Lending & Credit

These charts summarise Singapore banks' worrisome O&G exposures

The banks will likely suffer from deteriorating asset quality.

New RMB loans hit a record RMB2.51 trillion in January 2016

The pace of credit growth exceeds economic growth, analysts warn.

How badly can RHB’s oil and gas exposure hurt its profitability?

It would slip into the red if 40% of its O&G book turned non-performing.

Chinese banks' NPL figures 'highly understated'

NPL ratios could jump to as much as 6%.

Australian banks' credit costs feared to increase from current low levels

Blame it on the unwinding of the global commodities cycle.

Core shadow banking activity in China remains subdued

But other forms of shadow banking are rapidly expanding.

Malaysian banks' base rates unlikely to rise

OCBC Malaysia and UOB Malaysia are merely normalizing their rates.

Will Indian banks crack the code of its capital conundrum?

They’re struggling to produce quality loans.

Malaysian banks' NPLs rose 1.9% in September

Blame it on nonresidential property NPLs.

Debt threat: Indonesian banks' profits pressured by rising bad debts and slowing economy

Bank Negara Indonesia's gross NPL ratio rose to 2.8% for the first nine months of 2015.