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Indian banks' loan growth to fall to 6%, the slowest since 1962
Indian banks' loan growth to fall to 6%, the slowest since 1962
Banks are hit hard by the demonetisation aftermath.
Will Chinese banks continue to shift towards investment banking?
Investment would expand from 27% to 30% of total assets in 2016.
Thai banks to slash NPLs by around US$614m
Thanks to Sahaviriya Steel Industries' reclassification.
Philippine banks' net earnings growth could narrow to 4% in 2017
Blame it on trading gains that are expected to plunge 33%.
Asian banks' funding and liquidity remains a credit strength: Moody's
Banks in Asia are mostly deposit-funded.
Shadow credit in China surges to US$69b in November
It was only US$7.9b in October.
How will the slowing buildup in corporate leverage affect Asia Pacific banks?
Deleveraging efforts increases risks to banks' asset quality.
Vietnam banks' NPL ratio reaches 9%
The 2.4% NPL ratio reported at end-2015 was understated.
Thai banks' asset quality continues to weaken
Risks are prevalent in the SME and unsecured retail loans segments.
Will Asia Pacific regulators be keen to embrace wider bail-in measures?
Banks could expect greater government support in 2017.
Chinese banks struggling with heightened risks
No thanks to the shadow banking system having assets equal to 82% of GDP.
Chart of the Week: Check out the Singapore banks' NPL ratios by sector
Overall NPL ratio increased to 2.1%, led by manufacturing, and transport, storage and communications.
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And UniCredit to raise US$13.8b and shed 14,000 jobs.
Global Islamic banking assets reached US$924b in 2015
Guess which country has the largest market share.
Singapore banks to be affected by modestly higher risk-weight charges in 2017
But capitalisation remains stable.
There's nothing to worry about Philippine banks' liquidity in 2017: Fitch
The low aggregate loan-to-deposit ratio of 71% is proof.
Indonesian banks' profitability metrics declining steadily since 2013
Return-on-assets will remain flat at 2%.