Lending & Credit
SRR hike no visible impact on banks' credit growth : OSK Research
SRR hike no visible impact on banks' credit growth : OSK Research
                                                                                                 
                        
                          	The decision to raise the Statutory Reserve Requirement by 100 basis points to 4.00 per cent effective July 16, is unlikely to have any visible...
                    
                                        
                    
                Japan bank lending on 19th month of decline
                                                                                                 
                        
                          	Outstanding loans of Japanese banks fell 0.6 % in June from a year earlier.
                    
                                        
                    
                SME Bank on target for RM1.5 B loan dispersal
                                                                                                 
                        
                          	SME Bank is on target to disburse RM1.5 billion in loans by year-end.
                    
                                        
                    
                SC First Bank punished for illegal metal loan service
                                                                                                 
                        
                          	South Korea's financial watchdog penalized SC First Bank for its violations of local banking laws such as the illegal handling of metal loan services...
                    
                                        
                    
                VGS and ABBank sign 100b dong credit contract
                                                                                                 
                        
                          	Vietnam-Germany Steel Pipe Joint Stock Co signed a short term credit contract worth 100 billion dong ABBank's Vinh Phuc branch to support its working...
                    
                                        
                    
                Offshore RMB market strengthens HK's status: report
                                                                                                 
                        
                          	The offshore RMB market will strengthen the competitiveness and status of Hong Kong as an international financial center, according to  the Economic...
                    
                                        
                    
                Vietnam banks struggle to lower non-manufacturing sector loans
                                                                                                 
                        
                          	Six of 17 banks in Ho Chi Minh City are struggling to slash credits for non-productive sectors to 22% of their total outstanding loans.
                    
                                        
                    
                ICBC provides petty loans for individual industrial and commercial households
                                                                                                 
                        
                          	ICBC rolled out the pilot service of personal petty loans to meet their funding needs, providing small RMB loans for their short-term working capital...
                    
                                        
                    
                SCB-KTB extend loan to Index Living Mall
                                                                                                 
                        
                          	Siam Commercial Bank has been appointed as the mandated lead arranger for a 4.01-billion-baht syndicated loan with Krung Thai Bank to Index living...
                    
                                        
                    
                Bangkok Bank joins JBIC in helping Japanese companies in Thailand
                                                                                                 
                        
                          	Bangkok Bank and the Japan Bank for International Cooperation will help Japanese companies in Thailand with a new lending program called "Two Step...
                    
                                        
                    
                Singapore banks show stunning loan growth at 24.2% YoY
                                                                                                 
                        
                          	And this is driven by business loans which expanded 27.5% in May.
                    
                                        
                    
                NAB CEO allays fears on home loan debt
                                                                                                 
                        
                          	Clyne said the current European financial crisis has yet to affect its funding costs.
                    
                                        
                    
                Korean government to impose stricter requirements on banks
                                                                                                 
                        
                          	Banks are required to meet the loan-to-deposit ratio of 100% by June 2012, earlier than the existing deadline of end 2013.
                    
                                        
                    
                UCO Bank launches loan center for SMEs
                                                                                                 
                        
                          	The lender’s SME loan processing centres facilitate loan applications with credit requirement ranging from $55,666 to $5.57mn.
                    
                                        
                    
                Debt threats: China’s alarming credit-to-GDP ratio jumps from 120% to 166% in March 2011
                                                                                                 
                        
                          	Total system credit financing also increased by 71% to Rmb26.7 tn during 2009 and 2010.
                    
                                        
                    
                Risk of bank debt rising as regulators 'dreaming'
                                                                                                 
                        
                          	Ringfencing is on the agenda but regulators may be dreaming if they think it will stop contagion, warns Fitch Ratings.
                    
                                        
                    
                Krung Thai cuts interests for punctual credit card payments
                                                                                                 
                        
                          	Krung Thai Bank introduced a special campaign to debtors under the government’s debt refinancing scheme for credit cards making a payment punctually...
                    
                                        
                    
                 
                	         
                	         
                	         
                	         
                	         
                	         
                	         
                	         
                	         
                	         
								 
						 
								 
						 
								 
								 
						 
						 
								 
								 
																					
											
																			 
																					
											
																			 
																					
											
																			 
																					
											
																			 
                