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Are the proposed tax reforms a boon or a bane for Philippine banks?
Are the proposed tax reforms a boon or a bane for Philippine banks?
Taxes on interest income could be reduced to 10%.
Chart of the Week: These are the two culprits behind Thai banks' slow loan growth
It fell to as low as 3% recently.
Goldman Sachs to axe 90 investment bankers in Asia
Around 200 bankers will be left in the region.
Weekly Global News Wrap Up: JPMorgan to nab a stake in InvestCloud; China’s shadow banking could lose $375b
And Deutsche Bank to convert billions worth of corporate loans into marketable securities.
Taiwanese banks mired in difficult operating environment as cross-Strait ties remain challenging
The cancelled deal between CTBC Financial Holdings and China CITIC Bank speaks volumes.
No immediate NPL recovery for Indonesian banks in 2017: analyst
NPL forecast for 2017 is 3%.
Chart of the Week: Weak capital levels of India's state-owned banks a key credit constraint
Moody's suggests slowing loan growth to single digits to bridge the capital shortfall.
Weekly Global News Wrap Up: ABN Amro chief to step down in 2017; US banks step away from auto lending
And HSBC expects more banks to work with fintechs.
Is a cascade of defaults on the horizon for Singapore banks?
Cross-transaction among O&G firms are making traders jittery.
Malaysian banks' gross loan growth slows to 5.8% end-Jun 2016
But domestic loan growth was stable at 5.6%.
Chart of the Week: These 3 Chinese banks' shadow loan books exceed their official ones
Asset quality is feared to deteriorate further.
Almost half of Indian banks in danger of breaching capital triggers: Fitch
State banks are the most at risk.
What has been mitigating Singapore banks contracting NIMs?
The three banks have been registering higher LDRs.
Weekly Global News Wrap Up: HSBC clients use selfies to open new accounts; Deutsche Bank mulls merger with Commerzbank
And Canada's newest bank targets Chinese families.
Which bank is the weakest link among Malaysian banks in 1H16?
Its operating profit plunged 31%.
Korean banks' liquidity and funding scores remain weak compared to Asian peers: Moody's
Blame it on their higher reliance on market funding.
Chart of the Week: Growth of China's wealth management products at its slowest in two years
It reached USD3.9tr or 17% of system deposits in 1H16.
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