Commercial banks should be able to pass some of the additional cost on to borrowers, limiting the impact on net interest margins (NIM), according to Fitch Ratings.
Just recently we’ve seen two instances of intervention: FX intervention by the Bank of Japan (BoJ) and Bank of England (BoE) intervention in the gilt market.
By the end of this year, oil and gas, transportation, insurance, retail, and hydropower sectors will see positive signals, while the banking and real estate sectors are...
Following the UK government's announcement of unfunded tax cuts, the value of the pound against the dollar plunged to a historic low.
Japan has begun FX intervention, but its chances of success could be compromised by the BoJ’s target band for JGB yields.
ADB Country Director Andrew Jeffries has talked to the Vietnam News Agency on the recent interest rate hike by the State Bank of Vietnam in the context of the Fed, ECB...
Besides interest and exchange rates, non-performing loans (NPLs) are also a concern for banking activities in the remaining months of 2022, experts have warned.
The local banking sector, currently undergoing drastic restructuring, will have more opportunities to improve its financial capacity as well as learn modern business...
The race to increase charter capital in the banking sector continues to heat up with a series of banks announcing their capital increase plans.
After the support package of VND 30,000 billion (US$ 1,268,077,766) for social housing loans ended in 2016, the State Bank implemented social housing loans with...
How will the intervention of the Bank of Japan be conducted? What impact will it have? And will other central banks join in? These and other questions will be asked...
Through credit packages with preferential interest rates, and products and services customised to each customer group’s needs, banks focus on helping enterprises access...
All central banks have a tough job at the moment, but we’d argue that the difficulties facing the Bank of England (BoE) are the greatest of all, and, unless it very...
Though there are currently no regulations that require the application of Basel III international banking standards, some banks have pioneered the implementation of the...
A number of banks have been approved by the State Bank (SBV) to increase charter capital as well as plan to increase charter capital in the near future. This move not...
Although not all banks have announced business results for the first six months of the year, with positive forecasts and results, high-profit banks are almost fully...
Mergers and acquisitions (M&A) in the banking industry are expected to remain high for the rest of the year as the industry continues the digital transformation process,...
The country’s economy is recovering positively after the Covid-19 pandemic, making the capital demand for production and business increase. However, businesses are...
The Ministry of Finance (MoF) has issued targets for restructuring banks in a bid to bolster the strength of Vietnam’s financial sector.
If the State Bank of Vietnam (SBV) waits until the fourth quarter of 2022 to provide additional credit quotas to banks, it will be too late in comparison to the current...
Besides the strong increase in credit in the first half of the year, the insurance distribution segment (bancassurance) is having a positive impact on banks’ business...
Banks must tighten their assessment controls of corporate bond investments to avoid excessive risk and the misuse of funds raised by firms, experts said.
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