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Monthly Archives: April, 2017

60% of China’s Leading Banks Make Forays into Financial Leasing

As part of efforts to find new profit growth points more than half of China's leading listed banks have made forays into financial leasing via the...

Growth in NPL’s Amongst China’s Big Four Banks Eases

China’s big four banks are pursuing concerted measures to reduce non-performing loans as economic expansion eases and profit growth slows down. The latest slew of...

People’s Bank of China Turns to Industrial and Commercial Authorities for Credit Information

The People's Bank of China is trialling the use of information provided by the government's industrial and commercial authorities to improve lending decisions in Hubei province. The...

What Does a Model Transition Mean for Chinese Banks?

The phrase "model transition" (转型) has been touted with increasing frequency  by the banking sector, appearing on dozens of occasions in each of the annual reports...

SAFE Says Foreign Debt Deleveraging Has Come to an End

Data from the State Administration of Foreign Exchange (SAFE) indicates that that China's full foreign debt balance was USD$1,420 billion as of the end...

Capital Adequacy Ratios Put Pressure on Listed Banks to Refinance

China's listed banks are turning to preferred stock issues to improve their capital asset ratios as regulators toughen up their adequacy tests. According to analysts as...

Online Lenders Will Tumble as Beijing Introduces Strict New Legislation

The introduction of strict new legislation governing online lending platforms in Beijing is expected to cull a large number of Internet financiers. A circular released by...

BOC’s Net Profits Attributable to Shareholders Falls for the First Time

Bank of China (BOC) has posted negative growth in net profits attributable to shareholders for the first time in its history. According to BOC's 2016...

A-share Banks Post Surge in Mortgage Lending

A cohort of over a dozen of China's A-share banks saw mortgage lending leap by nearly 50% on average last year. 13 of China's listed A-share banks made a total of...

Lending to Chinese Property Sector Expected to Cool

Following a spike in loans towards the end of last year lending towards the Chinese property sector is expected to cool in the near term. The...

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