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Protests Mark China’s Ruptured P2P Lending Landscape

August 14, 2018
Union Pay Pushes Pause On Co-Branded Cards
International // December 06, 2016

The times they are a changin’ — as the People’s Bank of China has ordered local banks to stop issuing co-branded (bearing both the logo of UnionPay and a foreign card network), dual currency payment cards in mainland China, according to reports emerging this morning. The...

How Social Media Bridges China’s Lending Gap
International // September 01, 2015

At least one Chinese company has paired social media with lending. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional logins required. yesSubscribe to our daily newsletter, PYMNTS Today. By completing...

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Protests Mark China’s Ruptured P2P Lending Landscape

August 14, 2018
China’s peer-to-peer (P2P) lending crisis has caused widespread anger from citizens who are demanding that the government bail out hundreds of collapsed P2P companies. Last week, it was reported that China ordered a lockdown of Beijing’s financial district to prevent individuals from protesting a crisis in the P2P lending marketplace. Get the Full Story Complete the […]

Union Pay Pushes Pause On Co-Branded Cards

December 06, 2016
The times they are a changin’ — as the People’s Bank of China has ordered local banks to stop issuing co-branded (bearing both the logo of UnionPay and a foreign card...

How Social Media Bridges China’s Lending Gap

September 01, 2015
At least one Chinese company has paired social media with lending. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS...