China’s top banking regulator has heightened its scrutiny of the reporting of financial data by lenders, fining a slew of big state-owned banks for related infractions.
The China Banking and Insurance Regulatory Commission (CBIRC) recently issued a total of 17.7 million yuan (approx. USD$2.5 million) in fines to eight banks, including big state-owned lenders Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (ICBC), Bank of China and Bank of Communications.
Fines were issued in relation to the submission of incomplete information for a range of issues, including transactions, transfer of credit assets and underreporting of wealth management products (WMP).
State-owned media said that the issuance of fines by CBIRC over data reporting by financial institutions is a rare occurrence, and marks a tightening of related requirements.
CBIRC has the authority to require that financial institutions produce rectification plans and make corrections within a set timeframe when their data reporting falls short of mandatory disclosure benchmarks.
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