China

Looks like the regulations in 2011 were successful in reducing major risks by slowing shadow banking activities.

Bankers see the Chinese renminbi or yuan becoming a key commodities currency.

ICBC's net profit rose 14 percent year on year to 61.34 billion yuan or US$ 9.77 billion in the first quarter of 2012.

The weaker Chinese economy has claimed Bank of China, Ltd as a victim.

The China Banking Regulatory Commission (CBRC) reports on the state of China's banking industry in 2011.

Rating agency Standard & Poor’s applauds China’s amended reserve regulations.

The government hedges against a potentially disastrous rise in non-performing loans.

Banks actively seek new technology solutions to further improve market share, customer service and operational efficiency.

Cuts in required reserve ratios are not enough to fully offset the tighter liquidity conditions, says BBVA.

China Construction Bank Corporation plans to open 2,000 more branches until 2016.

Mortgage interest rates are falling in Chinese first-tier cities with the gradual recovery of the property market.

But after deducting the non-operating gains and losses the profit only increased by 5.39% to US$77.6 million.

Chinese banks lent a record US$160 billion in March in a bid to boost China’s faltering economy.

China is putting increasing pressure on state-owned banks to reform.

Chinese banks have made "significant improvements in risk measurement and risk management", according to experts of the IMF and World Bank.

Reports say that China's non-performing loans surged to US$68b at the end of 2011 - is this the start of a looming credit crisis in China? Find out what analysts from Fitch and Standard & Poor's have to say.