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Outlook for Indonesian banks still positive amidst political tensions

One bank's loan demand picked up in the last quarter of 2016.

Japanese banks to use blockchain for domestic and international payments

This is after a successful pilot programme for a cloud-based payments platform.

3 in 5 Chinese bankers expect NPLs to peak in a year or two

They still believe that NPLs have not been fully exposed.

How will the creation of a 'bad bank' affect India's banking sector?

The bad bank's form would be that of a centralised asset-restructuring company.

Don't be fooled by Chinese banks' reported improvement in asset quality

Profitability has been further reduced, as well as solvency ratios to a lesser extent.