Lending & Credit
Taiwanese banks face potential revenue drop in 2025
Taiwanese banks face potential revenue drop in 2025
Fee income will be supported by loan growth and reshoring activities.
Philippine banks’ outstanding loans up 10.7% in August
Loans to residents grew whilst loans to non-residents slowed.
China push to stimulate consumption may need more time
For banks, the lower mortgage rates could hurt profits in the short term.
Lending by PH banks’ foreign currency deposit units declined 2.7% in Q2
Top sectors who took out loans are merchandise and service exporters, and power companies.
Vietnam’s VP Bank, Lotte team up to offer buy now pay later services
They will also issue co-branded cards in Vietnam.
Philippine banks anticipate loan growth, steady NPL outlook
Most foreign and large banks anticipate their NPL ratios to be below 5%.
Hong Kong rate cuts provide ‘modest’ relief to borrowers
Banks in the city still face profitability pressures, CRE-related woes.
Thai banks to reduce credit costs towards Q4: analyst
Earnings rise of 2% on average expected for Q3.
Citi partners with Apollo to form $25b private credit
The program will launch in North America; may expand to other markets in the future.
Typhoon debt relief to squeeze Vietnamese banks profitability
It will delay the formation of bad loans.
Delinquency rate of South Korean banks at 0.47% in July
The volume of resolved loans was lower than in June.
Taiwanese banks extended $395.26m SME loans in July
SME loans accounted for 64.4% of all corporate loans.
Hong Kong banks can handle CRE risks: analyst
They’ve been implementing measures to lower China-related property exposures.
India’s new regulatory measures to moderate loan growth
It will enhance compliance and safeguard customers, S&P said.
Funding freeze hits BNPLs
Investors are putting less cash towards BNPL providers, who already grapple with thin margins.
Mizuho Bank, partners launch support service for J-Credit creation
Mizuho, IHI, and Fujitsu aim to create a one-stop digital service.
MoneyHero revenue up 24% to $20.7m in Q2
Its revenue in Singapore rose by 68%.
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