China's Central bank data showed a sharp slowdown in aggregate financing, a broad measure of credit, in July, as new loans and corporate bond issuance weakened
To cope up with country's dwindling cash reserves, loan of $2.3 billion from a Chinese consortium of banks to Pakistan is expected within a "couple of days"
The terms of China's loan deals with developing countries are unusually secretive and require borrowers to prioritise repayment of Chinese state-owned banks ahead of other creditors, a study showed
The debt of local government financing vehicles and property developers are looking precarious while several trust investment firms are on shaky ground
Chinese banks are expected to face headwinds raising funds next year as profit-conscious investors cling to the sidelines, expecting a wave of bad loans to hammer the sector and erode margins
Four of China's five largest state-owned banks said they have increased their provisions against bad debt to brace for future losses due to the impact of the global coronavirus pandemic
Pressured by the government to lend to businesses, loans and advances at the four big banks rose between 7% and 10% in the first half, even though bad debt surged
As the pandemic batters economies globally, BoC, the most international of China's large state banks, said it would keep guarding against global financial market risks in the second half
The four biggest state banks, led by Industrial & Commercial Bank of China Ltd., this month kicked off their autumn campus hiring, instead of in November as in previous years
The big five state banks including Industrial and Commercial Bank of China, China Construction Bank, and Bank of China kick off their earnings season on Aug 28
Analysts polled by Reuters had predicted new yuan loans would fall to 1.20 trillion yuan in July. The new loans were lower than 1.06 trillion yuan a year earlier
Under this payment system, the White House can order US banks to stop processing transactions with certain individuals, institutions and countries, thus, denying them access to the US dollar payments