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Weekly Global News Wrap Up: JPMorgan Chase builds more branches; HSBC, BofAML use blockchain in trade finance; RBS to move main office
Find out what happened in the global banking scene this week.
Recapitalisations and bailouts begin for Chinese banks
It's time to clean up the banking sector.
Stronger local currency squeezes Singapore banks' NIMs in 2Q16
Average net interest margin was at 1.74%.
UOB is the sore loser in Singapore banks’ bad loans tally
O&G troubles pulled non-performing loan ratio to new highs.
Chart of the Week: What caused Indonesian banks' asset quality to deteriorate over the last five quarters?
Impact from commodity prices is one.
3 segments that are most at risk of higher delinquencies for Hong Kong banks
One segment accounts for 67% of all bank loans.
DBS’ net profit slips 6% to $1.05b
The Group’s bad debt rose to $150 million.
Proposed stricter regulations to address key wealth management risks in China
Risks include banks' losses from their own investments.
Plummeting oil prices slam Singapore banks with stressed assets
OCBC’s nonperforming assets surged 91% in Q2.
Chinese banks' asset quality risks rise as leverage grows rapidly
There are two scenarios to help frame the potential scale of risk and policy solutions.
Will Thai banks' capital buffers withstand a cyclical downtrend?
NPLs had risen to 3.6% in 1H16.
Malaysian banks' individual deposit growth hits all-time low of 4.4%
Loan growth also slipped further to 5.6% in June.
Bank Mandiri's 1H16 net profit plummets 31.5% YoY to US$543m
Find out where the earnings drag came from.
DBS' FY16 profits to be hit hard as Singaporean offshore company winds up
The bank declared a whopping $700m exposure.
OCBC’s net profit plummets by 15% to $885m in 2Q
On back of lower insurance income.
All you need to know about Standard Chartered's new video banking feature
It is already live in Malaysia and Singapore.