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Monthly Archives: January, 2019

Chinese Bankers Foresee Rise in Fintech Subsidiaries

Members of China's banking sector expect domestic lenders to continue to launch their own fintech subsidiaries in order to shore up their competitive capability. A...

China’s Foreign Reserves Stood at $3.0727T at End of December

China's foreign reserves posted a modest gain in the month of December, for their second consecutive month of increase. The latest data from the State...

Bank WMP Returns Fall to 4.4%, PBOC Reserve Cut Expected to Augment Pressure

Returns on bank wealth management products have continued to fall since the start of the new year, with analysts expecting the Chinese central bank's...

11 Central State-owned Enterprises Select for Reform of State-owned Asset Investment Companies

Beijing has selected 11 central state-owned enterprises (SOE's) to implement "upgrade" reforms of state-owned asset investment companies. According to a report from Economic Information Daily trials...

State Media Highlights First Home Loan Rate Falls Following Reserve Ratio Cut

Chinese state media is drawing attention to the increased room for downward adjustments to first home loan rates following the central bank's unveiling of...

Facial Scan Cash Withdrawals Make Their Debut in Fujian Province

Chinese banks are expected to drive the deployment of biometric technology at ATM's this year, permit customers to make cash withdrawals via facial scans...

30 Chinese Cities Expected to Relax Property Market Controls in 2019

Domestic analysts expect Chinese cities to loosen the local property market controls they began to impose nearly two years ago at Beijing's behest.  The municipal...

China’s Population Could Begin to Shrink as Early as 2027: CASS

A new study from one of China's leading think tanks claims that China's population could begin to post negative growth in under a decade. On...

CBIRC Gives Four Big State-owned Banks Approval for Wealth Management Subsidiaries

China's banking regulator has green lighted the launch of wealth management subsidiaries by four of the country's big state-owned lenders. On 4 January the China...

China’s P2P Indices Drop for First Time in History, Only 300 Platforms to Weather 2019

A slew of key indices for China's P2P lending sector have posted their first decline since the inception of the industry over a decade...

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