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Chart of the Week: Philippine banks' loan growth to slow to 11% in 2019
Chart of the Week: Philippine banks' loan growth to slow to 11% in 2019
Lending growth fell to an eight-year low in May.
Weekly Global News Wrap Up: UBS Q2 profit hits five-year-high; BofAML shells out $40m fine: report
And Spain’s Banco Santander finds refuge in the Americas.
Bankers are earning less than construction workers in Japan
The average wage of 102 listed banks and insurers dropped 1.4% since 2016.
Chinese bank branches hit 228,600 in 2018
Around 5,600 branches were set up in far-flung communities.
ZhongAn International's Ken Lo joins panel at the 2019 ABF Digital Payments Summit
He will discuss key strategies on how players can adapt amidst the emergence of virtual banks.
Digital consumers power up Singapore's big three banks
DBS and OCBC generate twice or thice as much revenue from digital retail and SME customers than traditional customers, on average.
Taiwanese banks' loan book hit $940.4b in May
Loans granted by local banks grew $357.6b in May YTD.
Singapore banks' NIM expansion could hit 1-2bp in Q2
Both OCBC and UOB could have a NIM expansion of 2bp during the period.
Finda helps on-the-go Koreans in securing loans
It offers evaluation of personal loans without having to submit hard copy of documents.
Thai bank loans could grow 7% by end-2019
It will be supported by government projects paired with private investments.
Michael Ho of Oliver Wyman to grace the 2019 ABF Digital Payments Summit
He will share how to compete across the payments industry amidst its digital shift.
Asian Banking & Finance Awards recognises record number of outstanding companies
More than 270 senior banking executives graced the event.
Korean banks forge consortium to develop blockchain-based mobile identification
It will allow individuals to store key personal information needed for online transactions.
Full go-live of SWIFT gpi for corporates kicks off
It allows multi-banked corporates to track transactions through a single standardised views.
Hong Kong banks' loan growth rose 3% in May
HKD loans were buoyed by mortgage demand.
Weekly Global News Wrap Up: UK banks hit by Brexit-induced investment slowdown; Deutsche Bank to pay $197m to settle bribery case
And BNP Paribas will pull out from financing private prison firms.
Chart of the Week: Thai banks' bad loan ratio hit 3% in Q1
SMEs’ bad loan ratio continued to grow from 4.4% to 4.6%.