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US banks' liquidity crisis to worsen as more face asset-liability mismatches

The failure of Silicon Valley, Silvergate and Signature banks was caused by asset-liability mismatches, interest rate hikes and insufficient diversification, with many other US banks set to crack

     
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Ethereum's Merge ushers in more energy efficient blockchain

Ethereum’s recent software upgrade the ‘Merge’ is a key step in its future roadmap of development, but there remain several challenges that this emerging technology still needs to address.

     
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ASEAN's digital economy expected to grow to $330 billion by 2025

Banks have not experienced a significant deterioration in asset quality of their MSME exposure, supported by various policy measures. An uptick in the non-performing small business loans is expected with the expiry of these measures.

     
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MSME NPLs remain key concern despite being broadly stable

Banks have not experienced a significant deterioration in asset quality of their MSME exposure, supported by various policy measures. An uptick in the non-performing small business loans is expected with the expiry of these measures.

     
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DBS CEO Piyush Gupta tops the ranking of CEO remuneration in Asia Pacific as…

DBS CEO Piyush Gupta, Public Bank CEO Tay Ah Lek and UOB CEO Wee Ee Cheong are the top three highest-paid bank chief executives in Asia Pacific in FY 2021. The combined total remuneration eared by the top ten reached $56.5 million in FY…

     
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South Asian banks register highest NPLs

Indian banks still dominate the list of the top 10 banks with the highest nonperforming loan (NPL)ratio among the 500 largest banks in Asia Pacific, despite the improved asset quality. In addition, the list also includes two banks from…

     
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Bank lending to small businesses in Asia Pacific grew 15.4% in 2021

Some countries in Asia Pacific posted stronger growth in bank lending to small businesses between 2019 and 2021 as compared to the period from 2017 to 2019

     
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Islamic banks in Qatar most efficient in the world

Stringent cost control and digitalisaltion led to steady improvement in operational efficiency of Qatar Islamic Bank. The top 10 most efficient Islamic banks among the world’s 50 largest Islamic banks comprise four from Qatar, three from…

     



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