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2 in 5 banks likely to pursue joint ventures to boost digitisation efforts

This will result in greater industry collaboration between banks and e-commerce players.

Are Singapore's big banks out of the slump?

Higher interest rates and rising wealth to push double-digit profit growth.

Malaysian banks to recover loan growth to 5% in 2018

This is on the back of a low base loan growth of 2.8% in 2017.

Australia's cooling housing market to bite banks' profits

Residential mortgages account for more than 60% of banks' overall loan portfolio.

Basel III contractual PONV securities will still dominate APAC banks

How loss absorption will occur in practice remains to be seen.

Vietnam banks to benefit from resolving legacy problem assets progress

The disposal of problem assets improves banks' asset quality.

Financial experts forecast the boom of Indian banks

Thanks to economic management by the government.

Thai banks to improve loan growth to 5.9% in 2018

This is premised on the country's continued economic recovery.

Asian banks' earnings estimates are soaring

Better-quality asset growth and NIM expansion are amongst the factors.

See how MFRS9 could affect Malaysian banks' credit costs

Guidance on credit cost run rates from banks post-MFRS9 remains sketchy.