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S. Korea to inspect FX trading
To curb the won's strength.
Bank Mandiri posts 21.1% profit increase
A 22.8 percent increase in credits.
Australian bank sees subdued credit demand
Rein in costs and cut jobs.
Fears of profit losses escalate for Singapore banks
Macro headwinds will be the culprits.
4 signs that Deutsche Bank is strengthening its transaction banking business in Asia Pacific
New initiatives include the Asia Accelerator and FX4Cash.
China Merchants Bank's NPLs up 10.2% for the successive third quarter
And total deposits fell by 1.8%.
China CITIC Bank's net profit down 27% to CNY 7.9b in 3Q12
But underlying trends remain good.
This is how Hong Kong banks fared post QE1/2 in 2008
System deposit balance surged to HK$7tn.
Corporation Bank to widen network
Century-old bank to add 300 branches by 2013.
Thailand's KBank to facilitate loans with 19 Chinese banks
The largest Sino-Thai factoring service.
S. Korean banks' net down 4.1% in Q3
Blame it on shrinking interest income.
Chongqing Rural Commercial Bank's net profit up 28.1% to RMB1.36bn
But the 51% slump in net fee income was disappointing.
China Construction Bank's sluggish net fee income fell by 2% in 3Q12
But CCB's net profit increased 12% to RMB51.9bn.
Minsheng Bank's MSE loan growth rebounds by RMB29.9bn
The momentum is expected to continue into 4Q12.
Agricultural Bank of China ups net profit by 19.2%
A net profit of US$19.06 billion.
Korea's KB Financial net falls 29.2% in Q3
Net profit down by 29.2 percent. For that decline, KB Financial Group is blaming squeezed profit margins and higher loan-loss reserves.
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