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Aborted mega bank merger in Malaysia signals tougher environment
Aborted mega bank merger in Malaysia signals tougher environment
Decision to back out reflects CIMB prudence.
Krungthai Bank 4Q14 loan growth solid with 10.8% increase
Thanks to the government and private sector.
Kiatnakin Bank's 4Q14 earnings plunged 53% YoY to THB488m
Extra provisions hit the bank.
Foreign banks still flock to China despite rocky regulatory landscape
Many still keep their eyes on opportunities.
Aussie banks to brace themselves for lower profit growth in 2015
Blame it on intensifying loan competition.
Deutsche Bank achieves pioneering two-way RMB cash sweep in Shanghai
Under PBoC's nationwide cross-border scheme.
Direct banks predicted to grab over 10% market share from retail banks by 2020
As potential customers balloon in number.
Singapore banks brace for more delinquent property loans
As shoebox flats flood the market.
How would expansionary fiscal policy affect Korea's banking system?
Analysts are concerned about loan growth.
Indian banks dominate SNL Financial's top-performing bank stocks in 2014
Bangladesh dominated the worst-performing list, meanwhile.
Why rising interest rates don't hail the start of "big interest rates upturn" in Singapore
Some considerations must be made, analysts say.
Singapore's UOB sues Lippo, 7 other firms over home loan anomaly
Loans for 37 condos have defaulted.
Japanese banks' profitability still pressured by low interest rates
Tighter credit spread isn't helping, too.
Mission abort: CIMB, RHB, MBSB walks out on mega Islamic bank plans
Due to "current economic conditions".
CIMB, RHB eyes junking biggest Malaysian merger
Malaysia's largest banking group no more?.
Hong Kong banks' deposit, loan growth go sluggish in November
After a strong October performance.
Malaysia banks' loan growth climbs to 9.3% in November
Consumer loan growth led the pack.
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