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		<title><![CDATA[Chinese Naming For Foreign Banks]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://jobfunctions.bnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=969895]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Through analysis, Labbrand naming experts suggests that foreign banks consider three important tips when choosing Chinese names: the name should accurate and specific to avoid sharing names with other companies and to maintain a consistent name use across all of China's markets including Taipei and Hong Kong; having a Chinese...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 10 Nov 2007 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[FOREIGN BANKS GRASPING TURF IN ZHONGGUANCUN]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb5562/is_200708/ai_n22748051]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[AsiaInfo Services    08-31-2007    Foreign Banks Grasping Turf in Zhongguancun    BEIJING, Aug 31, 2007 SinoCast via COMTEX -- Holland-based ABN AMRO Bank on August 28 opened its branch at Zhongguancun, China's silicon valley based in Beijing.    It i ...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 31 Aug 2007 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[BEA & CITIBANK APPLY FOR ISSUING DEBIT CARDS IN CHINA]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb5562/is_200706/ai_n22745102]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[AsiaInfo Services    06-07-2007    BEA &amp; Citibank Apply for Issuing Debit Cards in China    SHANGHAI, Jun 07, 2007 SinoCast via COMTEX -- The Bank of East Asia BEA and Citibank, two of the first four foreign banks approved to set up local...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Jun 2007 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[FOREIGN BANKS PRESENCE TO ACCELERATE IRAN'S JOINING WTO  OFFICIAL]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb5561/is_200705/ai_n22707132]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[According to "Tehran Times", the presence of foreign banks in Iran will lead to the improvement of the banks' performance, will boost their competitiveness, and will speed up the country's membership in the World Trade Organization WTO, an offAccording to "Tehran Times", the presence of foreign banks in Iran will...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 May 2007 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[IRAN: FOREIGN BANKS PRESENCE TO ACCELERATE IRAN'S JOINING WTO - OFFICIAL.]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb6465/is_200705/ai_n25735215]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[According to "Tehran Times", the presence of foreign  banks in Iran will lead to the improvement of the banks'  performance, will boost their competitiveness, and will speed up the  country's membership in the World Trade Organization WTO, a  According to "Tehran Times", the presence of foreign...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 May 2007 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[HSBC: FOREIGN BANKS TO SNAP UP CENTRAL CHINA]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb5562/is_200705/ai_n22743965]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[AsiaInfo Services    05-07-2007    HSBC: Foreign Banks to Snap Up Central China    ZHENGZHOU, May 07, 2007 SinoCast via COMTEX -- The Central China, a vigorous region in the fast-growing country, will soon become the new battlefield of all foreign ban  AsiaInfo...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 May 2007 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[The Quiet Performer It may not have the profile of, say, Citi, but it's both the largest and the best-performing foreign bank in India.]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Standard chartered bank is doing strange things for a foreign bank. In the last couple of years, it was allowed to open only half- a- dozen branches, and it opened these in unusual places like Andheri, a Mumbai suburb, Pitampura, near the Wazirpur IndustrStandard chartered bank is doing strange things...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 25 Feb 2007 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[S&P: FOREIGN BANKS WILL TAKE 5YS TO MAKE PROFIT IN CHINA]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[AsiaInfo Services    12-04-2006    S&amp;P: Foreign Banks Will Take 5Ys to Make Profit in China    BEIJING, Dec 04, 2006 SinoCast via COMTEX -- Standard &amp; Poor's, a global leading provider of indices, credit ratings, and investment researc  AsiaInfo Services  ...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Dec 2006 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[BEA BECOMES THE FIRST QDII FOREIGN BANK]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb5561/is_200608/ai_n22701266]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[According to fdi.gov.cn: From obtaining business license to obtaining the credit line for foreign exchange purchase, and further to launching related products, commercial banks are gradually realizing their intentions of offering overseas finance servicesAccording to fdi.gov.cn: From obtaining business license to obtaining the credit line for foreign exchange purchase, and...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Aug 2006 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[CHINA: BEA BECOMES THE FIRST QDII FOREIGN BANK.]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb6465/is_200608/ai_n25728298]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[According to fdi.gov.cn: From obtaining business license to  obtaining the credit line for foreign exchange purchase, and further to  launching related products, commercial banks are gradually realizing  their intentions of offering overseas finance ser  According to fdi.gov.cn: From obtaining business license to  obtaining the credit...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Aug 2006 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[The Lending Channel in Emerging Economies: Are Foreign Banks Different?]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://jobfunctions.bnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=259390]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[This paper assembles a dataset comprising 1,565 banks in 20 Asian and Latin American countries during 1989-2001 and compares the response of the volume of loans, deposits, and bank-specific interest rates on loans and deposits, to various measures of monetary conditions, across domestic and foreign banks. It also looks for...]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[First in: ABN Amro set to launch retail brokerage arm next year.]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb5936/is_200512/ai_n23945291]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Dec. 9--MUMBAI, India -- Foreign banks seem to be finally getting  into a retail space dominated now by home-grown state-owned and private  banks.    Dec. 9--MUMBAI, India -- Foreign banks seem to be finally getting  into a retail space dominated now by home-grown state-owned and...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Dec 2005 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[SIX FOREIGN BANKS IN CHINA PREDICT 100% REVENUE GROWTH IN 2005]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb5562/is_200511/ai_n22724310]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[AsiaInfo Services    11-04-2005    Six Foreign Banks in China Predict 100% Revenue Growth in 2005    BEIJING, Nov 04, 2005 SinoCast via COMTEX -- PricewaterhouseCoopers PwC, one of the world's top four accounting firms, finds the foreign banks in Ch  AsiaInfo Services...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Nov 2005 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Citibank closing in on StanChart in net profit.]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb5936/is_200508/ai_n23943668]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Aug. 3--Citibank India is close to matching the largest foreign  bank in India, Standard Chartered Bank, in terms of profits, reports Our  Mumbai Bureau. But StanChart still has the biggest balancesheet among  foreign banks in India. A drop in provision  Aug. 3--Citibank India is close to...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Aug 2005 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[The Increased Role of Foreign Bank Entry in Emerging Markets]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://jobfunctions.bnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=153001]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[The past decade has seen a transformation of the role of foreign banks in emerging markets. The greater scale and changing character of foreign participation in banking systems raise many questions: about the impact on the efficiency of financial institutions; about the macroeconomic effects on aggregate lending and on the...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Jun 2005 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[What Chinese Consumers Want From Banks]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Foreign and domestic lenders alike are preparing for the opening of China's banking market, in 2007. A consumer bias for personal service delivered through branches could leave many foreign banks ill prepared to compete in China's $40 billion retail-banking market. Foreign banks should partner with local institutions, offer better customer...]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[FOREIGN BANKS SCRAMBLE TO BE SHAREHOLDERS OF BOC]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb5562/is_200504/ai_n22717607]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[AsiaInfo Services    04-14-2005    Foreign Banks Scramble to Be Shareholders of BOC    CHINA, Apr 14, 2005 SinoCast via COMTEX -- Foreign banks are scrambling to be shareholders of Bank of China BOC, the oldest bank and one ofthe top four state-owne ...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Apr 2005 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[FOREIGN BANKS RAISE RMB INTEREST RATE FOR HOUSING LOANS TO 6.12%]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb5562/is_200503/ai_n22717052]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[AsiaInfo Services    03-30-2005    Foreign Banks Raise RMB Interest Rate for Housing Loans to 6.12%    SHANGHAI, Mar 30, 2005 SinoCast via COMTEX -- Several Shanghai branches of foreign banks like HSBC, Hangseng, and BEA have adjusted the RMB interest  AsiaInfo Services...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Mar 2005 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[ABN Amro may be first foreign bank to convert into arm.]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb5936/is_200503/ai_n23941092]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Mar. 2--MUMBAI, India -- Dutch bank ABN Amro could emerge as the  first to take advantage of the Reserve Bank of India's new norms on  foreign banks' presence in India.    Mar. 2--MUMBAI, India -- Dutch bank ABN Amro could emerge as the  first to...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Mar 2005 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Comment: Barclays' South African Bid Provides A Litmus Test - South Africa's Market Potential Lies In Extending Services To Poorer, Unbanked Areas, So How Will A Foreign Bank Fair In This Environment?]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb5946/is_200411/ai_n24024261]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Barclays has upped the stakes in Africa with its oe2bn bid for ABSA  Group, one of South Africa's so-called Big Four banks with close to  oe30bn in assets. Other foreign banks, including Standard Chartered, are  believed to be circling.    Barclays has upped the stakes...]]></description>
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