Chinese lenders could undergo a liquidity crunch as the central bank incorporates wealth management products as part of its regular credit assessment, CICC warns.
By adopting a new supplier-financing programme, the Chinese wind power generator is giving its suppliers the flexibility to get paid up to 270 days earlier.
China’s X-border transaction curbs are hindering companies that want to pay off debt offshore and increasing their appetite for X-border guarantee financing. But firms must play nice and not step across the line.
Transitioning onto the nation’s electronic system can save treasurers in China from a massive paper hunt, but the banking industry needs to be ready first.
Southeast Asia is in need of billions of dollars worth of infrastructure to sustain economic growth. China’s One Belt, One Road initiative may yield the finance needed.
HSBC’s strategic push to Asia promises explicit investment in transaction banking platforms and lending rates set to undercut existing lenders*, but the shift will be far less substantial than presumed.