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Vietnamese banks still suffer capital crunch despite dividend plan
Vietnamese banks still suffer capital crunch despite dividend plan
                                                                                                 
                        
                          State-owned banks can expect a mild capital boost of up to 30bps.
                    
                                        
                    
                UOB and CapBridge to offer Asian firms access to private capital
                                                                                                 
                        
                          CapBridge’s investment syndication platform will match UOB clients to anchor and accredited co-investors.
                    
                                        
                    
                Will virtual banks threaten Singapore's big three?
                                                                                                 
                        
                          Newcomers still have to create large funding and capital bases to contend with incumbents.
                    
                                        
                    
                Thai bank profits to fall 1% in Q2
                                                                                                 
                        
                          Thanachart Bank will get hit the hardest as earnings will fall 13%.
                    
                                        
                    
                Online bank hiring in Malaysia up 15% in March
                                                                                                 
                        
                          It recovered from 9% decrease in the first two months of the year.
                    
                                        
                    
                Korean regional banks look to SEA for growth
                                                                                                 
                        
                          DGB Financial Group is aiming to open a bank branch in Vietnam.		Regional lenders in Korea are betting on Southeast Asia for expansion amidst a...
                    
                                        
                    
                Can Australian banks meet heavier capital requirements?
                                                                                                 
                        
                          The regulator is proposing an aggregate-level risk-weight floor based on internal ratings-based approach.
                    
                                        
                    
                Malaysian banks lead Southeast Asia in board diversity
                                                                                                 
                        
                          Women make up over a third of boards compared to only 9% in the Philippines.
                    
                                        
                    
                Weekly Global News Wrap Up: Deutsche Bank to build $56b bad bank; Big Nordic banks cut compliance jobs
                                                                                                 
                        
                          And banks in Nigeria are tapping on a growing youth demographic.
                    
                                        
                    
                Chart of the Week: Indian banks' credit growth hit 13% in May
                                                                                                 
                        
                          Home and retail sectors drove lending gains.
                    
                                        
                    
                Singapore slaps three-year prohibition orders against former UBS banker
                                                                                                 
                        
                          Paris Michele was discovered to have falsified company emails and forged documents.
                    
                                        
                    
                Chart of the Week: Here's where Japanese banks' shrinking loan balances are hitting harder
                                                                                                 
                        
                          More than half of lenders based in Chugoku, Koshinetsu, Shikoku and Tohoku earned less revenue.
                    
                                        
                    
                Global Weekly News Wrap Up: Wells Fargo to shell out $386m to customers; JP Morgan kills mobile banking app a year after launch
                                                                                                 
                        
                          And banks in the EU have paid $24.2b to central bank since 2014.		From Reuters: 
                    
                                        
                    
                China launches risk hedging tool to ease jitters after Baoshang Bank takeover
                                                                                                 
                        
                          It is offered to investors in the $289m worth of six-month certificates of deposit.
                    
                                        
                    
                Korean banks step up game to lure baby boomers
                                                                                                 
                        
                          KEB Hana will create a taskforce to focus on premium pension products.
                    
                                        
                    
                QR payment deployment boosts DBS' SME cashless transactions by 70%
                                                                                                 
                        
                          It only launched the feature four months ago.		DBS revealed that it has seen a 70% increase in digital transactions from its SME customers and 25%...
                    
                                        
                    
                Chart of the Week: Check out Vietnamese banks' return on average assets
                                                                                                 
                        
                          It lags behind the Philippines and Indonesia.