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Double whammy hurts Nigerian banks’ ROE

October 15, 2021

Access Bank, the country’s largest lender by total assets, saw ROE fall from 16% in 2019 to 14.1% in 2020.

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NPL upward trend continues at Kenyan banks

October 14, 2021

KCB Group, the country’s largest lender by Tier 1 capital, saw its non-performing loan ratio rise to 15% in 2020.

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Vision 2030 projects drive Saudi loan growth

October 13, 2021

The country’s two largest banks saw gross total loans increase by about 37% between 2016 and 2020.

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Pandemic pauses financial services jobs boom in Vietnam

October 12, 2021

Riding on wings of strong economic growth, 6750 financial services and fintech jobs were created in Vietnam in 2018. However, momentum slowed in the past two years and has not yet recovered.

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Cambodia’s pre-pandemic boom drives banks’ total assets

October 11, 2021

The south-east Asian country was one of the fastest-growing economies in the world prior to Covid-19.

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Unrest and Covid-19 hits Chilean banks’ ROE

October 8, 2021

Banco de Crédito e Inversiones, the country’s largest lender, saw return on equity drop to 8.2% last year from 10.6% in 2019.

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Bermudan banks maintain liquidity despite pandemic

October 7, 2021

The territory’s largest lender, Butterfield Bank, posted a loan-to-deposit ratio of 39% last year.

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Bumpy ride continues for Bolivian banks

October 6, 2021

The country’s largest bank by assets, Banco Mercantil Santa Cruz, saw pre-tax profits slump 60% year-on-year in 2020.

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Moroccan banks take stock of ROE tumble

October 5, 2021

The country’s largest lender, Attijariwafa Bank, saw return on equity drop to 6.8% last year from 12.9% in 2019.

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Vietnamese banking sector's decade of expansion

October 4, 2021

In 2011 Vietnam had just eight banks in The Banker’s Top 1000 World Banks ranking; this has doubled to 16 in 2021.

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