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Kiatnakin Bank 1Q15 net profit drops 8% YoY to THB664m
Surging NPLs also hit the bank.
Kasikornbank 1Q15 earnings jump 4% YoY to THB12.4b
Thanks to strong fee and trading income.
RHB Bank to acquire RHB Capital's assets for debt repayment: Moody's
The MYR2.1b external debt will be paid off.
KrungThai Card 1Q15 earnings jump 62% YoY to THB574m
Thanks partly to strong Non-NII growth.
Bangkok Bank's 0.4% loan contraction pulled NII down
Lower NIM made it slip harder.
Siam Commercial Bank manages to keep 1Q15 earnings flat at THB13bn
Thanks to good cost-control.
Singapore banks' underlying profit predicted to hit 15% growth
Loan growth could disappoint, however.
China Minsheng Banking Corp's 1Q15 net profit climbs 5.5% to RMB13.4bn
This and other results aligned with expectations.
Krung Thai Bank's 1Q15 earnings slide 5% to THB7.9B
High credit cost was cited.
DBS Group’s net profit jumped 10% to $1.13b in Q1
Thanks to broad-based income growth.
Around 116,000 borrowers buried neck-deep in debt
Is Singapore at risk?
ING Vysya Bank wraps up merger with Kotak Mahindra Bank
The new entity has a strengthened position.
Foreign banks invade Thai commercial banking sector
They accounted for 22% of total lending sector.
Thai banks' Feb loan growth numbers still unimpressive for analysts
Only Kasikornbank made the cut.
Thai banks' sector loans edged up by a measly 0.5%
Everyone's been disappointed with the sluggish loan demand.
China CITIC Bank 2014 earnings increases 3.9% YoY to RMB40.7b
There are challenges to watch, though.
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