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Thai banks weather digital fee waiver as 2018 earnings rise 8.2% to $6.69b
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%.
Chart of the Week: Singapore mortgage loans to grow 3% in 2019
The cooling measures will temper borrowing activities.
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.
Korean banks' 2019 profit to slow to $8.66b as home loans take hit
Residential property prices have been losing momentum.
Singapore banks' innovation labs struggle to retain talent
Their tasks may be clashing with the banks’ in-house tech teams.
Are Chinese banks put to risk as government calls to rev up POE lending?
The bad loan ratio of select sectors hit 4.7% compared to the 1.7% industry average.
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.
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.
China delays Visa and Mastercard entry as Unionpay remains unchallenged
The central bank has yet to issue formal acknowledgment.
Vietnamese banks' 2018 pre-tax profit surges 40% as bad debt crackdown pays off
Lenders were able to resolve $6.5b in soured loans.
Tech firms set to raise stake in Korea's internet-only banks
IT firms will soon be allowed to hold as much as 34% stake.
Malaysian bank mergers unlikely to take place in 2019
Lenders still have to work on improving ROEs first.
Chinese commercial banks bad loan ratio hits 10-year high in 2018
Total non-performing loans hit $296.52b (CNY2t) in December.
Philippine bank loans grow 16.8% to $155.85b in November
This represents a slower growth rate compared to October.
Hong Kong banks' 2019 loan growth cut to 2% as trade and mortgage loans take hit
Lending to Mainland firms has been trending downwards to 6.1% in September 2018.
Philippine banks scramble after Korean shipbuilder default
The country’s five biggest banks have a $412m loan exposure.