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Chinese banks speed up half-year bad loan disposals
Chinese banks speed up half-year bad loan disposals
Their non-performing loan ratios have dropped to 1.53% in June.
China's Exim Bank pledges intensified support to embattled exporters
Lending to trading firms rose 12% in H1 2018.
Chinese banks new loans crashes to $186b in August as credit crunch hits SMEs
Banks have been shunning riskier corporates over consumer loans.
China Merchants Bank's bloated retail loan book shields against trade conflict
Retail loans accounted for half of total lending as of end-December.
Bank of China bets on tech to boost dismal fee performance
It has embarked on 28 technology projects so far.
Chinese lenders shore up on e-banking fees in Q2
Electronic banking fees of CCB and ACB surged 60% and 33% respectively.
Chinese banking fines up nearly sixfold in 2017
CBRC head Guo Shuqing has not been letting up in the crackdown.
ICBC half-year profit up 4.9% to $23.47b
This represents the fastest earnings growth in four years.
Chinese banks shun in-house tech as they turn to Alibaba and Tencent for help
Nearly all mid-sized and commercial banks have tied up with the three tech titans.
Chinese big banks beat bad loan cloud as half-year profits rise
Agricultural Bank posted the largest earnings growth so far.
Chinese banks' asset pool hits $37t in July
Asset growth picked up at a faster pace on an MoM basis.
China Construction Bank sells 27 rural lenders to BOC
The village banks failed to generate significant contribution to their parent bank's bottomline.
China scraps foreign ownership limits on banks
Foreign stakes were previously capped by up to 25%.
Close Chinese ties raise Hong Kong banks' compliance risk
The SAR already faces medium-high money laundering risk.
China urges banks to ramp up government bond purchases
Regulators may scrap the 20% reserve requirement.
Asia Infrastructure Investment Bank boosted by bloated project book
Project approvals have more than doubled from $2b in March 2017 to $5.3b in July.
Growing bad loan burden dims Chinese banks' H1 profit outlook
Profits of the country’s top five banks are expected to rise around 4.7% to 7%.
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