Lending & Credit

Retail credit will continue to drive Indian bank growth

Demand from the corporate sector will continue to remain weak, however.

Retail credit will continue to drive Indian bank growth

Demand from the corporate sector will continue to remain weak, however.

India to deposit government cash in commercial banks

Move will add liquidity and make it easier for banks to cut lending rates.

What Asian banks need to know about customers' trust and fair treatment (Part 1)

Even though the principles of financial services consumer protection have been around in Asia for a number of years, there seems to be little desire...

Faster financial reforms needed to curtail shadow banking danger

Rising risks from shadow banking make this urgent.

CBRC orders banks to provide more detail on interbank deals

Unregulated channels may be used to pour funds into speculative real estate.

Bank Mandiri to increase corporate loans by 18%

Loans are for the infrastructure, consumer goods and plantation sectors.

SBV to double capital to US$479 million

Central bank wants to better stabilize Vietnam’s troubled banking sector.

China in serious danger from shadow banking

Billionaire American investor George Soros says China has a few years to control shadow banking risks.

ICBC funds South African renewable energy projects

China’s largest bank signs US$2 billion financing agreement.

Local Chinese government debt could really be US$3.2 trillion

Amount owed banks in 2011 is double official estimates.

RBI considers new interest rate cut

It’s needed to push India’s economic growth to 8%.

HSBC and BoCom sign renminbi business deal

Memorandum of understanding covers cross-border renminbi business cooperation.

Japanese Big Three megabanks aiding Myanmar

Provide assistance to government agencies and others on managing infrastructure loans.