Lending & Credit
Krung Thai Bank's bad loan ratio could fall to 4% in 2019
The bank is in the process of resolving one big corporate NPL.
Krung Thai Bank's bad loan ratio could fall to 4% in 2019
The bank is in the process of resolving one big corporate NPL.
Vietnam hammers hard on bad loans as banks clear $6.42b in soured assets in 2018
This brings the bad loan ratio to 1.89% in 2018 from 1.99% in 2017.
Chinese banks' property loan growth slows to 20% in 2018
About $3.82t went to individual purchasers.
Singapore mortgages slow sharply as sentiment sours
Home loan growth slowed to 1.9% in January-November 2018 from 4.2% in 2017.
Will India's banks sink under weight of the country's worst water crisis?
Roughly 40% of banks' gross credit exposure are in sectors with significant water risks.
Chart of the Week: Singapore mortgage loans to grow 3% in 2019
The cooling measures will temper borrowing activities.
Are Chinese banks put to risk as government calls to rev up POE lending?
The bad loan ratio of select sectors hit 4.7% compared to the 1.7% industry average.
Philippine banks can weather their largest corporate default
The combined loan exposure of Korean shipbuilder Hanjin to its five creditors is at $412m.
Vietnamese banks' 2018 pre-tax profit surges 40% as bad debt crackdown pays off
Lenders were able to resolve $6.5b in soured loans.
Are Singapore banks bracing for another O&G nightmare amidst Coastal Oil troubles?
The indebted crude oil supplier owes the three Singapore banks a combined US$172.1m.
India's weakened banking sector awaits stronger credit growth as it tucks bad loans away
From 4.7% in end-2016, loans booked double-digit growth of 14.9% in November.
Chart of the Week: Australia and Hong Kong banks hit by negative property sentiment
The decline in property prices may drive loan impairments up.
Indonesian banks refuse to pass rate hike burden to consumers
Borrowing costs remain low as lenders hope to stoke consumption.
Korean banks' bad loan ratio falls below 1% in Q3 for first time in a decade
Shipping corporates are making good headway in the crackdown.
China's shadow banking sector shrunk to $9.02t in January-September
Trust loans and entrusted loans dropped sharply.
Chinese commercial banks' bad loan ratio to hold below 1.9%
It already hit 1.87% in Q3.
Korea's shrinking bad loan record at risk as SOHO loans turn sour
Such loans accounted for a fifth (22%) of total bank lending as of end-June.
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