Lending & Credit
South Korea cracks down on bank lending to cool housing market
Banks must cap the volume of high-risk loans they extend.
South Korea cracks down on bank lending to cool housing market
Banks must cap the volume of high-risk loans they extend.
UOB to support Shandong-based firms' Southeast Asian expansion with $432.47m funding
It inked a memorandum of understanding with Chinese conglomerate Shanghai Qilu.
Thai banks brace for blow from tighter mortgage curbs
The central bank imposed an 80% loan-to-value limit on mortgages.
Weak take-up for Singapore's Tuaspring bid may hit Maybank hard
The bank may make additional top-up in provisions as required.
Vietnamese banks continue shedding bad debt in June
Non-performing loan ratio has fallen to 6.7%.
Chinese banks speed up half-year bad loan disposals
Their non-performing loan ratios have dropped to 1.53% in June.
South Korean banks' bad loans plunge to 10-year low in Q2
Loan delinquency ratio fell to 1.06% in June.
Vietnamese banks step up bad loan disposal via auction
Agribank is planning to hold 12 auctions in September alone.
Steady mortgage lending boost South Korean bank loans to $491.76b in August
Residents have been turning to banks as property prices pick up.
Vietnam intensifies crackdown against bad debt
Bad loan ratio fell from 2.46% in December 2016 to 2.09% in June.
Westpac joins mortgage hike trend
It has become the first big Australian lender to raise its rates.
Weekly Global News Wrap Up: German banks may heighten senior preferred bond sales; US moves to rewrite low-income lending rules
And two Kazakh banks just had their licenses revoked.
Asia Infrastructure Investment Bank boosted by bloated project book
Project approvals have more than doubled from $2b in March 2017 to $5.3b in July.
Chart of the Week: Malaysian banks bad loans down to 1.59% in June
Banks shed bad loans in construction and working capital.
Indian state banks recover $5.23b of bad loans in Q1
Bad loan recovery in Q1 for PNB and Indian Bank exceeded that of 2017-18.
Goodbye deleveraging: Fiscal and monetary expansion to support growth in China
Against very clear headwinds due to the trade war and decelerating investment, China's State Council has unveiled plans to take a more aggressive...
Homeowners to feel pinch as Hong Kong banks hike mortgage rates
BOC (Hong Kong), HSBC and Hang Seng Bank raised rates by 10bp.
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