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Thai banks' earnings sink 19% YoY to $1.26b

They expect to recover earnings and ROE in 2018.

Chart of the Week: Which credit card makes Singaporean customers most satisfied?

The key factors are the card's rewards programme, cashback, and discounts and promotion.

ASEAN banks brace themselves from giant Chinese tech companies

These tech players venture into fintech using data from ecommerce.

Hong Kong banks may need to lift deposit and interbank lending rates

No thanks to higher funding required for retail deposits.

Mobile payment adoption in Singapore is on the rise despite security concerns

Singapore's usage of mobile payments has grown by 53% since 2017.

Chinese banks struggle with tighter liquidity conditions in 2018

Medium and small-sized banks are more vulnerable to these conditions.

Malaysian banks' 2018 net profit growth slows to 7.2%

This is compared to a stronger 13.0% in 2017.

India to put nearly $14b into state banks by March

In return, the banks must implement reforms to boost lending and solve bad debt.

Chart of the Week: Find out how big Thai banks' bancassurance partnerships boost fee income

It's a win for overall profitability that has been under high credit costs.

Indonesian banks have no more room for rate cuts in 2018

Cutting their reference rate twice in June and September 2017 is enough.

Big thai banks to suffer weak FY17F results

No thanks to higher provision expenses and lower non-interest income.

India's rising government bond yields to slam public sector banks

The banks are exposed to losses from the bonds' reduced investment value.

Philippines' new leverage framework to boost banks' resilience

Banks will be required to hold more capital and curb excessive credit growth.

Hong Kong banks to benefit from HKMA's proposed loss-absorbing capacity rules

These will facilitate loss absorption and recapitalization in case of bank failure.