Beijing has spent years sitting back and encouraging its powerful fintech firms to create and innovate. But it is starting to crack down on parts of an industry that it feels may have grown too far too fast, starting with peer-to-peer lenders.

The roster of local billion-dollar hedge funds is growing fast. Here’s why the country’s top two managers believe the best is yet to come.

China has finally started to open up its financial sector, but international banks seem to be struggling to find a clear or coherent strategy for tackling the market. It may be time to start worrying.

Never shy about championing its latest grand development plan, Beijing is set to unveil the Greater Bay Area, a scheme designed to bind together the economies of Hong Kong, Shenzhen and Guangzhou. What is it, will it succeed, and can it really transform the region into China’s Silicon Valley?

The National Development and Reform Commission is China’s economic planner, overseeing everything from construction projects to the management of sugar reserves, but its approach to offshore bond approvals is chaotic and could cause lasting damage to the country’s bond issuers.

China’s financial regulators have undergone dramatic changes since president Xi Jinping took power five years ago.

China is fighting to keep down debt while maintaining strong growth. Its leaders have assembled a squad of hard-hitting bureaucrats and merged the banking and insurance watchdogs to do that. Asiamoney looks at the men and their daunting tasks.

The island state’s lenders and brokers are aggressively seeking out new wealth management opportunities across Asia as competition rises at home. Their strong brands and growing branch networks provide advantages, but can they really compete with global rivals?

The state’s policy banks have a low profile, both at home and abroad, but a loan scandal has forced Taipei to shake up leadership and make the banks more international. The chair of Taiwan Business Bank discusses the industry’s future.