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Friday's headlines, Financials edition

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GREATER CHINA

Hong Kong Faces New Threat as Chinese Companies Reconsider IPOs - Bloomberg News
Insurers remind travellers about Hong Kong travel insurance changes - Insurance Business New Zealand
Hong Kong regulator probes Chinese corporate borrowing - Financial Times
Ping An posts interim profit jump since 2015 on one-time tax gain - South China Morning Post
China's first bank failure in 20 years still holding back small banks - South China Morning Post
Global fintech investments nosedive as Chinese fundraising falls sharply - South China Morning Post

JAPAN AND KOREA

S. Korea's credit card spending on Japanese brands halves amid boycott - The Korea Herald
Japan's banks shed more than 3,600 workers in record drop - Nikkei Asian Review
Aozora Bank Advising Others on Use of Head Office, Branch Buildings - Jiji Press

S. Korea credit card firms' H1 net falls 0.9 pct - Yonhap News Agency
BOK governor gets second A rating from US magazine - The Korea Times
Legal battle over Kiwoom Securities' report begins - The Korea Times
Savings banks to launch unified banking system - The Korea Times

ASEAN

Malaysia charges 17 Goldman Sachs executives - The Economist
SC: ECF, P2P platforms raise RM432m as of June 2019 - Sun Daily
Banks dominate corporate bond market in first seven months of 2019 - Viet Nam News
Fintech investments in Singapore nearly quadrupled to US$453m in H1 2019: report - The Business Times
Mastercard, Indonesia's Artajasa to collaborate on payment gateway - Reuters

BPI eyes offshore debt market via US$ bonds - The Philippine Star
Automated banking should mean lower fees, workers' group says - The Philippine Star

SOUTH ASIA

Indian Bank rolls out the repo-linked vehicle and home loans - Financial Express
Corporation Bank cuts MCLR by 15 bps - The Hindu Business Line
Banks launch steps to boost KCC loans - The Hindu Business Line
NBFCs will be in goodwill hunting mode for some time to come: Experts - Business Standard
Union Bank withdraws eviction notices served to residents of Noida society - Press Trust of India
Reliance Capital posts four-fold jump in Q1 profit - Press Trust of India
Union Bank of India to list non performers, review them next three quarters - The Economic Times
Key committees in IL&FS did not meet for years: RBI - Indo-Asian News Service

AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND

Continuous Disclosure: Potential buyers line up for AMP's NZ Wealth biz - New Zealand Herald
MLC sends financial advisers packing in radical restructuring - Sydney Morning Herald
Fear and loathing: AMP defends advice shake-up - Sydney Morning Herald
Insurance Council suggests best time to sort travel insurance - Insurance Business New Zealand
NSW financial adviser cops three-year ban - Insurance Business Australia

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 5:30 a.m. Hong Kong time. Language translations to English are provided by an automated service and may not be entirely accurate.