Lending & Credit
Public Bank teams up with Sunway Property for financing green development projects
Customers can avail of a special sustainable financing package.
Public Bank teams up with Sunway Property for financing green development projects
Customers can avail of a special sustainable financing package.
APAC’s non-bank financial institutions face liquidity challenges: S&P
One NBFI failure is enough to trigger a domino effect and collapse a whole market.
Weekly Global News Wrap: Citi cuts mortgage staff; Banks offer pingpong, free meals in back-to-office push
And UK officials classify $1.27b small business loans as suspected fraud.
Bank of China bad loans, capitalization ‘stable’ amidst real estate woes: S&P
BOC’s NPL ratio for mainland real estate loans rose 62 basis points in H1.
Earnings remain key weakness of Japanese banks: Fitch
Impact of rising interest rates in the US will be mixed, the ratings agency said.
Validus, Citibank establish $100m facility for SME financing
The facility is collateralized by SME loans by Validus’ Singapore arm.
Australia’s Judo Bank on track for earnings growth
Its net interest margin is expected to be 3% over the next two years.
Rethinking the mortgage lending experience
There is no denying the recent volatility of the real estate market. During the pandemic, US lenders saw record numbers of mortgage applications...
China’s small, regional banks gain lifeline with planned NPL disposal initiative
But local asset management companies may face pressure to acquire bad debt at prices that make it challenging to earn a commercial return.
South Korean banks’ NIMs to support stable profitability in H2
South Koran banks’ rising net interest margins or NIM should support its profitability in the second half of 2022, reports Fitch Ratings.
China’s banks set to trim loan rates to bolster borrowing: report
This comes after new yuan loans in July fell to just a quarter of the amount in June.
Australia’s mortgage delinquency rate to rise in coming quarters
It is beset with the same issues as of its peers: inflation and interest rates.
Bengalaru remains India’s fintech leader
WealthTech captured most of the seed funding; Marketplace Lending unlikely to rebound.
China’s new bank loans plummet in July amidst COVID fare-ups, property jitters
Analyst warned that new lending may continue to disappoint in the near term.
Property woes, unemployment threaten structure letting Chinese banks offload bad loans
NPL securitisations allows banks to sell NPLs to a vehicle.
Asset quality of South Korea’s big banks to remain supported as interest rate rise
But bad loans are expected to rise moderately.
India tightens rules for digital lending
Lenders may no longer increase credit limits without the consent of the borrower.