Lending & Credit

DBS tops Bloomberg Asia's green loans league tables
26 Aug 20
The bank extended $1.36b in green loans in eight deals from January-August.
OCBC launches first SORA-based home loan package
13 Jul 20
It is available to buyers with a minimum loan size of $720,000 (S$1m).
Philippines faces volatile banking crisis
24 Jan 12
The Philippines’ financial system isn’t as immune to the worsening Eurozone debt crisis as it thinks it is.
Vietinbank, Vinacomin sign $100M credit contract
24 Jan 12
VietinBank and Vinacomin have signed a credit contract worth $100 million to finance Nhan Co aluminum factory.
Woori Bank inks 2-part loan for refinancing
18 Jan 12
Seven international banks aided to arrange the deal.
State Bank of India to increase microfinance portfolio by 50%
18 Jan 12
The lenders exposure to the MFI sector has a significant amount for micro lenders serving small borrowers.
ICBC embarks on direct finance service to support economic restructuring and upgrade
14 Jan 12
This year, ICBC will continue the launch of direct finance service to support economic restructuring and upgrade, the Bank announced.
ICBC focuses on extending credit loans to SMEs in 2012
14 Jan 12
ICBC will aggressively extend the "Small Convenient Loan", credit loans to small and micro enterprises, in areas in China where a lot...
Small Vietnamese banks breach interest-rate cap
13 Jan 12
After lying low for several months, several banks, especially smaller ones, appear to be again breaching the 14 per cent cap.
Maybank Offers Six-month Moratorium For Flood Victims
12 Jan 12
Maybank is offering a six-month moratorium for flood victims till June 30, 2012.
Philippines expects loan growth in 2012
11 Jan 12
The Bankers' Association of the Philippines (BAP) believes demand for loans will grow by 15% to 20% this year because of the country’s...
Macao's private sector lending down 0.3 % in November
11 Jan 12
Macao's loans to local private sector decreased by 0.3 percent month-to-month in November to US%20.57 billion.
Chinese central bank bans bill sales ahead of Lunar New Year
11 Jan 12
The People’s Bank of China will suspend sales of its three-month bills ahead of the Lunar New Year holiday on Jan.
VietinBank's leasing arm to hike chartered capital
8 Jan 12
The State Bank of Vietnam has issued a decision to amend the chartered capital of VietinBank-CTG’s Financial Leasing one-member Ltd Co....
Indonesian banks asked to slash interest rates to fuel growth
6 Jan 12
Indonesia's commercial banks were told to cut interest rates on loans to less than 10 percent to fuel economic growth.
Chinese regulators reclassify local govt debts as corporate loans
4 Jan 12
Local government debts in China are being reclassified as general corporate loans to ease banks’ provisioning requirements for potential...
Mizuho to increase overseas branches from 33 to 50
3 Jan 12
The lender also plans to buy an investment bank in Asia.
Myanmar reduces bank loan interest rate
1 Jan 12
Myanmar reduced bank loan interest rate from 12 percent to 10 percent to encourage private entrepreneurs to carry out business undertakings....
BIDV lowers interest rates again
25 Dec 11
BIDV lowered interest rates for exporters, agricultural producers and small companies by 0.5 percentage points starting December 19.
Korea's self-employed get 33.9% of SME loans
25 Dec 11
The amount of money borrowed by self-employed entrepreneurs in South Korea accounted for 33.9 percent of all loans taken out by SMEs.
Korea's bank loans to self-employed people reach $88.8B
18 Dec 11
Bank loans in South Korea taken out by self-employed business owners reached a record high in November.
Macao's private sector lending up 0.1% in Oct.
12 Dec 11
Domestic loans to local private sector in Macao is up 0.1 percent in October.
BIDV offers low-interest loans for exporters
2 Dec 11
BIDV will provide a package of preferential loans worth VND5 trillion or US$240 million to boost exports in select sectors.
Techcombank to support SMEs with German loan
2 Dec 11
Techcombank will use a long-term loan from the German Investment and Development Company to assist small and medium-sized businesses in Vietnam...
Bank of Korea needs to lower interest rates: ING research
2 Dec 11
A "new neutral" policy interest rate for the Bank of Korea is required by the new normal world.
Singapore's bank lending growth slows in Oct.
1 Dec 11
Singapore dollar lending in October grew a modest 0.3 percent to 406.5 billion Singapore dollars only.
ABBank to keep bad debts ratio below 3% until year end
30 Nov 11
ABBank aims to keep its bad debts ratio below 3% until the end 2011.
Vietnam banks may have insufficient funds to invest in debt
30 Nov 11
According to Bloomberg, Vietnam’s two-year government bonds snapped a three-day rally.
Korean lenders to increase loan-loss reserves by over 20 %
27 Nov 11
Korean lenders will increase their loan-loss reserves by more than 20 percent to cope with a potential global financial crisis.
Singapore banks warned on threats from foreign currency loans
21 Nov 11
The central bank warns of a sudden spike in global risk aversion that can hurt the Singapore banking system.
Morgan Stanley to put up Indonesian brokerage
18 Nov 11
Morgan Stanley plans to set up a brokerage business in Indonesia in the middle of next year to capitalize on its accelerating economy.
Chinese banking regulators warn lenders on risks from unprofitable gov't projects
18 Nov 11
And worse, loans to property developers are doomed to sour as sales slow.
OCBC Bank issues loans to acquire Australian properties
17 Nov 11
OCBC Overseas Property Financing-Australia is also a ringgit-based loan.
Temasek and Khazanah hire banks for S$5b property development loans
17 Nov 11
Eight lenders will contribute to the five-year bullet facility, according to Bloomberg.
Korean banks increase long-term foreign borrowing
14 Nov 11
South Korean banks rushed to secure long-term foreign currency loans to prepare for a possible crisis.
China banks NPL ratio down 1.84%
12 Nov 11
The ratio of non-performing loans by Chinese banks at the end of September fell 0.6 percentage points to 1.84 percent  less than the end of...
Private lending in China may be monitored: central bank official
12 Nov 11
The Chinese government may put up a monitoring system for private lending activities.
Indonesian banks asked to trim lending rate
12 Nov 11
Indonesian banks were asked to decrease their interest rate in order to help spur economic growth.
Vietcombank ascribes high bad debts to auditing standards
11 Nov 11
Vietcombank attributed its high bad debt ratio to its international auditing standards in evaluating bad debts.
Bank Saudara to offer $22.6M in bonds forf loans expansion
9 Nov 11
Bank Himpunan Saudara will issue two series of bonds worth Rp 200 billion or $22.6 million to help finance its loans expansion.

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