Lending & Credit

Faster financial reforms needed to curtail shadow banking danger

Rising risks from shadow banking make this urgent.

Faster financial reforms needed to curtail shadow banking danger

Rising risks from shadow banking make this urgent.

CBRC orders banks to provide more detail on interbank deals

Unregulated channels may be used to pour funds into speculative real estate.

Bank Mandiri to increase corporate loans by 18%

Loans are for the infrastructure, consumer goods and plantation sectors.

SBV to double capital to US$479 million

Central bank wants to better stabilize Vietnam’s troubled banking sector.

China in serious danger from shadow banking

Billionaire American investor George Soros says China has a few years to control shadow banking risks.

ICBC funds South African renewable energy projects

China’s largest bank signs US$2 billion financing agreement.

Local Chinese government debt could really be US$3.2 trillion

Amount owed banks in 2011 is double official estimates.

RBI considers new interest rate cut

It’s needed to push India’s economic growth to 8%.

HSBC and BoCom sign renminbi business deal

Memorandum of understanding covers cross-border renminbi business cooperation.

Japanese Big Three megabanks aiding Myanmar

Provide assistance to government agencies and others on managing infrastructure loans.

Look at the mortgage NPL trends at DBS, OCBC, and UOB

Do the cooling measures translate to burgeoning NPLs?

China gets tougher on sales of WMPs

Orders checks on underlying assets of volatile WMPs.

Australia to secure currency conversion deal with China

Government green lights deal that should cut the costs of doing business with China.

Credit card fraud tops Shanghai’s financial crimes list

Accounted for 88% of financial crime cases in court in 2012.

China-Taiwan banking consultations continue

China said talks with Taiwan should produce “good results”.