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Wednesday's headlines, Financials edition

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GREATER CHINA

China banks' household loans soar as shadow lending squeezed - Reuters
Chinese banks' bad loans are improving, but everything else is getting worse - South China Morning Post
Stable view on financial institutions - Shanghai Daily
Taiwan's Far Eastern International fined T$8 million over SWIFT hacking incident - Reuters
FSC head underlines need to hold banks to higher standards - Taipei Times

JAPAN AND KOREA

Japan-South Korea blockchain payments enter trials Friday - The Nikkei
Next BOJ Governor Faces a 'Job From Hell,' Kuroda Critic Says - Bloomberg News
S. Korea slaps fines on operator of cryptocurrency exchange for first time - Yonhap News Agency
Bitcoin exchange Bithumb says 'right' regulations in South Korea would boost market - Reuters

ASEAN

Trilateral currency settlement pact agreed - Bangkok Post
Malaysian banks say they remain supportive of O&G sector - The Edge Markets
Big banks' NPLs rise 9% - BusinessWorld
Insurers post 22% income gain in Q3 - The Philippine Star
Philippine bank accuses Bangladesh of heist 'cover-up' - Reuters

SOUTH ASIA

RBI raises FPI limit in G-Secs, State development loans - The Hindu Business Line
India's markets regulator probes prescient messages in WhatsApp groups - Reuters
FRDI Bill: Bank union contemplates strike action - The Hindu Business Line
Banks set to send 23 of 28 large dud accounts to NCLT tomorrow - Press Trust of India
Life insurers' new premium up 6% to Rs 16,995 cr in November: Irdai - Press Trust of India
Punjab National Bank raises $777 mln in share sale - sources - Reuters
Syndicate Bank launches Rs1,200 crore QIP - Mint
Islami Bank lends Tk 315cr bending rules - The Daily Star
Pakistan Currency Slides in Effective Devaluation - The Wall Street Journal

AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND

Bank rate rigging: 'everybody believed everybody did it' - The Australian
ANZ says it will maintain dividend, flags buybacks after life sale - The Australian Financial Review
Kogan to sell budget health insurance - Australian Associated Press

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.