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Hong Kong regulators calls on Chinese banks to review opaque lending rules
It singled out an unnamed Chinese lender that engaged in share pledging.
Hong Kong regulators calls on Chinese banks to review opaque lending rules
It singled out an unnamed Chinese lender that engaged in share pledging.
Chart of the Week: Japanese banks' real estate loans hit record high as risk appetite grows
Loans to the real estate sector as a share of GDP hit 14.4% in late 2018.
Indian banks grapple with $10m liquidity crunch
Lower government spending and higher cash withdrawal contributed to the deficit.
Maybank kills collaboration agreement with Tuaspring and Hyflux
It will appoint receivers and managers over the assets of Tuaspring, save for its desalination plant and shared infrastructure.
Chart of the Week: Chinese P2P players halved in 2018 amidst tougher regulations
Active P2P investors also fell 45.2% to 2.3 million.
Embattled Vietnamese banks take refuge in foreign investments
Japan-based J Trust Corp will buy a stake in Construction Bank for an undisclosed amount.
India could impose bad debt resolution rules on state banks: report
Lenders are hit with a total bad debt of $146b.
Chinese megabanks caution against bad loans as year-end profits take hit
Lenders also sharply increased provisions for future bad debt.
Australian banks blame tighter credit checks for home loan decline
Applications dwindled despite unchanged loan success rate.
Indonesian banks' bad loan ratio down to 2.4% in 2018
The decline comes in spite of recent domestic rate hikes.
Vietnam drafts rules urging lenders to settle bad loans before dividend payouts
The rules will apply to credit institutions and not to state-owned commercial banks.
Delayed accounting rules bring reprieve to debt-ridden Indian banks
State banks would have to raise $16b in provisions in Q1 if the rules kicked into effect.
Soured debt outpaces growth of Philippine bank loans in 2018
Bad loans grew 16.17% even as total loans rose 13.6%.
Indonesia's 88 fintech lenders see opportunity in US$70b credit gap
With average loan sizes of US$35,000-200,000, farming remains the main opportunity.
Deutsche Bank establishes bad-loan buying unit in India
More than 29 asset reconstruction companies have been set up after 2002.
Singapore banks' credit costs to rise 5bp in 2020
The IFRS9 will require banks to set aside for anticipated losses.
Vietnamese banks urged to stem rapid lending
The loan growth of commercial banks hit 17-18% on average.
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