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Hang Seng Bank appoints Margaret W H Kwan as executive director

According to a release, Mr Patrick K W Chan will resign as Executive Director of Hang Seng Bank and will cease to be Head of Greater China of the Bank...

Bank Rakyat Indonesia to increase micro loans from 49% of its total portfolio

The bank's new CEO disclosed some of his strategies for the bank.

OCBC's Q1 net profit expected to decline 4% to around US$586m

Provisions will remain high for the same O&G accounts.

UOB's ROE to outperform peers in 1Q17: analyst

But core net profit is seen to grow only 3%.

Singapore banks' loan growth to be 'relatively subdued'

That is despite a slight recovery in February.

Chart of the Week: Malaysian banks to benefit from lower funding costs

Thanks to the system's CASA ratio rising to a multi-year high of 27.1% in February.

Smaller banks in China post weaker capital and liquidity positions

This is due to their faster asset growth rate.Moody's Investors Service says that the 2016 results of the 11 listed Chinese banks rated by Moody's...

Kasikornbank's NPL up 1bps to 3.84% in Q1

Managament said NPL has already peaked this cycle late last year.

Singapore's big 3 banks to post lacklustre earnings for 1Q17

Net profit of two banks will decline, whilst that of one bank will remain flat.

Philippine banks to see positive growth over the medium term

Thanks to strong economic growth in the country.

Bank Central Asia's 1Q17 net profit up 10.7% to US$368m

But growth was achieved at the expense of declining NPL coverage.

Taiwanese banks' profitability to recover modestly in 2017

Loan demand will also pick up to mid-single-digit growth.