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HONG KONG (MarketWatch) -- After months of rapid loan growth, China's banking regulator is warning the nation's lenders to strictly comply with capital requirements or face sanctions.
The China Banking Regulatory Commission said in a statement Monday that lenders who don't meet their capital-adequacy requirements -- the capital banks must have as percentage of their loans -- could be punished with limits on their market access, overseas investments or opening of new branches.
China raised its capital adequacy requirement to 10% from 8% last year. In the Monday statement, the CBRC denied media reports that it was planning to raise the requirement to 13% for larger banks, saying it "has made no such demand."