Retail Banking

Chart of the Week: Malaysian banks to benefit from lower funding costs

Thanks to the system's CASA ratio rising to a multi-year high of 27.1% in February.

Smaller banks in China post weaker capital and liquidity positions

This is due to their faster asset growth rate.Moody's Investors Service says that the 2016 results of the 11 listed Chinese banks rated by Moody's...

Kasikornbank's NPL up 1bps to 3.84% in Q1

Managament said NPL has already peaked this cycle late last year.

Singapore's big 3 banks to post lacklustre earnings for 1Q17

Net profit of two banks will decline, whilst that of one bank will remain flat.

Philippine banks to see positive growth over the medium term

Thanks to strong economic growth in the country.

Bank Central Asia's 1Q17 net profit up 10.7% to US$368m

But growth was achieved at the expense of declining NPL coverage.

Taiwanese banks' profitability to recover modestly in 2017

Loan demand will also pick up to mid-single-digit growth.

Indonesian banks to finally see a slowing pace of NPL growth

Credit uptake will likely increase in the coming quarters.

Chinese banks to remain under pressure even after growing their profits in 2016

Net interest margins will continue to narrow and asset impairments will increase.

Singapore banks' ROEs to stay depressed at 8-9%

NIMs are expected to remain muted with only a 1-2bp pickup.