Lending & Credit

This is how Asian banks can control the risk of higher NPLs

It's all about risk management and financial intelligence, says RCBC, OCBC, and CIMB.

This is how Asian banks can control the risk of higher NPLs

It's all about risk management and financial intelligence, says RCBC, OCBC, and CIMB.

Growth still possible for Indian banks

India’s embattled banking sector could report a growth of 14.5% in Q2 earnings despite mounting bad debts and debt rollovers.

Weak Vietnamese banks force Moody’s rate cut

Moody's Investors Service has downgraded Vietnam's credit rating on growing concerns over its weakening banks and its rapidly cooling economy.

Indonesia's Bank Mandiri to restructure $3.3B of bad loans

Bank Mandiri can now restructure unncollected loans of Rp 32 trillion or $3.3 billion following a court ruling that changes the status of the debts.

New Chinese loans in another sharp drop

Chinese banks could have lent only US$95 billion in new loans during September.

How to increase infrastructure financing in India

Given the massive funding requirement of infra sector (>$500b in the next decade by some estimates), the domestic banking sector is feeling the...

Philippine NPL ratio down in July

The average NPL ratio of the 38 Philippine universal/commercial banks went down to 2.18% in July from 2.45% a year earlier.

Philippine banks foreign currency loans up 23% to $7.77B

Loans given by Philippine banks’ foreign currency deposit units increased 23 percent year-on-year to $7.768 billion as of end-June.

Nomura to make Asia the center of operations

Nomura Holdings, Inc is reorganizing its global finance unit in Asia outside of Japan as part of a continuing overhaul of Japan’s biggest brokerage.

Taiwan's bank home loans show big decline

New housing loans from five leading banks In Taiwan reached their lowest levels since February.

Bank Negara Indonesia books $1.37M lending profits in NY

The New York branch of state-owned Bank Negara Indonesia booked net profits of US$1.37 million from credit issued in the first eight months of this...

Indonesia's finance sector to get $300M boost from ADB

Indonesia’s financial sector will get a $300 million loan from the Asian Development Bank to improve the operations of the local regulator, deepen...

Indian banks doing more consumer lending

The recent reduction in bank's reserve ratios has increased consumer financing by India's largest banks.

Thai banks to lend more to SMEs

Thailand's banks are expected to lend more to SMEs next year due to new Basel requirements.

Bank International Indonesia sure to meet target of $943M auto loans

Bank International Indonesia Finance Center expressed confidence that it will meet its target to boost outstanding loans to Rp 9 trillion ($943...

Vietnam's interbank dong transactions up 45%

Vietnam's total interbank trading value in dong reached approximately 89.474 trillion dong.

ICBC extends $19B loans to outgoing Chinese firms

The Industrial and Commercial Bank of China has committed to lend US$18.7 billion to Chinese firms that wish to expand their presence overseas.