Macao's RMB credit cards up 40%
[2013-02-15 11:21]A total of 648,881 personal credit cards in circulation by the end of the fourth quarter of 2012, said the Monetary Authority of Macao SAR.
China's new loans soar in January
[2013-02-08 16:55]China's new yuan-denominated lending soared to 1.07 trillion yuan ($170.4 billion) in January, up 334 billion yuan year on year.
Record liquidity added for holiday spending spree
[2013-02-08 10:11]China's central bank has injected a record amount of cash into banks via open market operations to ease liquidity ahead of the holiday spending spree.
Offshore RMB to be HK's 2nd largest source of deposits
[2013-02-01 11:02]Hong Kong's offshore renminbi deposits, excluding Certificate of Deposits, could account for over 25 percent of total deposits in the city by 2015.
HK's RMB deposits up 5.6% in Dec
[2013-02-01 10:01]Renminbi deposits in Hong Kong increased by 5.6 percent to 603 billion yuan($96.8 billion).
Foreign banks in Shanghai earn 12.5b yuan in profits
[2013-01-29 17:38]Foreign capitalized banks in Shanghai earned total profits of 12.5 billion yuan in 2012, their strongest ever performance.
Banking assets growth slowed down in 2012
[2013-01-29 17:37]China's joint-stock commercial banks surpassed urban commercial banks in assets growth rates.
China sees rising capital inflows
[2013-01-25 16:14]China saw rising capital inflows as banks bought more foreign currency than they sold for clients between September and December.
Chinese insurers loses momentum in 2012
[2013-01-25 09:28]The growth of Chinese insurance companies' premium income slowed in 2012 after decades of robust increases.
China's Q4 property loans accelerates
[2013-01-25 09:19]Loans to the Chinese property sector accelerated in the fourth quarter of 2012 as the industry showed signs of recovering.
NPL rate increased in Shanghai in 2012
[2013-01-24 17:15]Non-performing loans held by banks in Shanghai in 2012 were worth over 27 billion yuan ($4.3 billion), with a NPL rate of 0.66 percent, up 0.06 percent year-on-year.
CITIC Securities net profit plummets 66% in 2012
[2013-01-24 16:35]Net profit at CITIC Securities is forecasted to have plummeted 66.17 percent to 4.26 billion yuan in 2012 from the previous year.
China issues 30b yuan in seven-year T-bonds
[2013-01-24 10:53]The Ministry of Finance announced Wednesday that it will issue 30 billion yuan ($4.78 billion) in seven-year book-entry treasury bonds.
Banks see cross-border yuan business surge
[2013-01-24 10:30]The yuan-denominated cross-border business of two major Chinese banks - Industrial and Commercial Bank of China Ltd and Bank of China Ltd - surged in 2012.
HSBC opens 28th branch in Chinese mainland
[2013-01-24 10:06]HSBC China opened its 28th branch in the Chinese mainland in Nanning, capital of south China's Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region.
Yuan sees more international use in Nov
[2013-01-22 14:09]An index measuring the yuan's global use rebounded in November on broad-based pickup in activities and hit a new high of 737 from October's 731.
Everbright Securities 2012 profit down 33.84%
[2013-01-21 10:05]Net profit of the Everbright Securities went down 33.84 percent year-on-year to 1.02 billion yuan ($163 million) in 2012.
Minsheng Banking '12 profit up 34.5%
[2013-01-19 17:29]Net profit at China Minsheng Banking Corp Ltd surged 34.51 percent year-on-year to 37.56 billion yuan ($5.96 billion) in 2012.
Chinese brokerages' profits tumble
[2013-01-17 13:09]The total net profits of China's securities brokerages plunged 16.4 percent year-on-year in 2012 partly due to the country's lackluster stock market.
27.5b yuan in lock-up shares to become tradable
[2013-01-14 09:13]China's stock market will see lock-up agreements on non-tradable shares worth 2.75 billion yuan ($438.51 million) expire next week.
