Fast Growing Banks, Amidst Slowing Growth: India
India’s economy continues to slow. Yet, many of India’s banks are expanding credit aggressively. The risk is that new debtors are not expecting a...
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Reigning in Provision Costs, Despite Higher Bad Loans: DBS
Against higher bad loans, DBS Group Holdings Ltd (DBS SP) took less provision expenses. The bank’s bad loans were up 37% in the past twelve months,...
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India's 7th Rate Cut, HDFC's Defiant Loan Growth
India has cut interest rates again. The successive multiple rate cuts suggest to us that all is not well in the India economy. There will be...
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Spoke in the Merry-Go-Round?
On July 27, 2017, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI), the banking regulator, probably responding to the significant underreporting of non-performing...
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Soaring Impairment Costs at HDFC Bank, More than Peers
HDFC Bank Limited (HDFCB IN) appears to be taking on excessive credit to offset far worse credit metrics. It's bizarre, but it does happen. It...
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