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Agricultural Bank of China's February loans top rivals
Agricultural Bank of China's February loans top rivals
																					
								Lender was able to lend 28% of China's top four banks total amount.
						
					
					
				Industrial Bank loan growth cut by half
																					
								China's tightening trims down lending to $125bln as bank aims keeping bad loan ratio below 0.58%.
						
					
					
				China Merchants seeks approval to open Taiwan office
																					
								Improving China-Taiwan relations enabled lender to apply for presence in the hometown of its Taiwanese clients.
						
					
					
				Deutsche Bank Malaysia secures international Islamic banking license
																					
								Bank Negara Malaysia allowed Asia to have better access on lender's global Islamic banking platform.
						
					
					
				China Merchants eyes raising $3.2bln via rights issue
																					
								Move aimed to replenish capital ratio after expansion of loans and acquisition of Wing Lung.
						
					
					
				HSBC to join Bank of Communications' rights issue
																					
								HSBC sees BoCom's fundraising move as opportunity to add its 20% stake and increase China investments.
						
					
					
				Woori set to be privatised in 2010
																					
								Government intends to complete lender's privatisation to maximise company value amid above 300% profit growth performance.
						
					
					
				Fitch: Taiwanese banks to see modest improvements in 2010
																					
								Fitch Ratings expects Taiwanese banks to generate slightly better earnings in 2010 as they benefit from the modest global economic recovery.
						
					
					
				HSBC pre-tax profits down 23.9% to US$7,079 million
																					
								Group Chairman Stephen Green says the decrease is part due to the reversal of fair value accounting gains on the bank's own debt.
						
					
					
				ANZ declines AMP's US$3.6bln stake sale offer
																					
								Bank preferred to focus on integrating ING and ‘organic growth’.
						
					
					
				China banks' loans to foreign shipbuilders surge
																					
								Lending increased by more than 10% as banks follow government’s initiative to revitalise shipbuilding industry.
						
					
					
				Bank Danamon 2009 net unchanged at $165.24mln
																					
								Lender’s CAR topped 20.7% as its equity grew 49% despite flat profit performance.
						
					
					
				Maybank eyes 60% debit card transactions growth
																					
								71% jump in debit billings over past 6 months encouraged lender to target $733mln transactions. 
						
					
					
				Hong Leong Q2 profit down 13% at $66mln
																					
								Lender is upbeat Malaysia's economic recovery in second half of 2010 would provide it growth opportunities.
						
					
					
				Celent publishes Cash Management in China report
																					
								Hua Zhang examined the rapidly developing cash management market China and trends in cash management services.
						
					
					
				SBI plans raising $4.3bln through rights issue
																					
								Amount will be added to lender's target of $10.8bln to satisfy India's growing loans demand.
						
					
					
				Maybank Singapore offers equity-linked structured deposit
																					
								Blue Skies Structured Deposit's US$7,094 minimum initial investment can yield maturity payout of 10%.
						
					
					
				 
								 
								 
								 
								 
								 
								 
								 
								 
								 
								 
								 
								 
								 
								 
								 
								 
								 
								 
						 
								 
						 
								 
								 
						 
						 
								 
								 
																					
											
																			 
																					
											
																			 
																					
											
																			 
																					
											
																			 
                