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WeChat rumour sparks run on rural Chinese bank in fresh sign of financial fragility amid economic slowdown
Yichuan Rural Commercial Bank did not specify the reason for the sudden demand for cash withdrawals, but confirmed on Wednesday that “services and operation are running normally”. Photo: EPA
Police in China arrested a woman after she spread a rumour via WeChat that “the local rural commercial bank is going bust”, leading to hundreds of customers rushing to withdraw cash from the lender in Henan province in the latest case to hit small regional banks during the economic slowdown.
The 29-year-old female, surnamed Wang, was detained by police in Yichuan county after “concentrated cash withdrawals” from Yichuan Rural Commercial Bank. She is expected to be punished with five days in a detention centre for “fabricating facts and disrupting social order”.
The bank did not specify the reason for the sudden demand for cash withdrawals, but confirmed on Wednesday that “services and operation are running normally”.
The local Communist Party discipline authority said in a statement on Wednesday that the bank’s chairman, Kang Fengli, 54, had been placed under investigation for possible serious violations of discipline and law.
WeChat rumour sparks run on rural Chinese bank in fresh sign of financial fragility amid economic slowdown
- Yichuan Rural Commercial Bank in Henan province suffered ‘concentrated cash withdrawals’ on Tuesday
- Authorities have already been forced to take over or recapitalise Baoshang Bank, the Bank of Jinzhou and Hengfeng Bank in the last six months
Yichuan Rural Commercial Bank did not specify the reason for the sudden demand for cash withdrawals, but confirmed on Wednesday that “services and operation are running normally”. Photo: EPA
Police in China arrested a woman after she spread a rumour via WeChat that “the local rural commercial bank is going bust”, leading to hundreds of customers rushing to withdraw cash from the lender in Henan province in the latest case to hit small regional banks during the economic slowdown.
The 29-year-old female, surnamed Wang, was detained by police in Yichuan county after “concentrated cash withdrawals” from Yichuan Rural Commercial Bank. She is expected to be punished with five days in a detention centre for “fabricating facts and disrupting social order”.
The bank did not specify the reason for the sudden demand for cash withdrawals, but confirmed on Wednesday that “services and operation are running normally”.
The local Communist Party discipline authority said in a statement on Wednesday that the bank’s chairman, Kang Fengli, 54, had been placed under investigation for possible serious violations of discipline and law.