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PBOC’s Yi Urges China Banks to Support Smaller Companies

PBOC’s Governor Yi Gang urged banks to support smaller companies through innovations in financial services and products.

PBOC’s Yi Urges China Banks to Support Smaller Companies
Yi Gang, governor of the People's Bank of China (PBOC), speaks during the Lujiazui Forum in Shanghai, China. (Photographer: Qilai Shen/Bloomberg)

People’s Bank of China Governor Yi Gang urged banks to support smaller companies through innovations in financial services and products.

The current economic situation is “complex and severe,” Yi told a seminar in the eastern city of Hefei on Friday, according to a statement posted on the central bank’s website Sunday.

The governor said banks should adapt financial services and products, increase investment in fintech research and technology and integrate on-site and online financial services.

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