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Monday's headlines, Financials edition

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GREATER CHINA

China's Riskiest Form of State Borrowing Enjoys a New Boom - The Wall Street Journal
HKEX races to win support as LSE bid deadline looms - Financial Times
HKEX Will Raise its Bid for London Exchange: Times - Bloomberg News
Why Hong Kong wanted the London Stock Exchange so badly, and how its decision to wait a year could cost it the deal - South China Morning Post
Macao passes all FATF technical compliance recommendations to combat money laundering - Shanghai Daily
China's debt financing instrument market exceeds 11 trillion yuan - China Daily
China Development Bank issues 20 bln USD of poverty relief loans - Xinhua News Agency
Former Securities Head Gets Lenient Penalty for Graft - Caixin

JAPAN AND KOREA

Credit cards fall behind in Asia's race to go cashless - The Nikkei
KAL, Asiana earn W1.8 tril. from selling mileage to card firms - The Korea Times
Brokerages close branches amid rising online trading - The Korea Times

ASEAN

DBS Must Bulk Up or Lose Fintech Turf in Southeast Asia - The Straits Times
Banks get more support to cut interest rates - Viet Nam News
BIMB expects expansionary 2020 Budget - Bernama
AmMetLife Takaful sees 38 per cent growth in takaful business - Bernama
Insurers' BPO deals now require IC approval - BusinessWorld
BAM ramps up bad-asset buys - Bangkok Post
LH Bank sees brighter days next year -Bangkok Post
SME D Bank appoints MD - Bangkok Post

SOUTH ASIA

Latest Lender Hit by India Shadow Bank Stress Says Worst Is Over - Bloomberg News
Ghost accounts at PMC routed HDIL loans - The Economic Times
Waryam Singh, former chairman of PMC Bank, arrested by Mumbai Police - Press Trust of India
Yes Bank woos Microsoft, two other tech firms for a strategic investment - Mint
RBI cuts repo rate by 25 bps to 5.15% - Mint
SBP to launch faster payment gateway next year - Dawn
State Bank penalises three banks - Dawn
"AB Bank strict against loan defaulters" - Dhaka Tribune

AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND

Honeymoon over for NAB as rising compensation bill bites - The Australian Financial Review
Challenger banks mimic big four with 15 basis point cuts - The Australian Financial Review
CBA hit with criminal charges over hawking insurance - The Australian Financial Review
New number crunchers hired to help with ECA accounts - The Australian Financial Review
ASIC's crackdown on derivatives 'will hurt industry' - The Australian
RBA calls out banks on funding costs - The Australian
Perpetual set to cut in revamp - The Australian
Continuous Disclosure: Could Kiwi Wealth be in the wings for AMP NZ's financial services? - 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.