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Korean major banks to cut working hours
Korean major banks to cut working hours
The move comes after the country implemented a 40-hour work week.
Taiwanese banks' year-end loans receive boost from heated consumer spending
Housing loans rose for the 22nd straight month to $226.97b.
Hong Kong banks' pre-tax profit up 19.4% in 2018
NIM rose to 1.62% from 1.45% in 2017.
The Philippines beefs up bank branch network even as Asian peers trim down
Roughly 66.3% of towns and cities have banking presence in 2018.
Bangkok Bank profit up 7% to $1.11b in 2018
Non-interest income rose 9.1%.
Siam Commercial Bank Q4 profit hit by sharp provision spike
Provisions surged 73% as asset quality deteriorated.
Philippines' BPI taps on IBM for $260m digital transformation plan
The firm will provide IT infrastructure to support an agile IT and hybrid cloud.
Vietnamese banks continue to grow consumer lending arms
Techcombank is allowing borrowers to loan up to 10 times their monthly income.
Thai banks weather digital fee waiver as 2018 earnings rise 8.2% to $6.69b
TMB Bank outperformed its peers as yearly profit surged 34%.
Weekly Global News Wrap Up: US banks beef up aid amidst shutdown; Wealth managers struggle as UBS flags lower revenue
And the Fed is probing Deutsche's relation to the Danske scandal.
Japanese banks heighten riskier lending to offset profit crunch
Lending to small enterprises is on a steady rise since 2013.
Korean banks' 2019 profit to slow to $8.66b as home loans take hit
Residential property prices have been losing momentum.
Half of Hong Kong bank users willing to give third-party data access in open banking boost
They are more open to the tech than Australia and UK users.
TMB-Thanachart Bank merger to secure approval by end-January: official
The government approved tax incentives last year to ease consolidation.
Chart of the Week: Chinese bank capital receives boost as asset growth slows
Banks have been shifting to on-balance sheet activities.
Weekly Global News Wrap Up: US big banks' Q4 revenue disappoints amidst weak bond trading; Italian banks face $63b funding crunch
And here's why European Investment Bank is being sued.
Woori Bank adopts financial holding company structure to boost nonbanking arm
It will start working on acquiring REITs and savings banks.