| From Gulfnews.com: Deteriorating asset quality and an increase in non-performing, or bad loans, will be the key challenges regional banks will have to overcome, according to a senior analyst at credit ratings agency Standard & Poor's.
"Our view is that asset quality deterioration will continue. There's always a time lag effect between the slowdown in the economy and the appearance of the non performing loans [NPLs]. So for the next few quarters, we will continue to see some negative news in the corporate sector," Emmanuel Volland, senior director for financial services said.......Full Article: Source
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