Retail Banking
Guess which sector will remain a drag on Singapore banks' asset quality in 2017
Guess which sector will remain a drag on Singapore banks' asset quality in 2017
Loans to this sector comprise 1-3% of the banks' gross loans.
Asian Banking and Finance 2017 Retail Banking Forum launches in Manila
The Manila leg will take place on February 15 at the Makati Shangri-La Hotel.
Hong Kong banks to cut down lending to Chinese SOEs
The sector is suffering from its mainland exposure.
Solvency issues weighing heavily on the Singapore banking sector
But optimists insist the worst is over. When credit rating agency Fitch Ratings downgraded its sector outlook for Singapore banks to “negative” last...
Siam Commercial Bank's NPLs fell by only US$113m in 4Q16
NPLs among SMEs increased in 4Q16.
Standard Chartered Bank enters 15-year bancassurance agreement with Allianz
The arrangements will be implemented in Hong Kong, Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia and China.
Australian banks haunted by financial instability risks from the property market
Banks will have to guard against any potential losses.
Chinese banks' deteriorating asset quality mitigated by debt to equity swaps
8% special-mention loans is already offloaded.
Singapore banks' capital ratios to remain stable over the next 12-18 months
DBS, OCBC and UOB have strong CET1 ratios of 12-14%.
KBANK not comfortable with having a lower coverage ratio than its competitors: analyst
It now stands at 130%.
2 risks that TMB Bank must face in 2017
Export-oriented SME loans is one.
Bank Mandiri to propose a 10-20% special dividend for 2016
That’s on top of its 30% regular payout ratio.
Why Asian bankers are thinking differently about risk than their global counterparts
According to a recent global survey of how banks approach risk management,1 Asian bank executives are thinking differently about future risk...
Australian banks' slowing loan growth to persist as housing market further weakens
Home loans take up around 60% of banks' overall gross loans.
CIMB's loan growth target of 6% for 2016 still within reach: analysts
Thanks to a possible pick-up in domestic corporate lending in 4Q16.
Chinese banks' good capital buffers mask 3 key weaknesses
2017 might prove more difficult in terms of solvency.
Affluent customers now more open to deal with machines instead of bankers, says Maybank's head of group wealth management
Alvin Lee says customers' private banking experience will be more driven by automated channels.
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