85.2% of Chinese interested in foreign banks starting RMB services

潘多拉de魔盒

Chinanews, Beijing, November 29 – According to a survey covering 3,384 responders in Beijing, about 85.2% of the Chinese are interested in foreign banks opening RMB services.

0 P4 ^. f2 R3 w; I* w  C  kTheir interest actually comes from the good service quality and reliable credit records of foreign banks. In fact, more than 66% of the responders believe foreign banks will offer better services than local ones.
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Experts think that foreign banks will not have a great impact on the local banking market in the near future. They will only take up about 1.9% of the banking industry in China, after all.
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# |! h9 V$ ~3 ~0 s5 o, cInterestingly, though most responders are interested foreign banks starting RMB services, about 72.7% of them will still choose local banks for their low costs and widespread outlets.
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5 N: p: V, |$ X* b9 \6 g3 {Though only 10.8% of Chinese will definitely choose foreign banks, and some 16% are “not sure”, even these 26.8% have raised a great challenge to local banks before foreign banks start RMB services in China.