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Chart of the Week: Singapore mortgage loans to grow 3% in 2019

The cooling measures will temper borrowing activities.

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.

China delays Visa and Mastercard entry as Unionpay remains unchallenged

The central bank has yet to issue formal acknowledgment.

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.