All posts tagged "NPLs"
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350Capital RegulationChina: Regulatory Pressure Prompts Lending Rate Price War
ICBC was reportedly the first bank to lower its lending rate on small business loans, offering a rate of 4.5% in Q4 2018, compared to the PBOC's one-year benchmark lending rate of 4.35%.
May 20, 2019 -
463Capital RegulationChinese Banks Record Highest NPLs Since 2003
Despite the rise in overall NPLs at China's commercial banks, a boost in new lending and bad asset disposal resulted in lower NPL ratios.
May 13, 2019 -
443Capital RegulationCBIRC Issues Stricter Rules for Banks on Loan Classification
The new rules broaden the range of assets banks have to classify. If more than 5% of a borrower's loans are 90 days past due, all loans from that borrower will be classified as non-performing.
May 2, 2019 -
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China’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 -
616Capital 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 -
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China 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 -
544Asia-PacificBangladesh 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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Record Number of Bangladesh Banks Face Provisioning Shortfall
As a result of non-performing loans in the banking sector and excessive lending in violation of banking regulations, 15 banks in Bangladesh are facing provisioning shortfalls.
March 4, 2019 -
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CBIRC Pressures Banks to Boost Lending to Private Firms
State-owned lenders are instructed to increase loans to private firms by 30% this year, end discriminatory lending practices, and reduce their reliance on loan collateral.
February 28, 2019 -
684Big PictureUOB, OCBC, DBS to Face Challenging Year Ahead – Moody’s
Singapore's three largest banks will face greater asset risks and stagnation of net interest margins in 2019, making it a difficult year ahead for profitability, according to Moody's Investors Service.
February 26, 2019
