Monday, February 20, 2012

Feb 20 - Commercial Banks: Non-performing Loans at CNY 427.9 Billion, while Profit Stood at Over CNY 1 Trillion

Source: China Banking Regulatory Commision, ChinaScope Financial (Data)

+       According to statistics from the China Banking Regulatory Commission (CBRC), in Q4 2011, the outstanding non-performing loans of commercial banks were CNY 427.9 billion, CNY 20.1 billion more than the previous quarter. Meanwhile, the non-performing loan ratio also climbed 0.1 percentage point to 1%.

+       To cope with such risk, Chinese commercial banks have set aside loan loss reserve fund of CNY 1.18 trillion, CNY 86 billion more than the previous quarter; in addition, the provision coverage ratio was raised from 270.7% in Q3 2011 to 278.1% in Q4 2011.
+       The commercial banks recorded a net profit of CNY 1.04 trillion, a 36.3% increase from CNY 763.7 billion year-on-year; of which, non-interest income accounted for 19.3% of the total, the lowest of the year.


Banks are allocating more provision to cover their NPL
Market share of state-owned commercial banks continues to drop while joint-stock banks and city commercial banks move in the opposite direction


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