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China's property loan growth slows amid tough purchase restrictions

BEIJING-LoanstoChina'srealestatesectorgrewataslowerpaceinthefirstquarterasgovernmentpurchaserestrictionsremaininplaceinmajorcities,datafromthecentralbankshowed.

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EIB investigates Daimler loans after diesel questions

TheEuropeanInvestmentBankmayaskDaimlertopaybackloansextendedforresearchanddevelopmentinlightofareportlinkingtheMercedesmakertodieselemission-testcheating,Weltam

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China tightens entrusted loan management

China'sbankingwatchdogonSaturdayissuedrulestotightenmanagementoverentrustedloans,aformofbusiness-to-businesslendingthatinvolvescommerciallendersasintermediaries

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China cracks down on online micro-lending firms with new rules

China’sfinancialregulatorsonFridayissuednewrulestolocalgovernmentstargetingfast-growingonlinemicro-lenders,whicharepartofacampaigntoreininarapidlydevelopingfina

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Beijing cracks down on P2P online lenders

TheBeijingInternetFinanceAssociationhasorderedP2Ponlinelenderswhoareengagedincashloanstocheckinwiththeassociation,andkeepinterestratesbelow36%,ThePaperreported.

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CDB channels over $50 bln to Africa in H1 2017

ChinaDevelopmentBank(CDB)extendedloansofmorethan50billionUSdollarsto43Africancountriesinthefirsthalfofthisyear.WangYongsheng,vicepresidentofCDB,saidThursdaythat

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European Central Bank tells banks to set aside more cash on bad loans

TheEuropeanCentralBank(ECB)willaskeurozonebanksfromnextyeartosetasidemorecashtocovernewlyclassifiedbadloansandmayalsopresentadditionalmeasurestotacklethesector’

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China's CBRC cautions on surging consumer loans

China'stopbankingregulatoronFridaywarnedsurgingconsumerloansmayposepotentialriskstothecountry'slendingsystem.Italsocautionedagainstafastriseinconsumerleveragera

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China boosts financial support for small businesses

China’scabinetsaidonWednesdaythatitwouldtakemanymeasures,includingtaxexemptionsandtargetedreserverequirementratiocuts,toencouragebankstosupportsmallbusinesses.F

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German government pledges emergency financial support for Air Berlin

GermanauthoritiessaidtheywouldprovideloanstoAirBerlin,thecountry’ssecondlargestcarrier,afterthecompany’smainshareholderAbuDhabi-basedEtihad,announcedplanstostop

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China bans online loans to college students

Chinahasbannedonlineloanstocollegestudentsfollowingathree-yearboomincampuslending,whichhasbeenaccompaniedbyoutrageoverexorbitantrates,violentdebtcollectionpract

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Bank bad loans in S. Korea fall as corp. restructuring to come to end

BadloansamongSouthKoreanbanksfellinthefirstquarterasrestructuringinthetroubledshipbuildingandshippingcompaniescameclosertoanend,financialwatchdogdatashowedTuesd

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Manchester suicide bomber used student loan and benefits to fund terror

The Manchester suicide bomber used taxpayer-funded student loans and benefits to bankroll the terror plot, police believe.

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Risks on Belt & Road loans controllable: bank officials

ChineseloanstocountriesandregionsalongtheBeltandRoadwillnotaddtolocaldebtburden,whilerisksrisingfromsuchloansareundercontrol,bankofficialssaidThursday.DingXiang

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Credit conditions for most business lending unchanged in fourth quarter : Fed

Loan officers at U.S. banks reported largely unchanged lending standards and slightly looser terms for business loans in the last three months of 2016, the Federal Reserve reported on Monday in a quarterly survey.

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New rules to help curb speculative outflow of yuan

The central bank has drawn up new guidelines to strengthen inspections of domestic companies that make yuan loans overseas, the latest move to curb speculative shifting of yuan amid short-term depreciation pressure, a source with the bank said on Thursday.

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Old machiya houses in Japan's Kyoto given new lease of life by niche loans

For generations, artisans and merchants in Japan's ancient capital of Kyoto lived in thousands of traditional "machiya" townhouses that are steadily disappearing or falling into disrepair.