All posts tagged "Bad Loans"
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1.1KAsia-PacificBangladesh Bank Relaxes Loan Classification Rules
From 30 June, loans will be classified as 'bad' only once they have been overdue for at least 12 months, compared to nine months previously, among other changes.
April 29, 2019 -
553Capital RegulationChina’s Henan Province Has an NPL Problem – Report
Of Henan's 93 commercial banks, 42 have high levels of nonperforming loans, a dozen of which reported an NPL ratio above 20%, 'several' as high as 40%.
April 8, 2019 -
835Capital RegulationRBI Again Defers Banks’ Implementation of New Accounting Standards
The RBI has again deferred 'until further notice' the implementation of new accounting rules for banks, which could have forced banks to raise bad loan provisions by $16bn in H2, said Fitch.
March 25, 2019 -
458Capital RegulationChina Banks Allowed Higher Bad Debt Ratios for ‘Inclusive’ Loans
Regulators will tolerate higher NPL ratios on bank lending to small and micro companies, in a bid to improve access to financing for China's ‘real economy’.
March 18, 2019 -
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Bangladesh to Make Sweeping Banking Sector Reforms
Bangladesh Bank is spearheading a wide-ranging policy review to tackle soaring NPLs and willful defaulters in the nation’s banking sector.
March 7, 2019 -
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CBIRC Drafts New Rules for Local Government AMCs – Report
Many local government-run AMCs have not been focused on dealing with bad loans as intended due to a lack of clarity on their business scope.
February 19, 2019 -
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Bangladesh Bank Eases Limits on Bad Loan Write-offs
New policies on write-offs are aimed at reducing NPLs on banks' books. Meanwhile, the government has revealed a plan to probe defaulting borrowers and their bankers.
February 8, 2019 -
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RBI Turns Down Bank Requests for Special Classification of IL&FS Loans
Banks will need to provision for IL&FS assets at the standard rate of 15% in the first year in the December quarter and will not get the six month reprieve they had asked for.
January 10, 2019 -
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Easing Bank Capital Requirements Would Hurt Economy – RBI
The RBI says that current provisioning is inadequate to cover future losses from bad loans, which have been underrecognised by Indian banks.
January 3, 2019 -
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Rural Banks in China Found Hiding Bad Loans – Report
China's National Audit Office has reportedly found that five financial institutions concealed a combined $189mn in bad loans by misclassifying them as performing.
December 14, 2018
