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China cuts amount of funds banks are required to set aside for bad loans - South China Morning Post
Urgent rates decision likely to face next head of China's central bank - Reuters
Nasdaq ties up with Sina to offer US stock market data to China's growing pool of investors - South China Morning Post
Financing guarantee fund to be set up - China Daily
New lender to help ease housing woes - China Daily
Nation 'fully capable' of forestalling risks to economy, Li says - China Daily
Nomura Names New Investment Banking Chief in Management Shuffle - Bloomberg News
SoftBank to follow Buffett playbook with insurance investment - The Nikkei
Korea's current account surplus narrows to $2.68b for January - Yonhap News Agency
Thai mobile provider AIS teams with Japan's Line on payments - The Nikkei
CIMB introduces 1-Minute Home Financing - The Sun Daily
Malaysia Aims To Secure RM200 Bln Approved Investments In 2018 - Bernama
Singapore to launch nationwide e-invoicing framework for businesses - The Business Times
Singapore fintech chat app Consentium raises $10m via ICO, launches in Asia - DealStreetAsia
QAB talks ongoing – Espenilla - The Manila Times
Philippine central bank on guard as inflation surges - The Nikkei
Top bank officials summoned as PNB fraud probe widens - Mint
PNB fraud likely to swell beyond $2 billion mark - Mint
Rs 127-billion fraud fallout: Foreign banks stop selling gold to PNB - Business Standard
Essar Steel loan sale: J&K Bank calls for counter bids to maximise recovery - The Hindu Business Line
Sandeep Bakhshi gets 2-yr extension as MD of ICICI Prudential Life - The Economic Times
PSBs wrote off Rs 81,683 cr loans in FY17 - Press Trust of India
Digital lenders seek additional access to user data to underwrite loans efficiently - Mint
Digital transactions decline in February - Mint
ANZ Banking Group gets ball rolling on Kiwi life sale - The Australian Financial Review
Macquarie looking to exit infrastructure fund in Russia: report - The Australian Financial Review
Westpac head of M&A calls it quits, off to private equity - The Australian Financial Review
Promontory says AI for banking compliance 'a long game' - The Australian Financial Review
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