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Malaysia to get tougher on erring banks
Warns of law suits and hefty fines.
Small Chinese banks dumping NPLs
Liquidating NPL assets to control related risks.
Malaysia overhauls Islamic financing laws
New law will boost protection for depositors.
PBOC releases first-half results
To maintain a prodent monetary policy in H2.
What Chinese banks must have learned from interbank rate hike
Interbank business to shrink for some firms.
Singapore banks' net interest margins dropped 42bp vs 2009 peak
Blame it on local competition.
Turning point in Singapore's credit cycle may lead to worsening NPL ratios
Asset quality has potentially peaked.
National Australia Bank has the largest business deposits market share
NAB leads the market with 23.9%.
China's total social financing the lowest since April 2012 at CNY1.04t
Bond issuance fell to just CNY44bn in June.
Singapore banks' overseas assets grew at a 15% CAGR between 2009 and 2012
It's now 37% of total Singapore bank assets.
Uninformed Chinese seeking WMPs besiege PBOC branch
Central bank shocked by mob at Beihai branch.
PBOC expands use of RMB in cross-border loans
Allows non-financial companies to loan overseas affiliates.
Korean banks' mortgage loans surged ahead of property acquisition tax benefits
It rose 3.2% versus last year.
Thai banks' liquidity conditions finally improving, margins likely to be stable
Broad money supply grew 9%.
3 key measures to simplify RMB cross-border transactions
Find out what the market implications are.
Swiss National Bank unveils first overseas branch in Singapore
Additional booster to over 500 asset management firms in Singapore.
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