Malaysia
Chart of the Week: Malaysian banks' loan growth still not picking up
Analysts lowered their industry loan growth forecast to 4.6%.
Chart of the Week: Malaysian banks' loan growth still not picking up
Analysts lowered their industry loan growth forecast to 4.6%.
Which amongst the Malaysian banks had the strongest profit growth in Q2?
Two of the Malaysian banks' earnings grew 43% in Q2.
Malaysian banks' core net profit up 17% in the first half of 2017
Maybank, CIMB and RHB saw double-digit growth in earnings.
Malaysian banks' system deposits finally recover after 21 months
Deposits grew 4.3% in July.
Maybank's net profit up 29.9% to US$787m in 1H17
Thanks to a 43% earnings jump in Q2.
Hong Leong Bank's core earnings up 10.5% to US$515m in FY17
Pre-provision operating profit expanded a solid 8.8%.
RHB Bank's net profit up 9.4% to US$234m in 1H17
Thanks to lower impairment losses on other assets.
Chart of the Week: Malaysian banks' bond issuances hit US$12.7b in 1H17
It's a 41% increase from the same period last year.
RHB, AmBank call off merger plans
The banks were not able to reach an agreement on mutually acceptable terms for the merger.
Malaysian banks' total system deposits growth slows to 3.5%
Government deposits contracted for the 12th consecutive month.
Standard Chartered brings the SuperCharger FinTech Accelerator to Malaysia
Applications are accepted until today, 18 August 2017.
Maybank loan-to-deposit ratio stands at 94.7% as of March 2017
The bank sought to clarify a Bloomberg report that said its LDR is 101%.
Malaysian banks' gross impaired loans ratio improved to 1.64%
Loan loss coverage was stable MoM at 83.2%.
RHB Bank unveils SME Banking Portal
It is the first of its kind in the market.
CIMB launches one-stop solutions platform for businesses
Find out what the three value propositions of Biz123 are.
Malaysian banks' interest spreads suddenly contract to 1.49% in June
But we have yet to see if this is a trend.
Malaysian banks' loan growth hit 5.7% in June
Household loans grew 5% in the same month.