BEIJING (Reuters) – China’s banking regulator has imposed fines of 52.5 million yuan ($8.36-million) on 19 banks in the northwestern province of Shaanxi and the central province of Henan over a 19-billion-yuan ($3-billion) pledged loan…
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China’s central bank injects liquidity into market in January
The People’s Bank of China (PBOC) is seen in this file photo taken in Beijing. [Photo/Xinhua] BEIJING – China’s central bank injected 495.5 billion yuan ($78.8 billion) into the market via various tools in January…
China’s banking sector reports growing domestic assets in 2017
BEIJING, Feb. 1 (Xinhua) — China’s banking sector reported growing domestic assets and debt in 2017, official data showed Thursday. Domestic assets of financial institutions in the banking sector stood at 245.78 trillion yuan (38.99…
Shanghai banking regulator tightens rules on acquisition loans for property projects – sources
SHANGHAI/BEIJING (Reuters) – The banking regulator in Shanghai, China’s commercial capital, has told commercial banks to “strictly control” acquisition loans for financing property development projects, two sources with direct knowledge of the matter … (…
People’s Bank of China issues commemorative 10-yuan coins
(Xinhua/Zhang Bo) A bank clerk displays commemorative coins for the Year of the Dog in Beijing, capital of China, Feb.2, 2018. The People’s Bank of China issued commemorative 10-yuan coins on Friday. (Xinhua/Zhang Yuwei) Photo…
China central bank asks EU to reconsider thresholds for bank supervision requirements
BEIJING (Reuters) – China’s central bank on Tuesday asked the European Union authorities to reconsider proposed rules that require foreign banks to set up parent holding companies for supervisory purposes, if they have assets of…
China Stocks Hit by Beijing’s Financial Clampdown
SHANGHAI—Chinese stocks had their worst week since 2016, with fresh concerns about Beijing’s campaign to cut financial risk and predictions of a slowing economy helping erase half of the market’s year-to-date gains in just a…
China Urges Crackdown on M&A Loans Used to Buy Land
Shanghai branch of CBRC is said to issue notice to banks Continues crackdown of flow of funds into risky real estate China’s banking regulator has told lenders in Shanghai to increase their scrutiny of loans…
IMF On China: A Downturn is Inevitable
provides a good summary of many of the key issues facing China’s economy. Rapid credit growth since the global financial crisis is record setting for both its total expansion and its duration. Credit is being…
China’s financial system dogged by a corrupt alliance of cats and rats, central bank discipline chief says
A corrupt alliance of “rats and cats” is to blame for the lack of order and heightened risk within China’s financial system, the newly appointed head of discipline at the country’s central bank said on…
“Working in Chinese finance was traumatic for me, but more Singaporeans should do it”
But now he wants more to work there. https://news.efinancialcareers.com/uk-en/305691/chinese-vs-western-banks/ Singaporean finance professional Matt Huang spent seven turbulent years in Beijing trying to navigate China’s bewildering business environment. ( read original story …)
China Vanke Names Financial Veteran as President, CEO
Real-estate heavyweight China Vanke on Wednesday appointed financial veteran Zhu Jiusheng as its chief executive officer and president, the right hand of company Chairman Yu Liang. The appointment of Zhu was unanimously approved by Vanke’s…
Bitcoin ads disappear from social media in China after central bank bans cryptocurrency fundraising
China’s major social media networks and search engines don … to prevent advertisers from marketing “financial products and services frequently associated with misleading or deceptive promotional practices”. The move shines a spotlight on the ……
