BEIJING: China’s big banks posted record earnings last year, beefing up their capacity to cope with the virus outbreak that is threatening to throw the nation into the worst economic slump in four decades.
In simultaneous earnings releases yesterday, Industrial & Commercial Bank of China Ltd and Bank of Communications Co said profit in 2019 gained 5%, while Bank of China Ltd posted a 4% increase, all beating estimates.
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