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Is corporate credit in India slipping or bottoming?
Amid slowdown perceived by RBI data.
India predicted to ease rates by another 50bps
Signs of investment cycle recovery are visible.
ING Vysya Bank wraps up merger with Kotak Mahindra Bank
The new entity has a strengthened position.
Foreign banks invade Thai commercial banking sector
They accounted for 22% of total lending sector.
Thai banks' Feb loan growth numbers still unimpressive for analysts
Only Kasikornbank made the cut.
Thai banks' sector loans edged up by a measly 0.5%
Everyone's been disappointed with the sluggish loan demand.
China CITIC Bank 2014 earnings increases 3.9% YoY to RMB40.7b
There are challenges to watch, though.
China Minsheng Bank's 2014 net profit increases 5% y/y to RMB44.5b
High impairment dragged earnings down, though.
Debt repayment from government slows Krung Thai Bank lending growth in 1Q15
Earnings growth will also be slow.
Earnings of Hong Kong's top 4 banks drop 19.57% to HK$128.07b in 2014
What are the reasons?
Chinese banks' earnings unlikely to improve in 2015
Deteriorating asset quality to smash banks' profitability.
Taiwan's banking sector at risk from cooling housing market
Mortgage growth has been lukewarm since 2008.
Singapore banks' lending slipped for the third straight month in February
Total loans stood at $603.5b last month.
CCB 2014 net profit jumps 6.1% y/y to RMB227.8b
But its asset quality slightly deteriorated.
Kasikornbank's corporate loans increase 6.1% YTD
It's already hit its FY15 growth target.
Korea's financial regulator emphasizes keeping hands off banks' loan pricing
Even fee structures will not be touched.
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