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China’s central bank is just getting started
May 11th, 2015
China’s central bank is just getting started with its efforts to shore up the country’s struggling economy. The People’s Bank of China announced new interest rate cuts over the weekend, the third such action since November. The central bank’s benchmark one-year ...
China to open bank card clearing market to foreign firms from June
April 22nd, 2015
China has announced it will open up its market for clearing domestic bank card transactions, a move that should allow foreign players such as Visa Inc (V.N) and MasterCard Inc (MA.N) direct access to a market valued at $6.84 ...
Qatari banks ink deal for Islamic finance venture in China
April 14th, 2015
Two Qatari banks and Chinese brokerage Southwest Securities signed a memorandum of understanding on Tuesday to establish a company handling Islamic finance deals in China. At present there is very little Islamic finance activity in China, but the country’s ...
Deutsche Börse and China Construction Bank agree strategic partnership
March 31st, 2015
Deutsche Börse: Deutsche Börse Group and China Construction Bank (CCB) have entered into a strategic partnership and have signed an agreement. Deutsche Börse Group is a leading global provider of financial market infrastructure services and is based in the European ...
China’s Central Bank Warns Of Deflation
March 30th, 2015
The People’s Bank of China echoed what many in the market have been saying for months now: the risk of deflation in the No. 2 economy is now very real. Speaking at the Boao Forum in Hainan, China this weekend, central ...
China Construction Bank Extends Use of Catena TRACE for FX Derivatives Trade Reporting Using Hosted Platform
March 23rd, 2015
Catena Technologies Pte Ltd today announced that China Construction Bank has extended its use of Catena’s TRACE™ system to report foreign exchange derivatives to the Monetary Authority of Singapore. Along with the extended use for FX, the bank will ...
Schaeuble confirms Germany is a founding member of China-led AIIB bank
March 17th, 2015
Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble said on Tuesday that Germany is going to be a founding member of a new international development bank backed by China along with other European countries. The move to join the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB), following the lead ...
Media reports said a growing number of close U.S allies to join a new China-led international development bank
March 17th, 2015
A senior U.S. diplomat said it was up to individual countries whether to join a new China-led international development bank as media reports said a growing number of close U.S. allies were ignoring Washington’s pressure to stay out of ...
China Expands Access to $4.3 Trillion Interbank Bond Market
November 3rd, 2014
China is opening its 26.31 trillion yuan ($4.3 trillion) interbank bond market to non-financial firms after tightening trading rules following a crackdown on illegal transactions. Qualifying participants will require minimum net assets of 30 million yuan and use a ...
Three major nations absent as China launches World Bank rival in Asia
October 24th, 2014
Australia, Indonesia and South Korea skipped the launch of a China-backed Asian infrastructure bank on Friday as the United States said it had concerns about the new rival to Western-dominated multilateral lenders. China’s $50 billion Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank ...
