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year-on-year to Rmb47,843 million. Net profit increased at a slower pace, primarily due to the combined effects of less net interest margin and higher provision. Basic and diluted earnings per share were Rmb1.31. Net interest…
China Minsheng Banking : 2016 Net Profit CNY47.84 Billion
HONG KONG–China Minsheng Banking Corp. Ltd. (1988.HK) late Thursday reported a 3.8% rise in its 2016 net profit amid steady operating income. The Chinese bank said net profit for the year ended Dec. 31 rose…
After 2016 squeeze, some top China banks set for stronger growth
“The trend is promising,” Yi Huiman, Chairman of Industrial and Commercial Bank of China Ltd (ICBC), the world’s biggest lender, said on Thursday, citing the impact of broad economic recovery. Pricing for loans is stabilising…
China’s Tectonic Shift in Bank Funding
Ghosts of financial crises past rarely revisit in exactly the same way. Still, stresses looming in China’s behemoth banking system eerily resemble the ones its U.S. counterpart suffered just ahead of its meltdown a decade…
China's big banks say bad-loan fears eased in 2016
Bad-loan concerns at China’s big banks eased in 2016 despite flat earnings growth, the companies said this week, but analysts warn asset-quality problems in the world’s second-largest economy could worsen next year. Bank of China,…
Shanghai Composite Index Slips as Central Bank Clamps Down on Liquidity
The company delisted from the NYSE last year as shareholders took the company private. Agricultural Bank of China – among Mainland China’s biggest lenders, saw a 1.8 percent profit increase year over year for 2016,…
China downplays tensions with U.S. as Xi prepares to meet Trump
“China does not deliberately seek a trade surplus. We also have no intention of carrying out competitive currency devaluation to stimulate exports. This is not our policy,” Zheng said. State news agency Xinhua also struck…
Can China's ivory trade ban save elephants?
At the height of the market some of them could sell for many thousands of dollars. Now, to the delight of conservationists everywhere, China is calling a halt to this lucrative end of a brutal…
China Mobile Hong Kong Unveils “Supreme” Service Plan Series
HONG KONG, March 31, 2017 /PRNewswire/ — China Mobile Hong Kong (CMHK) today proudly announced the launch of the “Supreme” Service Plan Series, encompassing the “Supreme Global”, “Supreme Asia” and “Supreme Greater China” Service Plan…
China says not devaluing yuan, urges U.S. cooperation as Xi prepares to meet Trump
BEIJING (Reuters) – China called on the United States to play its part in resolving trade frictions between the two countries, and said Beijing isn’t devaluing its currency to boost exports as tensions simmered ahead…
China Everbright eyes $1.5 billion financial deal in overseas push
HONG KONG The financial services arm of state-owned China Everbright Group plans to allocate $1.5 billion of its 2017 spending to the purchase of a fund manager, private bank or insurer overseas to help it…
U.S. trade barriers report slams China on overcapacity, tech transfer
WASHINGTON The Trump administration on Friday slammed China on a range of trade issues from its chronic industrial overcapacity to forced technology transfers and long-standing bans on U.S. beef and electronic payment services. The annual…