China's relaxed bad loan recognition standards to help businesses through the Covid-19 outbreak may have long-term repercussions for the creditworthiness of some institutions.
February 24, 2020The PBOC pledged to help companies by lowering lending rates, increasing credit support, and ensure banking system liquidity through RRR cuts and MLF loans.
February 21, 2020The PBOC has lowered the interest rate on its medium-term lending facility, injected 100bn yuan in liquidity via reverse repos, and ordered banks to disinfect yuan bills.
February 18, 2020The actions being taken to combat the novel coronavirus are reportedly "very close" to those taken in a simulated exercise last October, which involved a pandemic, cyberattack and telecoms breakdown.
February 17, 2020The Banking Sector SME Lending Coordination Mechanism discussed ways to extend greater support to SME and retail customers, in light of the Covid-19 threat to cashflows.
February 14, 2020