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Vietnamese banks continue to grow consumer lending arms
Vietnamese banks continue to grow consumer lending arms
Techcombank is allowing borrowers to loan up to 10 times their monthly income.
Thai banks weather digital fee waiver as 2018 earnings rise 8.2% to $6.69b
TMB Bank outperformed its peers as yearly profit surged 34%.
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And the Fed is probing Deutsche's relation to the Danske scandal.
Japanese banks heighten riskier lending to offset profit crunch
Lending to small enterprises is on a steady rise since 2013.
Korean banks' 2019 profit to slow to $8.66b as home loans take hit
Residential property prices have been losing momentum.
Half of Hong Kong bank users willing to give third-party data access in open banking boost
They are more open to the tech than Australia and UK users.
TMB-Thanachart Bank merger to secure approval by end-January: official
The government approved tax incentives last year to ease consolidation.
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Banks have been shifting to on-balance sheet activities.
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And here's why European Investment Bank is being sued.
Woori Bank adopts financial holding company structure to boost nonbanking arm
It will start working on acquiring REITs and savings banks.
Malaysian bank mergers unlikely to take place in 2019
Lenders still have to work on improving ROEs first.
Chinese commercial banks bad loan ratio hits 10-year high in 2018
Total non-performing loans hit $296.52b (CNY2t) in December.
Philippine bank loans grow 16.8% to $155.85b in November
This represents a slower growth rate compared to October.
Hong Kong banks' 2019 loan growth cut to 2% as trade and mortgage loans take hit
Lending to Mainland firms has been trending downwards to 6.1% in September 2018.
Philippine Business Bank merges with Insular Savers Bank
The deal facilitates PBB’s entry into the microfinance space.
Philippine banks scramble after Korean shipbuilder default
The country’s five biggest banks have a $412m loan exposure.
Malaysian banks hike salaries by up to 12% for 20,000 employees
Banks also have to grant 0% interest for the first $24,414 in staff housing loan.
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