China

The US$140 deal was signed in January 2011 and approved by the Fed in May.

Transparency International ranked Chinese banks at or near the bottom of a list of 105 international firms ranked for transparency.

The Agricultural Bank of China announced that its vice president Yang Kun has resigned.

Bank of China has opened the first Chinese bank branch in the Nordic region.

Fears spread as the Chinese central bank recently reduced its main lending rate by 0.31 percentage points to 6%.

The souring economy is forcing China to hedge against bank bankruptcies.

The banking sector could see a large drop in profits this year due to domestic and international financial turmoil.

Reports say that Chinese banks grabbed a third of global banking profits in 2011 as European banks retrench - but will this last?

Europe’s punishing financial turmoil has been good for China’s Big Four banks.

Armed with ample cash, China’s second largest bank will now accelerate its overseas expansion.

China has given permisssion to ten Taiwanese banks to establish branches on the mainland.

The Bank of China became the first mainland bank to commercially operate in Taiwan with the opening of its Taipei branch.

While not downgraded by credit ratings agencies, China’s huge state-owned banks are cause for serious concern in the weakening economy.

Agricultural Bank of China continues its North American expansion.

A new agreement improves government oversight of their banks in each country.

ICBC branches are aggressively marketing the bank's equipment leasing service to SMEs to address their difficulty in accessing bank loan for production upgrade.