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The Uprising of China Fintech
| Apr. 8 2018
A new wave of dynamic internet finance companies is taking on China’s lumbering state-run banks.
Currency Reform: Float of the RMB
| Aug. 9 2017
The consequences of China’s currency controls are complex, and the road to achieving a more open currency difficult.
Faith-Based Banking: Wealth Management Products in China
Wealth management products have helped bring shadow banking mainstream.
| Dec. 19 2016
Mohamed El-Erian on Central Bank Effectiveness and China
Central banking is not enough. While monetary policy did much to recover from the global financial crisis, its instruments have.
| Oct. 12 2016
Online Banking in China: The People’s Banking
The upsurge in mobile transaction services used through smartphones is at the heart of a sudden expansion of the online.
| Jul. 4 2016
Banking’s Uber Moment: Enter the Blockchain Gang
Ten years from now, business historians will offer a number of reasons financial services had changed so radically since 2016.
| Mar. 1 2016
Banking’s Uber Moment: The Future of Investment Banks
Investment banking has always been a highly cyclical business, growing when the markets grow, shrinking when they shrink. But a.
| Feb. 29 2016
The Banking Industry’s Uber Moment: Lending Start-ups
Bad loans were at the core of the 2008 financial crisis, so it makes sense that lending may be the.
| Feb. 22 2016
The Banking Industry’s Uber Moment: Reinventing Retail Banking
For consumers in mature markets, the financial technology boom doesn’t seem very exciting. What they’ve seen so far.
| Feb. 16 2016
The Banking Industry’s Uber Moment: A More Efficient Oligopoly?
From the crash of 1929 to around 1981, banking was generally considered a fairly dreary business. And between now and.
| Feb. 15 2016
Alibaba, Baidu and Tencent and Their New Online Banks
To boost the economy and help small and medium enterprises get capital more easily, the Chinese government is encouraging non.
| Dec. 2 2015
Fixing the Chinese Economy Means Short-Term Pain for a Sound Future
The heady days of double-digit economic growth rates are now history in China, and even achieving 7-7.5.
| Nov. 2 2015
Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank: Banking on Development
The China-led Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank is poised to reshape development in Asia, and international finance.
| Sep. 1 2015
Can Alibaba’s Ant Financial Disrupt China’s Financial Industry?
In a short space of time Alibaba’s Ant Financial has created—and scaled—a diverse set of financial products.
| Aug. 5 2015
