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This graph shows Singapore banks' earnings growth trends till FY13
DBS, OCBC, and UOB are in for more disappointing earnings ahead.
This graph shows Singapore banks' earnings growth trends till FY13
DBS, OCBC, and UOB are in for more disappointing earnings ahead.
Will slashing shareholder dividends improve the Big Four's profitability?
Reports say China's Big Four banks may reduce their dividend payout ratios by five percentage points to 35%.
How banks can overcome the growing pressure of regulations and deteriorating margins
Asian banks should not only rely on trading gains, warns RCBC.
RHB Bank's Vince Au Yoong vows not to enforce product-pushing
The bank's new retail banking director aims to focus on customer segments and needs.
How ICBC's mobile banking transactions outrageously surged 665%
Find out which other Asian countries are 'leapfrogging' from basic banking to mobile banking.
Why Asian banks' credit functions should have minimal exposures
CIMB's Viegas says branches should focus solely on serving customers than dealing with lending decision.
Are fears of Islamic banking being over regulated overdone?
It is better to have a slower growth rate due to relatively restrictive regulations than to suffer a ‘subprime’ crisis.
China banks' September new RMB loans disappoint at RMB 623b
New corporate loans slumped from RMB 421 billion in August to RMB 293 billion.
Here are competitive financing schemes available to SMEs in Asia
Find out what CIMB and OCBC have in store for growing SMEs in the region.
Singapore banks' mortgage loan growth to slow in 2012
You can blame the meager 10% growth expectation on the new property cooling measures.
Why are Malaysian banks aggressively expanding into China?
An analyst points out 4 reasons behind the expansion despite China's currently troubled banking sector.
Company bankruptcy petitions in Singapore back at GFC levels
Provisioning levels should rise to more normal levels in the coming quarters, says CIMB.
This is how Asian banks can control the risk of higher NPLs
It's all about risk management and financial intelligence, says RCBC, OCBC, and CIMB.
Can Standard Chartered really 'chip away' at DBS' advantage?
Only time will tell if Standard Chartered manages to poach its rivals’ customers, says an analyst.
OCBC beats DBS, UOB with 44% of its NPLs not overdue
OCBC has the lowest NPL ratio at 0.9% compared with 1.3% for DBS and 1.4% for UOB.
Here's how Basel III can make or break Asian banks' stability
Check out this new take on the implications and impacts of Basel III on Asian banks considering that Asia was largely unscathed by the 2007/08...
Will Islamic banking flourish in China?
It seems so as Fitch says it may help attract capital inflows from the Middle East.
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