China Merchants Bank, China Merchants Bank, UnionPay, and 26 of their responsible persons were fined for a total 31 regulatory violations.
January 10, 2023The coordinated move suggests the PBOC may have directed lenders to lower their deposit rates, which reduces bank funding costs and enables more lending.
September 19, 2022ICBC, China Development Bank, Great Wall, and Postal Savings Bank and a number of their subsidiaries were penalised almost 200mn yuan for various regulatory violations.
January 11, 2021Postal Savings Bank of China and China Citic Bank will join four other state banks in conducting initial tests and creating services for the digital currency.
September 3, 2020The banks were each fined between 1.6mn and 2.7mn yuan for underreporting information on certain transactions, wealth management products, and credit asset transfers.
May 14, 2020The PBOC has instructed six state-owned banks to provide low-interest loans to a broader pool of companies than originally specified under a special re-lending programme earlier this month.
February 25, 2020The regulator has fixed the minimum net capital for commercial lenders' wealth management subsidiaries at 500 million yuan, and at least 40 percent of the net assets.
December 6, 2019Of the funds released with the cut, ¥500b should support debt-to-equity swap programme to lower corporate debt ratios, ¥200b to be used for SME lending.
June 25, 2018CBRC cracked down on banks that provided loans against low-purity gold; the regulator expressed concerns on banks’ lending and collateral management norms.
February 5, 2018CBRC investigation revealed RMB 7.9 billion in illegal bank bills trading; life-time ban for Postal Savings Bank branch head.
January 31, 2018