China

Experts are gathering at a forum in Beijing this week to promote factoring businesses in China.

The Royal Crown Derby Porcelain Company Ltd, announced it is maximising the benefits of contemporary finance by appointing asset-based lender Venture Structured Finance.

China Development Bank (CDB) will offer more loans to support the development of small- and medium-sized enterprises (SME) this year.

FIMBank Plc, a Maltese trade finance specialist backed by a Kuwaiti investor, hopes to set up a joint venture in China to replicate its IPO-bound operations in India, its president announced.

1st PMF Bancorp, a Los Angeles-based private bank lender with offices in China specializing in providing working capital for small- to medium-sized (SME) U.S. and Chinese enterprises, was invited by The Canton Fair to speak and support their United Nations Procurement Program in Foshan, China during the Spring Canton Fair in Guangzhou.

China s banking regulator said that the nation's big banks urgently needed to change their attitude towards lending to small firms or they risk losing potentially lucrative business to foreign competitors.

Foreign banks are aggressively targeting small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), a sector their Chinese peers have traditionally been less enthusiastic about.

The Wells Fargo HSBC Trade Bank launched a cross-border lending initiative today that makes it the first financial services company to offer financing in both domestic and foreign currency for middle market firms doing business in China.

Delegates from Qingdao, China were in the Sultanate yesterday to invite the Brunei business community to participate in the Asian Trade Investment Fair for SMEs, from October 29 to November 1, at Qingdao International Expo Centre.

The Chinese economy is having both macro and micro headaches, most of which may deal heavy blows to the national interest if not resolved. Among these problems, rural