China
Chart of the Week: Check out how China's shadow banking items shrank in 2018
There was a 17% YoY reduction of total social financing.
Chart of the Week: Check out how China's shadow banking items shrank in 2018
There was a 17% YoY reduction of total social financing.
Deleveraging helps moderate China banks' growth
Loan growth may moderate by 1-2 ppt in 2018.
Agricultural Bank of China to achieve 8% loan growth in 2018
It also expects $138b of new loans.
China banks to benefit from debt to equity swaps
They expect improvement in overall asset quality with bad loans resolution.
China banks' regulator fines 19 banks over loan fraud case
ICBC and PSBC are amongst the fined banks.
ICBC unveils new loyalty rewards programme for cardholders
This is through a partnership with Kaligo Solutions.
Standard Chartered inks deal to fund China's BRI
China Development Bank will make $1.59b available for BRI projects.
China's increasing use of medium-term facilities is a win for banks
It benefits banks' funding structure and lifts profits.
Chinese banks struggle with tighter liquidity conditions in 2018
Medium and small-sized banks are more vulnerable to these conditions.
Credit Suisse appoints Zeth Hung, Carsten Stoehr as heads of APAC investment banking
According to Reuters, Credit Suisse names Zeth Hung as Asia Pacific co-head of investment banking and capital markets and Carsten Stoehr as the chief executive for Greater China which includes Hong Kong.
China unveils rules to clamp down on financial risk
China Banking Regulatory Commission targets to eliminate "chaos" in the financial system.
China banks' regulator probes shadow banking woe
Outstanding assets of shadow banking in China reached $4.3t in December.
Chinese banks' profit growth to hit double digits in 2018
It’s back to black after four years of stagnant earnings.
Chart of the Week: Here's how Chinese banks respond to fintech
They are developing new services and strengthening existing ones.
China to step up oversight on banks against financial risk
Long-term efforts are needed to bring the banking sector under control.
70% of Chinese banks expect bad loans to dip 2%
Most bankers are confident in results in the next three years.
Low profitability and insufficient capital haunt Chinese banks
Even their improved asset quality cannot mask these concerns.