Lending & Credit

Taipei Fubon Commercial Bank to achieve good profitability through 2025

Low credit costs and non-interest income will lift profitability.

Taipei Fubon Commercial Bank to achieve good profitability through 2025

Low credit costs and non-interest income will lift profitability.

BRI’s UMi has disbursed $40.53b in loans to MSMEs

Three years after launch, UMi now serves 176 million depositors.

RBI deputy governor calls for enhanced financing access for Indian farmers

Shri Swaminathan Janakiraman suggested five solutions to address financing issues.

Australia’s P&N, Beyond Bank likely to seek other merger opportunities

S&P foresees further consolidation in Australia’s mutual banking sector.

Australia’s P&N Bank scraps proposed merger with Beyond Bank

The merged entity would have been worth about $23.8b.

Cambodian banks breach covenants as bad loans surge

ACLEDA, Hattha Bank, and LOLC have all breached their covenants.

Revolving credit on Taiwan credit cards dips in July

This is despite the total active cards rising to 38.36 million.

South Korea’s household loans expand by $7.32b in August

There were “strong housing market activities” in the Seoul metropolitan area.

Taiwanese banks’ total outstanding loans at $1.25t in July

The bad loans ratio remained at the same level as in June 2024.

Indian banks deposits and credit grow at the same pace

Deposits have expanded by $147.73b between January-August 2024.

Public Bank commits $229.7m financing for SMEs

Public Bank is the largest financier of SMEs in Malaysia based on market share.

BRI may miss micro loan growth target amidst asset quality concerns

Micro loans were down 0.9% quarter-on-quarter in Q2.

Malaysia's private loans grew 5.5% in July

Growth of working capital loans drove up the number of business loans.

Bank of China to weather potential losses, asset quality strains: S&P

Bad loans ratio for its mainland property loans has shrunk to 4.94% in June 2024.

Agricultural Bank of China to withstand property crunch

Exposure to the mainland property sector has shrunk to 3.67% of its loan book.