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Monthly Archives: February, 2019

Returns on P2P Loans Set to Weaken as Chinese Regulators Step up Pressure

Average returns on peer-to-peer loans in China are expected to remain weak as Beijing continues to crack down on internet lending. The Chinese central government...

Shanghai Launches Blockchain Research Centre at Fudan University

Shanghai has seen the launch of a new blockchain research institute at one of China's leading tertiary institutions. On 15 February the sign for...

Leverage Risk Concentrated amongst State-owned Enterprises, Local Government: Chinese Academy of Social Sciences

One of China's leading think tanks has warned of the dangers of excessive leverage amongst state-owned enterprises (SOE) and local governments. Speaking at the 2019...

China’s Big State-owned Banks Expand to Six in Total

The ranks of China's official big state-owned banks have seen an increase to six in total following the inclusion of the Postal Savings Bank...

Chinese Fintech App Downloads Breach 100 Billion, Exceed E-commerce Apps

Fintech apps have emerged as one of the most downloaded apps on the Chinese market ahead of e-commerce apps. Data from the Ministry of...

Beijing Says 13.86 Million Chinese Lifted out of Rural Poverty in 2018

Official data points to a sizeable decline in the number of Chinese living in rural poverty in 2018. Figures released by the National Bureau...

Chinese Banks Make Record-breaking 3.23T Yuan in Loans in January

Chinese banks made a record-breaking volume of loans in the month of January as Beijing pushes for the financial sector to keep the economy...

New Foreign Invested Enterprises Drop over 10% in January

Official data points to a modest YoY rise in the amount of foreign capital actually used in China last month, in tandem with a...

Ant Financial Acquires Full Ownership of British Payments Company WorldFirst

Chinese fintech giant Ant Financial has acquired full ownership of London-based cross-border payments company WorldFirst. According to a report from Shanghai Securities Journal Ant...

People’s Bank of China Issues 20B Yuan in Central Bank Renminbi Bills via Hong Kong

The People's Bank of China (PBOC) has auctioned 20 billion yuan ( approx. USD$3 billion) in central bank bills via Hong Kong, in move...

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