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...
Chinese bank NPLs up 20.7% to US$84.83b in 1Q13
It's US$5.4 billion more than 2012.
Chinese money supply exceeds RMB100 trillion for the first time
It reached RMB 103.61 trillion in March.
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.
Don't be fooled by the Chinese banks' strong rebound of TSF in March
Barclays warns it will not be sustained.
Chinese banks' TSF reaches a record RMB 2.55t in March
Guess what caused the increase?
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.