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GREATER CHINA
China c.bank cracks down on e-payment firms serving illegal exchanges - Reuters
Societe Generale plans JV in China with 51% stake - China Daily
China's national political advisory body highlights financial risk prevention - Xinhua News Agency
Hong Kong's Exchange Fund posts weakest first-quarter gain since 2016 after losses from overseas stocks - South China Morning Post
JAPAN AND KOREA
BOJ governor signals room to hike yield target before price goal met - Reuters
Japan's biggest banks revamp, close branches in efficiency drive - Reuters
Banks plan to re-enter the North - Korea JoongAng Daily
Citibank Korea reports 6.7 pct rise in Q1 profit - Yonhap News Agency
ASEAN
Thailand to issue rules on cryptocurrency by end-June: SEC chief - Reuters
Bank Indonesia urged not to increase its reference rate - The Jakarta Post
BCA issues a subordinated bond of Rp 500 billion - IDNFinancials
S&P upgrades credit risk assessment on Philippine banks - The Philippine Star
BSP adjusts rediscount yields following rate hike - BusinessWorld
HDBank offers loans at 6 per cent - Viet Nam News
SOUTH ASIA
Sri Lanka's Comm Bank reports PBT of Rs.6.3Bn, up 21-pct - Lanka Business Online
Deutsche Bank hopes to leapfrog competition with first India acquisition - The Economic Times
Allahabad Bank CEO Usha Ananthasubramanian loses her executive powers - The Economic Times
RBI imposes penalty on Cooperative bank - The Hindu Business Line
Dutch-Bangla Bank gets new DMD - The Daily Star
Rs225m paid-up capital limit set for credit bureaus - Dawn
Basir Shamsie to helm JS Bank as President and CEO - Profit by Pakistan Today
AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND
Australia central bank 'a source of stability' as banking scandal threatens households - Reuters
Perpetual picks up Colonial senior analyst - The Australian Financial Review
Former AMP executive steps down from Banking Oath's board - The Sydney Morning Herald
FMA releases fourth AFA information report - Scoop Media
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.