News
Japanese households amassing financial assets
Assets at their highest level in over five years.
Top Indian banks selling bonds to offshore Chinese investors
ICICI Bank and IDBI Bank raising funds via this route.
Taiwan banks could issue renminbi loans in Xiamen
China intends to boost renminbi flows between Xiamen and Taiwan.
Shadow banking creating China's worst credit bubble
Deflation is a possibility.
Things you must know about JP Morgan's newly-launched Collateral Central
Find out what the 'virtual global longbox' does.
China predicted to launch deposit insurance system this year
Find out what the 4 major features could be.
Maybank Philippines reports 36.8% revenue rise
Also posts 55.9% year-on year jump in pre-tax profit.
Taiwan, China agree to beef-up banking management pool
Sign a cooperation agreement on cultivating and training financial talent.
China’s banks ready to support huge M&As
Use of standby letter of credit shows government support for private sector borrowers.
China’s financial system faces liquidity shortage
Debt auction failure will further slow economic growth.
Chinese government becoming less dependent on bank financing
Borrowing from corporates increased surged 125% to RMB1,114b.
State Bank of India to merge with subsidiary
India's largest bank not constrained by merger cost.
UOB and Sumitomo Mitsui launch new real estate unit trust in Singapore
The fund will offer 5% potential distribution per annum.
China’s financial system remains healthy
Spanish bank expects non-performing loans to rise gradually, however.
BPI launches agriculture loan program
It has a US$441m agriculture portfolio.
BOC finally sold to CIMB for US$279m
58% of BOC is now CIMB-owned.
Commentary
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Why fragmented communications are becoming a hidden governance risk for Asia Pacific banks
From automation to agency: Asia’s wealth leaders can reinvent, not just streamline
Singapore aced its FATF evaluation — now comes the hard part
Are Asia’s digital banks prepared for the stablecoin era?
Why APAC is building home-currency stablecoins
Why Southeast Asian wealth managers must design the business before buying the technology
Why trust in Asian banking increasingly gets built off the record
Hong Kong cleared stablecoins for take-off. Getting them to work across Asia is the hard part
The financing challenge behind Asia’s wealth transfer