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HSBC to offload stakes in India's Axis Bank, Yes Bank
HSBC to offload stakes in India's Axis Bank, Yes Bank
HSBC is on course to offload its entire 4.8% stake in Indian private banking major Axis Bank and its 4.8% stake in Yes Bank.
Reports of fat Vietnam bank profits inaccurate: inspectors
Central bank inspectors revealed that banks’ profit in Vietnam for 2011 was not as big as reported by many commercial banks.
Five lenders eye shuttered Philippine bank
Five Philippine financial institutions remain interested in acquiring the assets of bankrupt Export and Industry Bank.
KB Financial shows interest on Woori
KB Kookmin Bank President Min Byung-duk reportedly met with the bank’s labor union and proposed making a bid for Woori if the employees are also in favor.
India fails to arrest rupee’s slide
India puts forward an underwhelming response to save the embattled rupee.
Vietnam stopping use of gold for savings, lending
Vietnam's credit organisations are being required by the State Bank of Vietnam to refuse depositing and lending of gold.
Bangladeshis deprived of bank loans due to govt borrowing: politician
Bangladeshi banks could no longer lend to clients due to excessive borrowings by the government.
Indian government assails downgrade of banks
India vents its anger on the stunning downgrade of some of its larger banks by Fitch Ratings, Ltd.
Bank Indonesia identifies 3 bank ownership standards
Investors wanting to own 40 to 90 percent of Indonesian banks should be healthy, should be listed and agrees to buy debt certificates that can be converted into equity.
Big Four Chinese bank to open in Canada
Agricultural Bank of China continues its North American expansion.
China and Brazil sign banking supervision agreement
A new agreement improves government oversight of their banks in each country.
Syndicate Bank to focus more on retail banking, SME loans
Syndicate Bank is looking to intensify its fee income, retail and SME loans to boost its balance sheet.
Mizuho Financial buys Brazilian bank
Japan’s third-biggest bank by market value continues to gobble up foreign assets.
Nonghyup Financial awaits $865.9M government infusion
Nonghyup Financial Group recorded the lowest BIS ratio among Korean banks in May with 11.09 percent.
Taiwanese banks headed for profitability in Cambodia
One of one of the largest commercial banks in Taiwan continues its expansion in Southeast Asia.
Reliance Finance eyes 16% credit growth
Reliance Commercial Finance will increase focus on SMEs to achieve its target credit growth rate of 15-16 percent this fiscal.
Massive bank bad debts endanger Vietnamese economy
The stimulus that led to Vietnam’s huge economic growth the past decade has raised a huge problem of its own.
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