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Wednesday's headlines, Financials edition

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GREATER CHINA

Tencent-Backed Sea's Digital Bank Bid in Singapore Targets Millennials - Bloomberg News
China to help small and medium firms get funding: financial stability committee - Reuters
China pushes to diversify stock market investment: Securities Times - Reuters
PBOC Backtracks on 'No Interest' Policy for Third-Party Payment Providers - Caixin
China's scandal-plagued P2P sector faces 'continued pressure' in 2020 amid tightening regulation
China's overnight Shibor interbank rate increases Tuesday - Xinhua News Agency
Advertisements land Jko Asset in hot water with FSC - Taipei Times
Saudi Arabia grants license to Bank of China to open branch in kingdom - state news agency - Reuters

JAPAN AND KOREA

New Mizuho investment fund targets life sciences startups - The Japan Times
Japan's Aozora Bank buys into Vietnamese lender - The Nikkei
Hana to pursue two-track growth strategy - The Korea Times
Card firms seek survival in 2020 through digitization - The Korea Times
Banks face suit over fraudulent Lime funds - The Korea Times
Standard Chartered Bank Korea to elevate ties with Toss - The Korea Times
S. Korea to ban SPCs and real estate firms from brokerages' loans - Yonhap News Agency
Overseas Investment by Korean Financial and Insurance Companies Keeps Growing - BusinessKorea

ASEAN

Expand credit to prevent usury, central bank asks - Viet Nam News
SBV keeps preferential interest rate for social housing unchanged - Viet Nam News
EPF announces appointment of new CIO, CSO effective Jan 1 - Bernama
Bank Rakyat identifies six blueprints as key to BR25 - Bernama
BDO to redeem Tier 2 notes due in 2025 - BusinessWorld
New BoT rules shine light on cost fairness - Bangkok Post
Kasikornbank boosting online lending - The Nation

SOUTH ASIA

Risks Loom for Indian State Banks Binging on Sovereign Bonds - Bloomberg News
Rare Debt Recast Among India's Shadow Banks May See 49% Haircut - Bloomberg News
Equitas Small Finance Bank waives off non-maintenance charges on savings accounts - The Economic Times
Warburg Pincus, others lead funding round in Fusion MFI - Mint
Kotak halts bid for Altico Capital - Mint
Banks may have to make provisions for bad debts of Rs 2.2 trillion - Business Standard
In a first, RBI plans to put weak private lenders under the hammer - Business Standard
Atif Bajwa appointed Bank of Punjab President - Pakistan Today

AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND

APRA lashes banks over risk failures - The Australian Financial Review
Westpac safe from cap raise but dividends remain under threat - The Australian Financial Review
CML takeover likely to see ACCC scrutiny - The Australian Financial Review
NAB pledges $5m to provide immediate support to bushfire-affected farmers - The Australian
Bell rings in bumper year - The Australian
ANZ waives money transfer fees for Australian bush fire donations - The New Zealand Herald

The Daily Dose Asia-Pacific "Headlines" edition aggregates banking, financial services and insurance headlines from the websites of a limited number of major Asian and Australian publication titles and newswires, with an editorial deadline of 6 a.m. Hong Kong time. Language translations to English are provided by an automated service and may not be entirely accurate.