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Monday's headlines, Financials edition

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BIMB Investment incorporates quant methods via tie-up with Arabesque - The Star
Goldman hopes for further opening of financial service sector - China Daily
New Ping An Insurance Fund Is Hunting for Fintech Investments - The Wall Street Journal
Singapore, the Americas to work on fintech together - The Business Times

GREATER CHINA

Mainland investors say goodbye to double-digit returns as Beijing tightens regulations on online lending platforms - South China Morning Post
China slows wealth management product issuance amid tightened regulation: report - Xinhua News Agency
China economist concerned by inefficient government investment - The Nikkei
NYSE-listed P2P firm confident on its business model - Shanghai Daily
Car insurance rates set to fall soon - China Daily
Hong Kong's insurance regulator sets its first task as cross-border enforcement - South China Morning Post

JAPAN AND KOREA

BOJ's Kuroda: Still far to go to reach 2% inflation target - Reuters
BOJ seen keeping policy steady - Reuters
Investment advisory firms suffer 85% drop in 2016 fiscal year profit - Yonhap News Agency
Korea's household debt-to-GDP ratio rises 3rd-fastest on-year - The Korea Herald

ASEAN

Fintech bill secures important backing - Bangkok Post
New regulator looking for infrastructure finance solutions - The Nikkei
Push for mergers among Islamic banks and non-bank lenders - The Star
RHB predicts Malaysia's real GDP to hit 4.8pc in 2017 - Bernama
Fintechs must dig deeper to solve structural problems: MAS - The Business Times
BSP unlikely to hike rates soon -- analysts - BusinessWorld
Banks vow vigilance, back BPI - The Philippine Star

SOUTH ASIA

India goes digital to tackle 'black money' - The Nikkei
IndusInd Bank raises $225 million loan from OPIC; to support MSME lending - Asian News International
Need to strengthen loan restructuring mechanism to tackle NPAs: MoS Finance - Press Trust of India
Not cancelled unused credit lines to telecom sector: SBI - Press Trust of India
SBI cuts interest rates on home loans above Rs75 lakh - Mint
LIC settles 99.92% of death claim cases, sets record high - Press Trust of India
Allahabad Bank reduces MCLR - Business Standard
Bank loan growth slips to 5.1% again - The Economic Times
State Bank of India improving credit lines for farmers - The Nikkei
Demonetisation impact: SBI says slowdown in Indian economy to continue - Press Trust of India
Islamic banking assets increase to Rs1.885 trillion in first quarter - The News International

AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND

Insurance Australia Group boosts catastrophe cover - Australian Associated Press
ANZ hikes interest-only rates again to lead purge on investment lending - The Australian
Former Westpac planner Sudhir Kumar Sinha cops five-year ban - The Sydney Morning Herald
Background checks for bankers - The Australian
Westpac hits back at ASIC responsible lending claim - The Sydney Morning Herald
Home lending on slide as market cools - The Australian

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.