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Number of village banks in China hits 1,000
Number of village banks in China hits 1,000
Vital conduit for loans to small and medium enterprises.
Bank of Beijing offers faster tourism loans
Caters to rapidly growing tourism market in China.
China banks to launch large negotiable certificates of deposit soon
Minimal near-term impact seen.
Shadow banking now 40% of China’s GDP
Its the fastest-growing segment in China’s financial sector.
Flood of foreign capital to inundate Chinese banks?
Will occur within three years.
China allows foreign investors to use RMB in financial sectors
Part of effort to broaden RMB use in cross-border investments.
China to allow individuals to establish rural commercial banks
Comes as China eases control over private capital in banking.
Standard Chartered completes its seventh RMB cross-border lending deal
It's a CNY 2.5b deal for Nokia Siemens Networks China.
Chinese banks' fee income predicted to surge 25%
But here's why it may not be too impressive.
Chinese banks' net income growth to slow to 9% in Q3
Blame it on these two culprits.
CITIC working on China's first real estate securitization
Has to consolidate its capital base.
S&P says China will trigger new Asian banking crisis
Sees Asia as next world hot spot.
HSBC Global Asset Management gets RQFII quota
Will invest it in the fixed income securities on the mainland.
Chinese Supreme Court urges careful handling of shadow banking cases
This will promote healthy development of private investment.
Why analyst thinks China's larger banks will outperform its smaller rivals
Weaker NIM progression seen for smaller banks.
StanChart expands fund services capabilities in the Middle East
Fund services coverage now up to 17 markets.
Kazakhstan and China sign banking agreement
Will strengthen cooperation in banking regulation.
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