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Thailand’s finance sector’s credit costs to rise in Q3 on cautious provisioning
Thailand’s finance sector’s credit costs to rise in Q3 on cautious provisioning
Credit costs are expected to decline in Q4 thanks to stimulus packages.
2 days ago
Hang Seng Bank upscales sustainability fund by 50% to HK$120b
Since launching in 2024, it has already used over two-thirds of the original HK$80b fund.
5 days ago
ASB Bank agrees to pay $78.89m to settle lawsuit
The bank maintains that “it makes no admission of liability.”
5 days ago
Philippine banks’ outstanding loans expand by 11.2% in August
Loans to non-residents narrowed its decline during the month.
5 days ago
Chinese state banks’ loan growth slows as policy loans lose steam
Growth in policy loans fell below 15% in June 2025, noted by Morningstar.
5 days ago
MUFG sets up equity fund to invest in middle, late-stage startups in Japan
Japanese startups struggle to achieve sufficient growth due to lack of support.
6 days ago
Malaysian banks earnings to grow 3% in 2025 on stable interest rate metrics
The sector’s loan growth was 5.4% in 2025.
Vietnam’s small banks more at risk from weak loan portfolios
Top banks are more resilient to nonperforming assets, S&P said.
Westpac mobile app rated best in Australia by Forrester
Actionable recommendations and prompts to avoid fees helped propel it to the top spot.
BPI digital platforms unavailable on 4 October 2025
System integration will take place from 8AM to 6PM.
Philippine central bank to halt new digital bank license applications
Applicants have until 30 November 2025 to submit complete applications.
Westpac launches SafeBlock in online banking platform and app
Scam losses have reportedly fallen 19% in 2025 so far.
How vocal analysis can help deliver more personalized services
Banks and insurers may be able to use intent behind the voice to determine if they can make a sale or not.
Why Singapore’s digital banks target gig workers and micro businesses
May SME owners use personal bank accounts due to high fees of business accounts.
APAC banks lag in hyper-personalisation despite predictive analytics use
Just 11% of execs described their hyper-personalisation strategies as “highly advanced”
High loan growth and weaker profitability weighs on Vietnam’s TPBank
Planned injection in a securities company affiliate will also weaken overall capitalization.
Bank Mandiri's net profit growth to slow in 2025 due to opex adjustment
It is expected to be non-recurring.
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