC first bank in Southeast Asia to launch Application Programming Interface platform
It is currently offering four APIs.
Indonesian banks' Islamic non-performing financing surpasses conventional non-performing loans
It reflects the customers' higher risk profiles.
Australia's four major banks warned of slower earnings growth as corporate loan impairments rise
Asset quality pressure will derive from multiple headwinds.
HSBC Singapore completes subsidiarisation of its retail banking and wealth management business
The Subsidiary will oversee HSBC’s RBWM business in Singapore.
Singapore banks hit hard by higher foreign non-performing loans
DBS and OCBC are leading the increase.
Singapore banks' profits to slide further as higher loan loss provisions bite: Moody's
O&G loans will require higher allowances.
Kasikornbank's increased credit cost ceiling may not be fully utilized
It was raised from 170bps to 190bps.
CIMB Niaga's asset quality yet to stabilize as NPL ratio rises to 3.9%
The lower loan base is partly to blame.
DBS' net profit down 5% to $1.2b in Q1
Blame it on a one-off item last year.
Malaysian banks' loan growth slows to 6.4% in March 2016
On an annualized basis, growth was 1.2%.
OCBC’s Q1 profits drop 14% to $856m
Blame it on lower insurance, increased allowances.
UOB’s earnings slip 4.4% to $766m in Q1
No thanks to weak fee income, losses from associates.
This chart shows Chinese banks' rising NPL ratios
Ratios for 10 banks increased to 1.66% at end-2015.
Indonesian banks' profit growth could suffer for up to two years
Blame it on low interest rates in the financial sector.
Is the worst finally over for Siam Commercial Bank's asset quality?
NPL declined by USD111m in 1Q16.
Outlook remains bleak for Bank Danamon despite 17% profit growth in 1Q16
Declining TD rates could be a drag on further deposit raising.
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