SHANGHAI: Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (ICBC), the world’s largest bank by assets, posted a dip in quarterly profit for the first time in six years, as margins shrank and bad loans rose.
A slowdown in China’s economy is making it tough for many borrowers to repay loans, and government-introduced stimulus measures have whittled away operating margins for many of the country’s banks.
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