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Monthly Archives: March, 2019

Reserve Funds of Third Party Payments Providers Drop Following Centralised Management by PBOC

The reserve funds of China's third party payments provider have seen a sharp decline after coming under centralised management by the People's Bank of...

Ant Financial’s MYBank Slashes Interbank CD Issuance Plans, Shifts Focus to Retail Deposits

Online lender MYBank (网商银行) has flagged a sharp reduction in its issuance of interbank certificate of deposit (CD) this year, and increased focus on...

Chinese Embassies Connect to Mobile Payments Services

China's foreign ministry has announced that an increasing number of the country's overseas embassies are connecting with mobile payments service Alipay. According to a...

Chinese Central Bank Convenes First Meeting of Fintech Committee for 2019, Flags Further Growth Support

The People's Bank of China (PBOC) has convened the first meeting of its Fintech Committee (金融科技委员会) for 2019, and announced the release of a...

Annual Fintech Investment of Chinese Banks Approaches 100 Billion Yuan, Big State-owned Lenders Account for 60%

A new report from the peak body for the Chinese banking sector points to a sharp rise in fintech investment by commercial lenders as...

Further Reserve Ratio Cuts Anticipated as Beijing Pushes for More Lending to Small and Micro Enterprises

Domestic analysts expect the Chinese central bank to implement further cuts to the required reserve ratio for commercial lenders as part of efforts to...

CBIRC Chief Confident Loans to China’s Small and Micro-enterprises Will Rise over 30% in 2019

The head of China's banking regulator has flagged measures to better support the Chinese central government's financial inclusion ambitions for 2019. "The government work...

China’s Agriculture, Mining and Services Sectors on Track for Further Opening in 2019: NDRC

China's National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) has flagged further opening of key sectors of the economy in 2019. Ning Jizhe (宁吉喆), NDRC vice-chair,...

Mobile Payments Users in China Rise over 10% in 2018 to Hit 583 Million, Online Payments Users Reach 600 Million

A new report points to surging growth in China's mobile payments and online payments markets in 2018. The number of mobile payments users in...

5G Commercial Applications Expected to Drive 8.2 Trillion Yuan in Information Consumption

One of China's leading think tanks forecasts roaring growth in information consumption on the back of Beijing's push for 5G deployment. The China Academy...

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