Lending & Credit
Chart of the Week: Singapore domestic loans up 2.6% in October
This is its fastest expansion since February 2019.
Chart of the Week: Singapore domestic loans up 2.6% in October
This is its fastest expansion since February 2019.
Indonesia's non-bank financial firms could face closures in 2020: analyst
The minimum capital requirement may force them to consolidate or even cease operations altogether.
Liquidity pressures to loom over India's NBFCs in 2020
Wholesale and housing finance companies are the most vulnerable.
CIMB allocates $12m for micro SMEs
Micro SMES may received financing of up to $11,991.
Tokocrypto gets go-ahead to trade cryptocurrency assets in Indonesia
This allows the platform to buy and sell assets such as Bitcoin and Ethereum.
China's central bank trims lending rate to 2.5%
This is the first such cut in more than four years.
Malaysia's central bank extends maximum tenor of repo to 5 years
This expands the previous deadline of only one year.
Upbeat outlook from Chinese banks' profits masks growing problems for small banks
Although growth is decelerating, the performance of Chinese banks has been resilient so far. Net profits of listed banks grew robustly in Q3 2019...
Non-Performing Assets in India: An analysis over the years
The origination of the ongoing crisis of Non-Performing Assets (NPA) in India cannot be attributed to a single event nor can it be confined to a...
Indian Banking: Rappelling down the NPA wall
Deteriorating asset quality led to enhanced provisioning, reduced profitability and a subdued capital position has created a challenging period for...
UOB issues $140m of maiden green loans
It will be used to build a hotel and a construction and prefabrication hub.
$50b capital shortage may hit Indian banks in case of NBFC stress: report
State banks would be hit harder.
Will swelling private sector debt threaten Malaysian banks?
Private sector debt as a share of GDP is tipped to hit 153% by end-2019.
Philippine banks' real estate exposure grows in Q2
It accounted for nearly a fifth of total loans in June.
India's retail-focused NBFCs to outgrow banks: analyst
Large NBFCs grew at a CAGR of 20% in FY2014-2019.
Chinese banks extended $238.92b loans in September
This exceeded analysts’ expectations of $197.9b.
Malaysia mulls merger of four development institutions
The move is expected to boost efficiency.