She has worked with both the Agricultural Bank of China and the Bank of China (BACHY).
Agricultural Bank of China and the Bank of China have also raised money recently.
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China Exim Bank and China Development Bank, the main lenders, publish no figures about their vast loans to poor countries.
The Fed also granted approval to Agricultural Bank of China Ltd. to build a branch in New York City, and to Bank of China Ltd. to build a branch in Chicago.
Bank of China, China Construction Bank and Industrial and Commercial Bank of China all revealed their exposure to the US subprime market recently but added that the damage would be limited.
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Last year, the Royal Bank of Scotland Group took a 10% stake in Bank of China , while Bank of America struck an agreement to acquire up to 19.9% of China Construction Bank.
Bank of China, the country's largest foreign-exchange bank, said that its net profit climbed 12% on-year in 2012, higher than analyst expectations. 2012 net profit at Agricultural Bank of China, China's largest rural lender by assets, came out a touch lower than expectations.
In addition, stock prices of the big Chinese banks are relatively cheap: Bank of China trades at 1.4 times forward book value, and Agricultural Bank of China trades at 1.6 book value for fiscal year 2011, even though Bank of China is considered a better-run bank.
Last year, the Royal Bank of Scotland Group took a 10% stake in Bank of China , while Bank of America (nyse: BAC - news - people ) struck an agreement to acquire up to 19.9% of China Construction Bank.
No outsider knows the percentages of non-performing loans at the big four banks of China, including the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China and China Construction Bank.
Singapore has stakes in banks like Standard Chartered, Barclays, even Bank of China and China Construction Bank.
In Hong Kong, Industrial and Commercial Bank and China Construction Bank (HK: 0939) both opened 1.7% lower.
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Among banks, China Citic Bank Corp. fell 1.4%, and Bank of China Ltd. shed 1% in Shanghai.
China Construction Bank jumped 2.6% in Hong Kong and Industrial and Commercial Bank of China ended up 2.7%.
Large, state-controlled lenders China Development Bank Corp. and Export-Import Bank of China are planning to pitch dim-sum bonds in London to investors, said people familiar with the matter.
Over the past few years, state-owned financial institutions, mainly the Export-Import Bank of China and the China Development Bank, have extended tens of billions of dollars to Brazil, Russia and Kazakhstan, among other countries.
Friday, branches of the Bank of China and the China Industrial and Commercial Bank in the border city of Dandong told NPR that they had suspended all financial transactions between North Korea and China since the nuclear test.
Statistics from China's central bank show China had around 207 million credit cards in issue at the end of June, up 10% from the end of last year and more than quadruple the level at the end of 2006.
It could be the Hong Kong Bank of China, a private commercial bank, which is already issuing dollar-linked banknotes in Hong Kong, which circulate alongside banknotes from the government and other private banks.
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Bank of China is the country's biggest bank for foreign exchange transactions, so the account closure could hurt the North Korean institution.
"We should avoid any excuse that might lead to the revitalization of trade protectionism, " said Su Ning of the People's Bank of China, the country's central bank.
Industrial and Commercial Bank of China has bought 20% of Standard Bank, a South African lender and the continent's biggest bank by assets, and now offers renminbi accounts to expatriate traders.
The move by Bank of China may also reflect risk management by the bank itself rather than bigger diplomatic motives.
China announced on State TV that the Peoples Bank of China was going to allow fresh appreciation of the yuan, and undertake its bit for global rebalancing.
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Even by the government's optimistic accounting, only Bank of China currently meets the standards set by the Bank for International Settlements, which thinks big banks should have capital equal to at least 8% of their assets.
Among the companies attempting to lure foreign investors are phone company China Netcom, China Construction Bank, Air China, China Power and carmaker Dongfeng Motor.
On one side of the discussion is the People's Bank of China (PBOC), the country's central bank.
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The People's Bank of China Governor Zhou Xiaochuan said the country's central bank will add to its holdings of euro-denominated assets.
The People's Bank of China has cut interest rates three times and strict controls on bank lending have been scrapped.
Resource shares supported the Sydney market, and the Australian dollar jumped briefly, after China's Xinhua news agency said the People's Bank of China would boost liquidity via its reserve requirement ratio.
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