EXCLUSIVE Barclays seeks entry into China’s $4.3 tln asset management market -sources

Barclays (BARC.L) is seeking a Chinese banking partner to set up an asset management joint venture in the country, two people with knowledge of the matter said, as part of British lender’s plans to expand its footprint in the world’s second-largest economy.
Stop funding coal abroad, NGO group tells top investor Bank of China

Bank of China (BoC) (601988.SS), a top global investor in coal- power plants, must end the financing of such projects outside the mainland and support clean and renewable energy instead, an alliance of 35 non-governmental organisations said on Tuesday.
China urges banks, Alipay to crack down harder on cryptocurrencies

China’s central bank said on Monday it had recently summoned some banks and payment firms, including China Construction Bank (601939.SS) and Alipay, urging them to crack down harder on cryptocurrency trading.