Smaller Chinese banks have been scrambling to trim their loan...
BEIJING, Nov 15 - Chinese banks are in the best shape ever, but they face a rougher ride in 2009 as the economy turns down, a senior financial regulator said on Saturday. "Domestically, as the...
* Shares down 3 pct in Hong Kong * Minsheng capital ratio rises to 12 pct after HK listing * Chinese banking stocks broadly under pressure (Adds new analyst comment, background on Minsheng) HONG KONG/BEIJING,...
TAIPEI, Nov 26 - Cathay Financial <2882.TW>, Taiwan's top listed financial holding firm, could invest in or establish tie-ups with Chinese banks when regulations allow, an executive said on Thursday. "We are considering all possibilities...
BEIJING, Nov 15 - Chinese banks should defer some of their executives' pay so that performance can be judged over a longer time horizon, a senior regulator said on Sunday. The call by Jiang Dingzhi,...
BEIJING, Nov 11 - Chinese banks extended 253.0 billion yuan in new local-currency loans in October, down from 516.7 billion yuan in September, the People's Bank of China said on Wednesday. Yuan loans outstanding at...
* No return to breakneck lending, big Chinese banks told * Regulator stresses credit checks, risk management * Capital adequacy ratios must not be allowed to...
Beijing Economic-Technological Development Area, or BDA, Thursday signed strategic cooperation agreements with eight Chinese banks.Pursuant to the agreements, the eight banks will provide a total of RMB 115 billion in credit line to BDA. The eight lenders include China Construction Bank...
DALIAN, China, Sept 11 - Standard Bank, Africa's top bank by assets, said on Friday it had obtained a $1 billion loan facility from four Chinese banks, drawing on its equity tie-up with China's biggest...
The struggling Citigroup will continue to hold its stakes in Chinese banks as well as Indian banks, the Financial Times reported, quoting Ajay Banga, chief executive of Citi in Asia-Pacific, as saying. Banga said that the U.S.-based lender also plans to increase lending across the Asia-Pacific region...