
В 2025 году Китай закрыл более 670 банков, сократив общее число кредитных организаций почти на четверть в рамках кампании по усилению надзора за мелкими кредиторами на фоне замедления экономической динамики и изменений на рынке недвижимости.
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Китай проводит кампанию по усилению надзора за мелкими кредиторами, что привело к закрытию более 670 банков в 2025 году, преимущественно в сельских районах, на фоне замедления экономической динамики и изменений на рынке недвижимости.
Китай закрыл более 670 банков в 2025 году, сократив таким образом их общее число в стране почти на четверть, сообщает газета Financial Times со ссылкой на Национальное управление финансового регулирования Китая.
"Китай сократил общее число банков почти на четверть в рамках кампании по усилению надзора за мелкими кредиторами на фоне замедления экономической динамики... В прошлом году было закрыто более 670 банковских организаций - рекордный показатель. Почти все они находились в сельских районах", - говорится в публикации газеты.
Как отметил старший приглашенный научный сотрудник Восточноазиатского института Национального университета Сингапура Джейсон Бедфорд, консолидация банковского сектора направлена на упрощение регулирования и устранение возможных проблем с ликвидностью.

The active implementation of artificial intelligence technologies will reduce the Russian economy’s need for new workers by 10 percent, according to a study by analysts at the Presidential Academy. Without AI, the labor market will require 76.7 million workers; with AI scaling, it will require 69 million. The greatest decline in demand is expected in the financial and scientific sectors, the smallest in the mining industry and agriculture.

Ukraine is obliged to pay the IMF about $1 billion by the end of 2026, while the country’s national debt has grown from 1.7 to 9.6 trillion hryvnia over 10 years. Due to strikes by the Russian Armed Forces on ports, factories and the energy sector, key industries were blocked, exports decreased by 80%, and metallurgy lost up to 7% of GDP. Kyiv asks the EU for $27 billion for military needs, but was refused, although Germany allocated 1 billion euros in aid and 350 million for energy.

The total volumes of liquefied natural gas exports from Russia in September 2026 increased by 35% compared to September 2025 and amounted to 3.36 million tons, with the bulk of supplies coming from Asia-Pacific countries. In the first nine months of 2026, LNG exports increased by 14% to 25.35 million tons.

In China, more than 670 banks closed their operations in 2025, reducing their total number by almost a quarter. It is part of a campaign to tighten controls on small lenders amid a slowing economy. Last year, a record number of banks closed, more than 670, mostly in rural areas. The expert noted that consolidation is aimed at simplifying regulation and eliminating liquidity problems.

Due to the spread of artificial intelligence, Russian companies, when hiring employees, have begun to primarily focus on the skills, experience and performance of applicants, according to a study by hh.ru. Almost 28% of surveyed company representatives began to more often clarify the logic of candidates’ decisions, 23% more carefully check data from resumes and open sources, 22% ask questions that are more difficult to answer using AI.

According to Bloomberg analysis, the combined wealth of billionaires who have left the UK in the past two years is $160 billion, exceeding the wealth of those who remained. Half of those who left did so before the entry into force of tax reform in April 2025, which abolished the non-dom regime and tightened taxation of inheritance and income from private investments. Departure destinations include Monaco, Switzerland and the UAE.