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Singapore banks grapple with tepid margins in 2019
Net interest margins are set to rise by 3-5bp.
Chart of the Week: Thai banks ramp up lending to risky SMEs
SME loans accelerated to 7.2% in September 2018 from 2.4% in 2017.
Weekly Global News Wrap Up: Three-way UAE merger creates $114b banking giant; Standard Chartered slapped with $40m fine
And Kazakhstan is looking for a bank to take over its second largest lender.
Vietnam to put an end to cross-ownership at banks by 2020
The number of cases between direct share ownership between banks and enterprises fell to 4.
1MDB scandal fails to shake trust in Malaysian banks: survey
Banking is still the most trustworthy profession for Malaysians.
Singapore banks' loan growth to grind to a halt at 0.5% by end-2019
Mortgage loans and business-related loans are caving under pressure.
Korean major banks to cut working hours
The move comes after the country implemented a 40-hour work week.
Taiwanese banks' year-end loans receive boost from heated consumer spending
Housing loans rose for the 22nd straight month to $226.97b.
Hong Kong banks' pre-tax profit up 19.4% in 2018
NIM rose to 1.62% from 1.45% in 2017.
The Philippines beefs up bank branch network even as Asian peers trim down
Roughly 66.3% of towns and cities have banking presence in 2018.
Bangkok Bank profit up 7% to $1.11b in 2018
Non-interest income rose 9.1%.
Siam Commercial Bank Q4 profit hit by sharp provision spike
Provisions surged 73% as asset quality deteriorated.
Philippines' BPI taps on IBM for $260m digital transformation plan
The firm will provide IT infrastructure to support an agile IT and hybrid cloud.
Vietnamese banks continue to grow consumer lending arms
Techcombank is allowing borrowers to loan up to 10 times their monthly income.
Thai banks weather digital fee waiver as 2018 earnings rise 8.2% to $6.69b
TMB Bank outperformed its peers as yearly profit surged 34%.
Weekly Global News Wrap Up: US banks beef up aid amidst shutdown; Wealth managers struggle as UBS flags lower revenue
And the Fed is probing Deutsche's relation to the Danske scandal.
Japanese banks heighten riskier lending to offset profit crunch
Lending to small enterprises is on a steady rise since 2013.
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