Lending & Credit

Chart of the Week: Singapore domestic loans up 2.6% in October

This is its fastest expansion since February 2019.

Chart of the Week: Singapore domestic loans up 2.6% in October

This is its fastest expansion since February 2019.

Indonesia's non-bank financial firms could face closures in 2020: analyst

The minimum capital requirement may force them to consolidate or even cease operations altogether.

Liquidity pressures to loom over India's NBFCs in 2020

Wholesale and housing finance companies are the most vulnerable.

CIMB allocates $12m for micro SMEs

Micro SMES may received financing of up to $11,991.

Tokocrypto gets go-ahead to trade cryptocurrency assets in Indonesia

This allows the platform to buy and sell assets such as Bitcoin and Ethereum.

China's central bank trims lending rate to 2.5%

This is the first such cut in more than four years.

Malaysia's central bank extends maximum tenor of repo to 5 years

This expands the previous deadline of only one year.

Upbeat outlook from Chinese banks' profits masks growing problems for small banks

Although growth is decelerating, the performance of Chinese banks has been resilient so far. Net profits of listed banks grew robustly in Q3 2019...

Non-Performing Assets in India: An analysis over the years

The origination of the ongoing crisis of Non-Performing Assets (NPA) in India cannot be attributed to a single event nor can it be confined to a...

Indian Banking: Rappelling down the NPA wall

Deteriorating asset quality led to enhanced provisioning, reduced profitability and a subdued capital position has created a challenging period for...

UOB issues $140m of maiden green loans

It will be used to build a hotel and a construction and prefabrication hub.

Will swelling private sector debt threaten Malaysian banks?

Private sector debt as a share of GDP is tipped to hit 153% by end-2019.

Philippine banks' real estate exposure grows in Q2

It accounted for nearly a fifth of total loans in June.

India's retail-focused NBFCs to outgrow banks: analyst

Large NBFCs grew at a CAGR of 20% in FY2014-2019.

Chinese banks extended $238.92b loans in September

This exceeded analysts’ expectations of $197.9b.