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GREATER CHINA
China's Ant Financial raises $10 billion at $150 billion valuation: sources - Reuters
AgBank gets regulator's green light for US$15.6b private placement - South China Morning Post
BRICS development bank to expand lending to private sector - Reuters
China central bank aims to expedite drafting of regulations for financing of small businesses - Reuters
Payment service provider Huifu said to raise US$200m in June Hong Kong IPO - South China Morning Post
Mercuries Life optimistic after losses shrink - Taipei Times
JAPAN AND KOREA
Bank of Japan's net income rises for second year due to earnings from ETFs - Reuters
Antitrust body asked to probe UnionPay, Visa - The Korea Times
Samsung Securities survey indicates HNWI's inclination for foreign investment - The Korea Herald
ASEAN
SGX dispute with NSE over stock futures goes to arbitration court - The Edge Singapore
BSP requires longer-term liquidity buffer - BusinessWorld
BSP to raise TDF offers to absorb liquidity - BusinessWorld
BSP OKs 3rd virtual currency firm - The Philippine Star
SOUTH ASIA
Government expects state-run banks to cut bad loans by Rs 3 lakh crore in FY19 - The Economic Times
Two-day bank strike from today - Mint
WhatsApp payment service may launch in India next week - Mint
ToneTag raises up to $10 million from ?Amazon,? Mastercard, others - Mint
Paytm reports loss of Rs899.6 crore in FY17 despite sharp cut in promotional expense - Mint
Noor Financial divests another 0.28 percent share in Meezan Bank to foreign buyers - Profit by Pakistan Today
AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND
Banking royal commission: Commonwealth Bank says Bankwest wasn't up to scratch - The Australian Financial Review
Former Macquarie banker Jim Miller takes JPMorgan post - The Australian
Banking inquiry could spark credit crunch: Treasury secretary - The Australian
Tower Insurance's earnings hit by weather claims - Radio New Zealand
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.
