China

Westpac’s CEO set to testify at senate competition inquiry

Westpac’s CEO set to testify at senate competition inquiry

Gail Kelly is expected to follow her rivals to argue that Australian retail banking competition is strong.

ICBC to open 5 branches in Europe

ICBC continues overseas expansion despite being slow to follow their traditional clients abroad.

China Merchants Bank plans raising $4.5bn

The lender may seek help from its parent company to raise capital in complying with its higher capital adequacy requirements.

Issues raised by the SPC’s recent judicial interpretation on FIE Disputes

On August 5, 2010, the Supreme People’s Court of the People’s Republic of China issued the Provision on Several Issues on the Trial of Disputes Involving Foreign Invested Enterprises.

China Construction Bank to pare down loan scale

The lender follows move of other Chinese banks due to expected tighter loan policy in 2011.

Regulators approve cooperation of BoC with 4 Taiwanese banks

Cooperation to include foreign exchange, trade finance, joint loans, interbank borrowing and staff exchanges.

Bank of East Asia launches rural bank in China

The rural lender to provide deposit taking, agriculture-related lending and capital settlement services to rural residents and SMEs.