Lending & Credit

South Korea cracks down on bank lending to cool housing market

Banks must cap the volume of high-risk loans they extend.

South Korea cracks down on bank lending to cool housing market

Banks must cap the volume of high-risk loans they extend.

UOB to support Shandong-based firms' Southeast Asian expansion with $432.47m funding

It inked a memorandum of understanding with Chinese conglomerate Shanghai Qilu.

Thai banks brace for blow from tighter mortgage curbs

The central bank imposed an 80% loan-to-value limit on mortgages.

Weak take-up for Singapore's Tuaspring bid may hit Maybank hard

The bank may make additional top-up in provisions as required.

Vietnamese banks continue shedding bad debt in June

Non-performing loan ratio has fallen to 6.7%.

Chinese banks speed up half-year bad loan disposals

Their non-performing loan ratios have dropped to 1.53% in June.

South Korean banks' bad loans plunge to 10-year low in Q2

Loan delinquency ratio fell to 1.06% in June.

Vietnamese banks step up bad loan disposal via auction

Agribank is planning to hold 12 auctions in September alone.

Steady mortgage lending boost South Korean bank loans to $491.76b in August

Residents have been turning to banks as property prices pick up.

Vietnam intensifies crackdown against bad debt

Bad loan ratio fell from 2.46% in December 2016 to 2.09% in June.

Westpac joins mortgage hike trend

It has become the first big Australian lender to raise its rates.

Asia Infrastructure Investment Bank boosted by bloated project book

Project approvals have more than doubled from $2b in March 2017 to $5.3b in July.

Chart of the Week: Malaysian banks bad loans down to 1.59% in June

Banks shed bad loans in construction and working capital.

Indian state banks recover $5.23b of bad loans in Q1

Bad loan recovery in Q1 for PNB and Indian Bank exceeded that of 2017-18.

Goodbye deleveraging: Fiscal and monetary expansion to support growth in China

Against very clear headwinds due to the trade war and decelerating investment, China's State Council has unveiled plans to take a more aggressive...

Homeowners to feel pinch as Hong Kong banks hike mortgage rates

BOC (Hong Kong), HSBC and Hang Seng Bank raised rates by 10bp.