China

The move to take advantage of China overtaking of the US to become Brazil’s largest trading partner.

And the remaining stocks from BofA were bought by Chinese investors.

And worse, loans to property developers are doomed to sour as sales slow.

Local banks have been advised to stop selling short-term investment products by the China Banking Regulatory Commission.

A China Construction Bank spokesman said that Bank of America's decision to sell most of its CCB shares will not affect CCB's development.

BofA will sell its remaining 10.4 billion CCB shares to private investors this month.

The last ATM in the country was launched by Co-operative Bank back in 2003.

The ratio of non-performing loans by Chinese banks at the end of September fell 0.6 percentage points to 1.84 percent  less than the end of 2010.

The Chinese government may put up a monitoring system for private lending activities.

HSBC Bank China's capital 's parent company, the HSBC Limited, has replenished its capital with 2.8 billion yuan or US$442 million U.S. dollars.

This is Goldman’s third sale of its ICBC stock since 2006.

Encouraged by a revenue jump of 80 percent in its last fiscal year, ANZ is targeting “pretty aggressive” growth in China.

Bank of Communications opened its first overseas subsidiary in London to improve cross-border business and provide global wealth management services and financial services.

Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corp. will become the first Japanese bank open a branch in Chongqing, China, by June.

ABC Financial Leasing Co., Ltd. reached strategic partnership agreements in Beijing with four leading farming enterprises.

ABC will implement nine financial and fiscal policies supporting the small and micro enterprises enacted by the State Council.