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Banks rethink legacy IT costs to fund AI
1+ week, 5+ day ago (296+ words) Banks are rethinking legacy technology spending and vendor strategies to free capital for AI whilst keeping operations resilient. Asian banks are under pressure to free technology spending for artificial intelligence as maintenance, security, and rising software costs consume most IT…...
Hong Kong’s revolving credit line originations contract more slowly
2+ week, 2+ day ago (112+ words) The number of consumers carrying revolving line balances fell by 5.5%. Revolving lines in Hong Kong remained subdued in the Q2 2026 period, although the rate of contraction has slowed, according to data from TransUnion. Origination volumes in Q1 declined by 7.8% year-on-year (YoY), whilst…...
Singapore banks offload risk to private credit
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (175+ words) Banks will continue to anchor relationship-based senior lending, KPMG said. Private credit has not displaced bank lending but has instead helped lessen risk in the banking industry, according to KPMG. Risk has been reallocated to private credit as banks optimised…...
Japan's record bank profits mask a rise in bad loans and capital pressure
1+ mon, 4+ week ago (248+ words) The megabanks have raised their provisions amidst the Middle East conflict. The impaired loan ratios of Japan and Australia are expected to rise in 2027 compared to 2026, according to estimates from Fitch Ratings. Both banking systems’ impaired loans to gross loans…...