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Banking sector consolidation accelerates

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The consolidation of China’s banking system is accelerating.
As of mid-October, more than 326 banks had been merged, taken over, or shut down this year (21st Century Biz).

Compare that to 198 for the whole of 2024.

Some context: Since 2020, China’s regulators have been cleaning up the banking syst...