Retail Banking
Singapore banks armed to deal with softening property market
Thanks partly to early and preemptive regulation.
CCB's reluctance to compete for deposits in 3Q14 drives LDR to 72%
It's offset migration effect towards time deposits.
India-based HDFC Bank's auto-loan growth gains strong momentum
The bank's 2QFY15 performance is mostly all hits.
Punjab National Bank's 2QFY15 asset quality worse than expected
An increase was noted on incremental stress.
Krungthai Bank 3Q14 net profit climbs 23% q-q to THB9.3bn
Lower provisions were stated as the reasons.
Can Southeast Asian banks and governments handle high household debts?
Both institutions are being threatened.
Kasikornbank non-NII climbs 6% QoQ, 16% YoY
Thanks partly to strong investment gain.
Unexpectedly higher loan growth graces Axis Bank
Thanks to large and mid-corporate growth segment.
Kiatnakin Bank net interest income swells 11% QoQ in 3Q14
This quarter's earnings beat forecasts.
Bangkok Bank trumps forecasts with 6% QoQ earnings growth in 3Q14
Thanks to large investment gain of THB2.5b.
Bank of Ayudhya's loans surge 9.6% YoY
Housing and SME segments drove the growth.
Kasikornbank net interest income climbs 3% QoQ in 3Q14
Thanks to unexpectedly better NIM.
Chinese banks' 3Q net profit projected to grow 8% y/y
Slightly down from the previous quarter.
China banks' new loans rebounded to RMB857.2b in September
Recovering in a tough environment.
Here's how the deposit deviation requirement will affect China banks
Changes are coming, that's for sure.
Korean bank loans edged up a measly 0.7% m-m in September to KRW1,168tn
Corporate loans also grew.
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