Chinese cross-border capital flow became more balanced in the second quarter of this year, as shown by new data on foreign currencies bought and sold by commercial banks.
China's banking regulator has ordered the country's banks to set up a firewall between their popular wealth management products and their cornerstone lending to prevent risk.
China's central bank announced on Monday that it will cut the reserve requirement ratio (RRR) by 0.5 percentage points for banks engaged in proportionate lending to agricultural and small firms.
The banks might have learned from last year's liquidity drought and relocated their lending resources more reasonably but the sharp decline in deposits will limit their lending.
Sluggish home sales, increasing market supply and declining property prices epitomize China's cooling real estate market. And there are worries that the decline may continue as banks become reluctant on mortgage lending.
The Chinese cabinet's decision to carry out targeted reserve requirement ratio cuts in more banks is in line with its pledge to deepen financial reform and better serve the real economy, which analysts say will ultimately boost economic restructuring.
The nurturing of private lenders in China gained traction on Wednesday as Shanghai's first private bank prepared to open in the free trade zone (FTZ)
A chief of China's central bank has urged the country's commercial banks to be quicker in approving and issuing loans to "eligible" home buyers, mainly first-time home buyers.
As China prepares to liberalize interest rates, the experiences of the United States and other countries may offer some timely lessons.
China will approve five private banks on a trial basis, the latest move in opening the previously-closed sector to private capital, according to the country's banking regulator.
China will allow private investors to establish rural commercial banks to inject more funds into the countryside and boost rural development, according to the China Banking Regulatory Commission.
The German Agency for International Cooperation (GIZ) will assist three Myanmar private banks in terms of financial techniques for the development of country's small and medium-sized enterprises, local media reported Tuesday.
China's central bank injected short-term liquidity into the country's large commercial banks on Monday to ensure the stability of the country's monetary market ahead of the Spring Festival.
Supervision and risk analysis are urgently needed on China's shadow banking businesses, a central bank official said on Wednesday.
Private Chinese firms are braced for another wave of funding difficulties as banks hoard cash to meet regulatory requirements at the end of the year.
A Chinese banking regulator has revised the rules for the operation of rural financial institutions in order to step up supervision of small and medium-sized rural banks.
China's central bank on Tuesday injected liquidity into markets through six-day reverse repurchase agreements (repos) in an effort to meet rising cash demand during the upcoming week-long holiday.
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