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China Everbright Bank (CEB) is navigating a complex landscape, facing the challenge of potential new nonperforming loans (NPLs), but recent assessments indicate that its financial health remains robust. According to Moody’s Ratings, the bank has built…
A fintech specialized in solving debt problems of consumers and business owners has launched its services in Malaysia, a country whose total overdue consumer loans is second highest in Southeast Asia. Indonesian Fintech amalan International announced on…
Thirteen of 17 listed banks have seen their bad debts rise in the first 9 months of this year, according to banks’ financial reports. Experts blame this on recent credit growth, loose lending practices and accumulated old non-performing loans. Bad debts of…
Sears, a U.S. retail titan that has filed for bankruptcy, owes a Vietnamese textile company upwards of $4 million. Sears Holdings filed for bankruptcy on October 15 after failing to make a $134 million debt payment tranche. Its subsidiaries, Sears, Roebuck…
Bad debts accounted for 2.18 percent of total lending at the end of the first quarter of 2017. Vietnamese banks’ total loans at the end of May were 6.16 percent larger than at the end of 2017, the State Bank of Vietnam said on Monday. Bad debts accounted for…
Bad debt in Q2 and in the whole of this year would stay unchanged or dip slightly from Q1. About 90 percent of financial institutions operating in Vietnam are expected to reap higher pre-tax profit in 2017, while they could control or reduce bad debts this…