Japanese Bank Lending: An Ebb Tide in 2021?
The ‘dash for cash’ by large corporates appears to be over, at least in terms of lending by the major banks. Only the small secondary regionals...
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Japanese Banks: Remember, Remember, the Thrift of November
Japanese people are renowned for their thrift. Even when deposit interest rates are zero they continue to save. But there is little the banks can...
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Japanese Bank Lending: Losing Momentum
Loan balances have eased back to May levels, with much of the increase in lending by the major banks in March-June reversing between July and...
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Jimoto Holdings (7161 JP): Kirayaka Cracks
Financial entrepreneur Yoshitaka Kitao and his flagship company SBI Holdings (8473 JP) have just netted their sixth and seventh regional banks,...
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Mizuho Financial Group (8411 JP): Anything But Consistent
Despite outperforming all of the major banks this year, MHFG’s lack of consistency, either in profit generation or management execution, makes this...
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