Tag: Bank
Prolonged Coronavirus Outbreak Would Hurt APAC Bank Profitability
JAKARTA (TheInsiderStories) - Prolonged coronavirus outbreak would hurt Asia Pacific (ex-China) bank profitability and asset quality, says Moody's Investors Service in the latest report released today...
Allert! The Ability of Indonesian Companies to Pay Debt Vulnerable
JAKARTA (TheInsiderStories) - The high corporate leverage across Asia Pasific is posing increasing risk to the region banks, as slower economic growth, rising trade...
Indonesia Cuts Guarantee Interest Rate by 25 Bps
JAKARTA (TheInsiderStories) - Board of the Deposit Insurance Corporation (DIC) cut its the guarantee interest rate by 25 basis points (bps), said the chairman...
BI Raises Banking Liquidity Ratio to Support Loan Growth
JAKARTA (TheInsiderStories) - Bank Indonesia (BI) raised the macro prudential intermediation ratio limit for commercial banks and islamic banks to 84-94 percent from the...
FICO: APAC Banks Still Fear for Next Money Laundering Breach
JAKARTA (TheInsiderStories) – Following the recent Asian money laundering scandal, there were around 91 percent of Asia-Pacific (APAC) banks thinking that the industry is...
Indonesia’s DIA Sees Loan Interest Rates will Continue to Rise
JAKARTA (TheInsiderStories) - Indonesia' Deposit Insurance Agency (DIA) predicts, the national loan interest rate will continue to rise is open, but this will run...
Indonesia’s FSA to Revises Minimum Capital Requirement for Market Risk
JAKARTA (TheInsiderStories) - Indonesian Financial Services Authority (FSA) will revise the minimum capital requirement for market risk, said one senior official last week. The...
Indonesian Deposit Rates Increasing will be Limited
JAKARTA (TheInsiderStories) - The Indonesia Deposit Insurance Corporation (IDIC) predicts, that the increase in Rupiah and foreign exchange deposit rates will be limited this...
Moody’s: Banks’s Creditworthiness Remain Stable Globally in 2019
JAKARTA (TheInsiderStories) - Solid, though decelerating, global economic growth will continue to support banks' creditworthiness in 2019, says Moody's Investors Service in a report published today (12/06). Geopolitical...
Fitch Ratings: Market Pressures to Arrest Positive Indonesia Bank Trends
JAKARTA (TheInsiderStories) - Currency depreciation and higher domestic interest rates are likely to halt the recent improvement in Indonesian banks' asset quality and put downward...
Moody’s: Asia Pacific Banking Systems Will See Divergent Effects from Rapid...
JAKARTA (TheInsiderStories) - Moody's Investors Service says that rapid and divergent demographic changes in Asia Pacific will lead to opportunities for some banking systems in the...
Moody’s Assigns Counterparty Risk Ratings to Nine Indonesian Banks
Singapore (TheInsiderStories) -- In just over a week Moody's Investors Service released the rating of nine Indonesian banks following the latest global economic conditions....
Moody’s Affirms Ratings of Nine Indonesian Banks
JAKARTA (TheInsiderStories)--Moody's Investors Service has affirmed the deposit ratings of nine Indonesian banks. The affected banks are: (1) Bank Rakyat Indonesia (P.T.) (BRI); (2) Bank...
Pressure on Indonesian Rupiah May Hit Banks’ Performance
JAKARTA (TheInsiderStories) - Indonesian bank industry is facing potential risk of outflows from the country's stocks and bonds due to recent volatility of rupiah currency,...
Indonesia’s BNI to Buy Bukopin’s Shares?
JAKARTA (TheInsiderStories) - State-owned lender PT Bank Negara Indonesia Tbk (IDX: BBNI) was rumored to act as a standby buyer of a right issue...
Bank Indonesia Survey Indicates Sluggish Loan Growth in Q1
JAKARTA (TheInsiderStories) - Bank Indonesia's (BI) latest banking survey indicated that commercial lenders saw sluggish new loan growth in the first quarter of 2018, reflecting...
Card Chip Migration Burdens Banks’ Operational Costs
JAKARTA (TheInsiderStories) - A series of ATM-skimming attacks in a number of cities across the country has forced Indonesian banks to allocate more budget to...
FSA to Impose Additional Capital for Top Banks
JAKARTA (TheInsiderStories) - Indonesia's Financial Services Authority (FSA) will impose additional capital for systemically important banks (SIBs) based on their size, interconnectedness with the financial...
Banks’ Loan Shows Sluggish Growth in January
JAKARTA (TheInsiderStories) - The Financial Services Authority reported banking credits in January 2018 grew by 7.40 per cent year-on-year (yoy), slower than same period last...
Indonesia Financial Inclusion: a Huge Market for Foreign Suitors
JAKARTA (TheInsiderStories) - Digital Financial Services may well be the next big thing, combining existing mobile phone usage and the country's increasing appetite for...
BRI Net Profit up 10.7% to Rp29.04 Trillion in 2017
JAKARTA (TheInsiderStories) – State-owned lender PT Bank Rakyat Indonesia Tbk (IDX:BBRI) booked net profit of Rp29.04 trillion (US$2.2 billion) in 2017, increased by 10.7 per...
Standard Chartered Jumps into Fintech
JAKARTA (TheInsiderStories) – Standard Charterd (StanChart) has set up a new unit aimed at investing innovation within the bank and investing in disruptive technologies, according to CEO...
Indonesia’s FSA Cuts Margin Hedging Transactions by 10%
JAKARTA (TheInsiderStories) – The Financial Services Authority (FSA) plans to issue a regulation on currency hedging, the intention of which is to extend protection to investors...
Eko Gindo Named as Bank Bukopin President Director
JAKARTA (TheInsiderStories) – Eko Rachmansyah Gindo was named as new President Director of local lender PT Bank Bukopin Tbk (IDX:BBKP), replacing Glen Glenardi who...
Hutama Karya Get Syndicated Loans Rp8 Trillion from Seven Major Banks
JAKARTA (TheInsiderStories) - Seven major banks give credits Rp8 trillion (US$592.59 million) for state-owned toll operator PT Hutama Karya to finance Bakauheni-Terbanggi Besar toll road project...
IMF Waves Red Flag on World’s Top Lenders
JAKARTA (TheInsiderStories) - The International Monetary Fund has warned that nine of the world's largest banks, considered systematically critical, may struggle to maintain profitability in...
Moody’s Says Restructured Loan Growth Raises Asset Quality Concerns in Indonesia,...
JAKARTA (TheInsiderStories) – Restructured loans have grown substantially in Thailand and Indonesia in recent years, underscoring high latent asset risks in the two countries,...