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Chinese banks demand tougher regulation of non-financial institutions
Chinese banks demand tougher regulation of non-financial institutions
Ask government to draft rules to head off higher risk.
Vietnam to allow foreign investors to expand ownership in local banks
Move is meant to entice foreign investors into its troubled banking sector.
Singapore banks' loan to deposit ratio at its highest level since 1999
Check out what led LDR to rise to 96.6% in January.
Hong Kong banks' system deposits up 2.9% in January
Thanks to the 3.6% growth in HK$ deposits.
Philippines urges banks to boost OFW bank savings
Attractive financial instruments needed to achieve this.
Japan asks India to relax tough banking rules
Formal Japanese request asks greater financial inclusion for Japanese banks.
See how Bank Negara Indonesia has improved after its 4-year transformation phase
BNI now has 1,447 outlets from only 939 in 2009.
UOB's profit growth to be skewed towards regions outside Singapore
Profit contributions from Indonesia, Malaysia and Thailand rose to 26% in 2012.
This is where BDO Unibank's surprise boost in 2012 earnings came from
It's from the lower-than-expected loan-loss provision of PHP4.9b.
Smartphones propel mobile banking in South Korea
Bank of Korea said 37 million persons signed up in 2012.
Malaysian banks 'comfortably meeting' the set minimums for Basel III
The level of countercyclical buffer required will be the next closely watched milestone.
A fearless forecast on Maybank's net profit for FY12F-14F
Find out why Nomura raised its profit forecasts by 7-8%.
Hong Leong Bank's core equity Tier-1 ratio to increase to 9.7% by FY15
Enough to meet any countercyclical buffers imposed by Bank Negara.
RHB Capital's MYR275m revenue synergy target won't happen soon: Nomura
Blame it on unpredictable nature of capital markets.
Philippines' BDO boosts net income by 36% to P14.3b
BDO Unibank's net income jumped 36 percent courtesy of its robust lending, deposit-taking, and fee-based businesses.
Thai banks now seeing the strongest earnings cycle in 20 years
Find out what drives the growth.
Bank of East Asia posted ~USD780m net profit for FY12
Barclays cites 3 reasons behind the profit beat.