Chinese banks test repo-linked corporate loans to make pricing more market-based
- Source
- South China Morning Post - Business
- Source link
- https://www.scmp.com/business/banking-finance/article/3363793/chinese-banks-test-repo-linked-corporate-loans-make-pricing-more-market-based
- Published
- 2026-08-13 23:00:08
- Discovered by ProcIntel
- 2026-08-13 23:58:00
- Category
- Procurement & Supply Chain News
- Geography
- China
- Organisations
- —
- Review status
- Pending
- Record type
- REAL
Summary
Chinese banks are rushing to test a new way of pricing corporate loans against short-term market funding costs, a move that analysts say could make borrowing rates more responsive to monetary conditions but also test lenders’ risk management capabilities. The shift to the overnight or seven-day depository-institutions repo rate (DR) from the monthly-released loan prime rate (LPR) follows Beijing’s June decision to change lending benchmarks to better reflect market conditions. Bank of China, one...
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