China

Why are the banks in two of the world’s better-performing economies under government scrutiny?

BBVA suggests PBoC should cut rates asymmetrically to help stimulate the demand for loans but warns that bank profitability may have to suffer.

China's banks reported a reduction in bad loans fall and the maintenance of capital strength in the first three months of 2012.

A Chinese professor at Yale University believes the acquisition of control over Bank of East Asia by the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China and its financial partners will be the first of many by Chinese banks.

The non-performing loan ratio in the first quarter for China's commercial banks went down by one percent from last year at 0.9 percent.

The government again goes to bat for small businessmen.

Lack of new loans continue to haunt China's four biggest banks in the first two weeks of May.

Australia & New Zealand Banking Group Ltd. (ANZ) will triple the size of its banking network in China.

HSBC (China) Company Limited opened a new branch in Harbin, capital of northeast Heilongjiang province.

China takes another step to shore-up its beleaguered banking sector.

The Industrial and Commercial Bank of China has received US government approval to take over an American bank.

Swiss financial services multinational Credit Suisse Group AG is boosting its presence in China.

It depends on the Reserve Bank of India whether or not to make any further investigation into financial irregularities at the Maharashtra State Cooperative Bank.

China's Ministry of Finance recently revised its general banking risk reserve norm to at least 1.5% from the current 1% - will this be a boon or a bane?

Asia-centric Standard Chartered PLC expects its income to rise by over 10% this year.

It’s only a matter of time before China’s banks venture overseas in large numbers to support Chinese businessmen around the globe.