In the yawning gap between China’s risk-averse banks and the country’s liquidity-strapped suppliers, supply chain finance solutions are now emerging as one of the real growth sectors in financial services in China
China relaxes rules on corporate bank accounts; China’s has a top year for market fines; China mulls new credit rating rules; China brings in new e-commerce rules
Data compliance and juggling jurisdictions is a recently acquired skill set for corporate treasurers. New, but opaque, laws in China could make it even more difficult for corporates
Close-out netting derivatives get an update; Singapore to ‘ring-fence’ e-wallet deposits; MAS KYC plan ‘in a coma’; China’s new AML/CFT laws aimed at online FIs
China squares up to bond villains; India allows foreign corporates to deal in commodity derivatives; MAS moves on enforcement; China, Singapore deepen fintech ties; Malaysia eases sukuk regulations.
In a first for the country's banks, one of China's big-four lenders taps fintech to provide a loan online. The bank says using technology will offer businesses in the agriculture sector easier access to liquidity.