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Ant Group may resume IPOs once problems resolved: report

PBOC is still investigating monopolies in the fintech company.

Ant Group may resume IPOs once problems resolved: report

PBOC is still investigating monopolies in the fintech company.

China's shadow banking credit growth to slow in H2: Moody's

The upcoming lower interest rates on informal lending will kick on growth prospects.

China's MSE loan programme to strain banks' profitability

The banking system is expected to extend $420b in new loans to micro and small businesses.

Chart of the Week: Chinese banks' loan growth slows to 13% in August

New loans have reached about $2.1b for the first eight months of 2020.

Chinese banking sector's net profits down 24.6% YoY in Q2

Improvement in sight for H2, but lenders may face capital shortfall.

More profit woes for Chinese banks as regulators plan NPL hike

$160.9m of targeted full-year NPL resolution were completed in H1.

Citibank granted domestic fund custody licence in China

The bank can now provide custody services to Chinese mutual and private funds.

Chinese banks with more shrewd NPLs see slim earnings hike

But banks are still likely to slash dividends.

Huge capital gap hounds China's big banks

The gap could expand up to $943b by 2024.

Chinese banks' liquidity still enough despite key metrics slumping

Asset quality grew 10.8% in Q2 from 9.4% a year earlier.

China's megabanks ramp up employment despite falling profits

The Agricultural Bank of China has already hired 4,500 people.

Chinese banks face first H1 profit drop in a decade

The regulator has urged banks to recognise bad loans and hike buffers.

China's new loan prime rate to further hurt banks' profitability

The decline in average loan yields will deepen as more loans are repriced.

PBOC injects cash into banks to ease stress

It added $101b (CNY700b) of one-year funding via the medium-term lending facility.

China's P2P online lenders owe over $115b to investors

They have also dropped to just 29 across the country.

Relief extension for Chinese shadow banks beneficial but limited: Fitch

It will not offset the impact of investor risk aversion.