SEOUL, Nov 16 - South Korea's central bank has asked the U.S. Federal Reserve to extend a $30 billion swap agreement for a safety net, as the existing credit line is due to expire on...
BANGKOK, Nov 16 - Krung Thai Bank <KTB.BK>, Thailand's second-largest bank by assets, said on Monday it expected loan growth of 3-4 percent this year, below its target of 5-6 percent. But the bank maintained...
JAKARTA, Nov 16 - The current strength of Indonesia's rupiah currency <IDR=> against the dollar will not damage business, deputy central bank governor, Hartadi Sarwono, said on Monday. The rupiah, which has gained nearly 18...
JAKARTA, Nov 16 - Indonesia's central bank expects an inflation rate of between 3.6 and 3.7 percent by the end of this year, its senior deputy governor said on Monday, the lower end of the...
Banks Lose W1.2 Tril. in Derivatives Trading
BEIJING, Nov 15 - Chinese banks should defer some of their executives' pay so that performance can be judged over a longer time horizon, a senior regulator said on Sunday. The call by Jiang Dingzhi,...
WASHINGTON, Nov 13 - Regulators seized three more U.S. banks on Friday, bringing the total number of bank failures this year to 123, the highest annual level since 1992. Bank regulators closed Orion Bank of...
WASHINGTON, Nov 13 - Regulators seized two Florida banks on Friday, bringing the total number of bank failures this year to 122, the highest annual level since 1992. Bank regulators closed Orion Bank of Naples,...
WASHINGTON, Nov 13 - Bank regulators closed Orion Bank of Naples, Fla., on Friday. The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp said Orion Bank had total assets of $2.7 billion and total deposits of about $2.1 billion....
WASHINGTON, Nov 13 - Bank regulators closed Century Bank, Federal Savings Bank, of Sarasota, Florida on Friday. The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp said Century Bank, FSB had total assets of $728 million and total deposits...