Consider the advantages of joining an airline frequent flier program: The more you travel, the more points you earn. On the other hand, the more you travel, the more likely your baggage will be lost. Or the airline will still charge a fee for converting frequent flier points into a “free” extra trip. The rest is here: Taking Airline CRM Efforts to New, Higher Altitudes (E-Commerce Times)

BEIJING, Feb 1 (Reuters) – Industrial and Commercial Bank of China, the country’s largest lender, said that its new loans in January were about 110 billion yuan ($16 billion), less than in the same month last year. The bank also said in a statement that the majority of the loans went to on-going projects and small businesses, and it vowed to lend at a balanced, reasonable pace throughout...

Chairman of the Lagos Business School Prof Pat Utomi has attributed the current scarcity of fuel in the country to the stringent measures by banks to grant loans to oil marketers. Follow this link: Nigeria : Utomi Attributes Fuel Scarcity to Bank Loans (AllAfrica.com)

Compensation should be paid to university students in Lancashire following a fiasco which delayed the paying of their loans and grants, MPs have said. More: MP’s fury at student loans fiasco (Lancashire Evening Post)

HONG KONG, Feb 1 (Reuters) – The estimated number of residential mortgage loans (RMLs) in negative equity in Hong Kong fell 44 percent to 466 cases at the end of December from 835 cases at the end of September as property prices rose, data from the Hong Kong Monetary Authority showed. Link: HK mortgage loans in negative equity fall in Q4 2009 (Reuters via Yahoo! Philippines News)

BEIJING, Feb 1 (Reuters) – Industrial and Commercial Bank of China , the country’s largest lender, said that its new loans in January were about 110 billion yuan ($16 billion), less than in the same month last year. Follow this link: China’s ICBC says new Jan loans down vs last year (Reuters via Yahoo! Philippines News)