Lending & Credit

BOC Hong Kong backs SME financing

Launches privileged guarantee fee subsidy.

Philippine banks' real estate exposure reaches PHP821.7b

It surpassed the 20% cap on real estate loans.

Bank funding for Korean firms in India eased

Banks sign memorandum of understanding to support SMEs.

Top Chinese banks flunk government audit

Two Big Four banks cited for improper financial management.

Bank loans fall 33% in April

Money supply rises 16.1%, however.

BoCom to allow conversion of Aussie dollar into renminbi

Conversion to begin in 2014 as part of the renminbi’s internationalization.

Bad loans up, asset quality down for big Chinese banks

Fourteen of 16 banks report rise in bad loans.

Indian banks’ retail credit rises 14.5%

Economic slowdown forces banks to push retail loans.

Retail credit will continue to drive Indian bank growth

Demand from the corporate sector will continue to remain weak, however.

India to deposit government cash in commercial banks

Move will add liquidity and make it easier for banks to cut lending rates.

What Asian banks need to know about customers' trust and fair treatment (Part 1)

Even though the principles of financial services consumer protection have been around in Asia for a number of years, there seems to be little desire...