
Malaysia credit growth slows to 5.3% as business lending weakens
Malaysian banks saw credit growth ease in December as business borrowing demand weakened. Loans to the private non-financial sector

Malaysian banks saw credit growth ease in December as business borrowing demand weakened. Loans to the private non-financial sector

Oman’s Islamic finance sector is projected to reach $45b this year, rising from $36b at the end of 2025,

About 87.7% of Philippine banks plan to maintain their overall lending standards in the first quarter of 2026, up

Citi has unveiled a new suite of evergreen private market funds for high net worth clients in Asia and

Chinese banks are facing growing pressure on asset quality as recent government-led credit initiatives and state-oriented lending programmes raise

India’s banking sector has recorded its strongest return performance in over ten years, standing out at a time when

Mastercard is positioning itself for a future in which payments happen largely in the background, using tokenisation and artificial

Most banks across the Asia-Pacific region are projected to deliver largely stable profitability in 2026, even as net interest

Banks risk being sidelined in the SME payments ecosystem over the medium term by software vendors unless they form

HSBC Holdings has initiated a strategic evaluation of its Singapore-based insurance manufacturing unit, HSBC Life Singapore. While the bank
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