Non-performing loan and economic determinants in Asia-Pacific countries: evidence from credit card debt

Credit card loans are one of the NPL classified as doubtful requiring 50% provisioning and those which are more than 6 months in arrears should be classified as bad requiring 100% provisioning which has the high potential loss for banks when the users unable to pay back the amount. Country macroeco...

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Main Author: Soh, Wei Ni
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Blue Eyes Intelligence Engineering & Sciences Publication 2019
Online Access:http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/81490/1/Non-performing%20loan%20and%20economic%20determinants%20in%20Asia-Pacific%20countries%20evidence%20from%20credit%20card%20debt.pdf
http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/81490/
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Institution: Universiti Putra Malaysia
Language: English
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Summary:Credit card loans are one of the NPL classified as doubtful requiring 50% provisioning and those which are more than 6 months in arrears should be classified as bad requiring 100% provisioning which has the high potential loss for banks when the users unable to pay back the amount. Country macroeconomics indicator leads to a rise in delinquency rates after controlling for credit supply and shocks like divorce and health coverage we investigate whether consumer propensity for delinquency and bankruptcy. The study sample consisted of 4 countries with 2 types of market classification which are developed countries by Singapore and Hong Kong, and emerging countries, Malaysia and Korea. A balanced panel regression shows unemployment rate play a significant variable to explain the NPL due to the credit card debt outstanding. The country development status helps in enhancing the reliability of the study.