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Australia flags excessive car finance fees in eight-lender review
Australia flags excessive car finance fees in eight-lender review
One customer paid $6,222 in fees on top of typical lender and distributor fees.
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TMBThanachart’s NIM to rise to 2.92% in Q2 as loans shrink
The bank is focusing on higher-yielding loan segments.
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Capital relief may push Philippine banks toward excessive risk: analyst
BSP sees rates on a higher for longer path with further tightening likely, said CreditSights.
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BSP lets Philippine banks exclude paper losses from capital ratios
The measure is in effect until December 2026.
1 day ago
Siam Commercial Bank and Sansiri push for 50% paper reduction this year
Sansiri will use SCB's Digital Workflow technology.
1 day ago
ASB Bank fined $3.84m for 7 AML breaches
The bank admitted to seven breaches of AML/CFT rules.
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Hong Kong banks urged to deepen family office offer as new wealth surges
Nearly half of family offices set up in the last 5 years are new.
1 day ago
Trade easing and AI demand lift Hong Kong banks' H2 outlook
Banks should monitor real estate exposure as property softness persists.
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HSBC Australia fined $24.53m over scam protection failures
HSBC admitted to inadequate scam controls in its internal transfer system between May 2023-2024.
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How could China's investment curbs shift wealth between Singapore and Hong Kong?
Rules taking effect on 1 July allow reviews of deals tied to national security.
2 days ago
Malaysian banks likely to hike dividends despite rising bad loan threat
They have adequate earnings and capital buffers to withstand NPL shocks.
2 days ago
CommBank names new group CIO and group CTO
Victoria Ledda and Rodrigo Castillo will take over their new roles on 1 July.
5 days ago
Hong Kong credit card transactions dip in Q1 even as card count surges
Card spending softened from Q4 but remains 13.6% higher than a year ago.
5 days ago
SeABank raises charter capital to $1.3b with central bank approval
The increase came from accumulated undistributed after-tax profits.
6 days ago
Chinese banks mask capital weakness with government injections
One-off government support does not address banks’ lower profitability and asset quality issues.
Interest income and fees drive Japan bank profits up 32.7% to $37.25b
NPLs slightly increased although the NPL ratio dipped to 0.64%.
Australia streamlines financial accountability rules
The changes will halve compliance updates for 4,500 people.
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