Indonesia
Bank Danamon's net profit grows 38% to $259m
Bank Danamon's net profit grows 38% to $259m
Most income statements improved except weak fee-based income.
Bank Mandiri's 4Q17 profits up 211% YoY to $411m
This is on the back of lower provisions and solid non-interest revenue.
Indonesian banks have no more room for rate cuts in 2018
Cutting their reference rate twice in June and September 2017 is enough.
3 trends in Indonesia's shift to digital banking
Big banks are now adapting to the current digital trends.
Indonesian banks' loan growth remains weak at 3.8%
This may also be the case in 2018 despite better economic growth.
Bank Mandiri's loan quality the weakest amongst Indonesia's big banks
NPLs will stay at 3.7% this year.
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Bank Danamon to benefit from BTMU's potential 40% stake acquisition: Moody's
BTMU will reportedly invest around US$1.8b.
Bank Central Asia on the lookout for an acquisition target
It has set aside $295 to buy another bank.
Bank Mandiri to post double-digit earnings growth in 2018-19
NPL ratio is expected to fall 3%.
Bank Central Asia's senior EVP talks about the digital challenges faced by Indonesian banks
Hermawan Thendean also revealed how BCA opened its APIs to a community of web developers.
DBS launches digibank in Indonesia
It follows digibank’s success in India last year.
How will Indonesian banks' NPLs be impacted by the end of OJK's lenient restructuring?
NPLs will remain close to 3% by the end of 2017.
Bank Rakyat Indonesia's profit up 10.5% to US$1b in 1H17
Thanks to micro, consumer, and SME lending.
Two key reasons behind Bank Mandiri's plan to enter Singapore's private banking scene
One is the tax amnesty programme announced this year.
It's boom time for Indonesian banks as economic growth remains promising
Despite stable market conditions, the country’s economy is not quite out of the woods.
Smaller Indonesian banks' funding costs expected to increase
But the rise will be muted by the caps on time deposit rates.
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