China

Rising mortgage prepayment trend pressures Chinese banks’ profits

Households are taking a more conservative stance on home loan leverage, noted Fitch Ratings.

China’s new risk classification to improve banks’ transparency over bad loans: S&P

S&P estimated an NPA ratio of 7.6% as of end-2022 vs reported NPL ratio of 1.71%.

DBS secures China central bank funding for lending to green projects

PBOC will provide financial institutions with funds equal to 60% of a loan's principal.

Standard Chartered clinches approval to set up securities firm in China

It will receive an initial capital injection of over $155m.

China’s big four banks $550m short of meeting loss provision

Expect a flurry of senior non-preferred issuance bonds from the lenders.

China reopening to push up demand for retail loans: analyst

China Merchants Bank will reap full benefits of the reopening.

Citi winds down China consumer banking business

The exit does not include its institutional business, Citi said.

Foreign banks in China face growth challenges in 2023: Fitch

Their share of system assets in 2021 is just 1.4%, with only a 0.5% growth.

China’s shadow banks scramble for new business as property credit collapses: report

One shadow banking employee saw his yearly pay plunge from $500,000 to $34,000.

Alternative payments make up 72% of China’s e-commerce market

The e-commerce market is expected to grow 10.5% in 2022.

China’s banking sector to polarize in 2023; weak banks face failure

Overall loan growth will come below 10% in 2023, says S&P.

Expect faster credit, more government issuance in China through 2022: ING

Government spending should continue to increase in order to provide enough job stability.

China new bank lending rise in September: report

Household loans rose to CNY650.3b in September.

HSBC Global Private Banking launches Chengdu, Hangzhou units

The newly established teams are comprised of relationship managers and investment counselors.

Banks’ commercial real estate woes in China to persist for two more years: report

Property developers just posted their worst first-half earnings in over a decade.