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HSBC China's capital replenished by CNY2.8B

HSBC China's capital replenished by CNY2.8B

HSBC Bank China's capital 's parent company, the HSBC Limited, has replenished its capital with 2.8 billion yuan or US$442 million U.S. dollars.

Goldman Sachs to sell $1.1b shares in Industrial & Commercial Bank of China

This is Goldman’s third sale of its ICBC stock since 2006.

Ex-Citigroup Indonesia manager steals $5m

Inong Malinda Dee faces five to 20 years imprisonment if convicted.

Ruling fails to cast out doubt on Hana-KEB merger

FSC is probed on whether it neglected the duty of probing Lone Star’s shareholder eligibility.

CIMB eyes issuing 1mn new Debit Mastercards

ABM expects debit card usage to grow by up to 70% this year.

Ocean Bank eyes maritime customers

an Commercial Bank is eyeing corporate customers in maritime, shipbuilding, petroleum and precision engineering in the Province of Khanh Hoa with its new Nha Trang City branch.

Bank Saudara to offer $22.6M in bonds forf loans expansion

Bank Himpunan Saudara will issue two series of bonds worth Rp 200 billion or $22.6 million to help finance its loans expansion.

New Zealand delays tightening bank lending rules

New Zealand’s central bank will delay an increase in the core funding ratio to 75 percent from 70 percent by about six months to Jan. 1, 2013.

Taiwan's Hua Nan Bank gets approved for Hanoi branch

Hua Nan Commercial Bank  has been given regulatory approval to set up a branch in Hanoi in Vietnam.

India’s banking system outlook changed to negative: Moody’s

Analysts anticipate that asset quality will deteriorate over the next 12-18 months, given the tightening environment.

BofA deems more CCB shares sale

Chinese paper reported that the American bank was weighing selling part of its remaining CCB stake to boost its capital.

State Bank of India to raise $1.63bn

The fundraising activity before March aims to augment thin capital and weakening asset quality.

New Zealand banks to face tighter capital adequacy requirements

The Reserve Bank of New Zealand is proposing that banks implement the Basel III capital adequacy requirements.

Sumitomo Mitsui Bank to open branch in Chongqing

Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corp. will become the first Japanese bank open a branch in Chongqing, China, by June.

Don’t be fooled by Japanese banks’ offshore growth: Fitch

Accumulated amount of all overseas investments by Japan's mega banking groups is about 2% of Tier 1 capital - but Fitch believes this growth is negligible in the near term.

Weak India performance pulls down StanChart results

Standard Chartered's problems in India caused its growth to slow down in the latest quarter.

City Union Bank net profit up 26%

City Union Bank today reported 25.8 per cent jump in net profit to Rs 77.52 crore for the second quarter ending September 30. For the half-year this fiscal covering April to September, the net profit of the Kumbakonam-based bank rose to Rs 136.03 crore, from Rs 105.95 crore in the same period of 2010-11, said the company statement. The total income for the second quarter ending September 30, rose to Rs 460.24 crore, as against Rs 336.08 crore. For the half-year ending September 30, the total income grew to Rs 877.26 crore as against Rs 635.42 crore recorded during the same period of previous year. For the source of this story, click here.