Retail Banking

Kakao Bank and K-Bank gets a go ahead to offer online-only services by mid-2016

They are the first ones to be licensed in Korea in 23 years.

Chinese banks' NPL ratio rose to 1.59% as at end-September 2015

The gap between delinquencies and NPLs is widening.

Depreciating Chinese yuan takes its toll on Taiwanese banks

But the associated financial impact is containable.

HSBC names Montgomery Ho as Guangdong chief executive

He has more than 30 years of banking experience.

Maybank's net profit up 18% to RM1.9b in 3Q15

Thanks to a one-off gain last September 2015.