China grabs loss-soaked U.S. bank

Posted by Colin Barr

China is taking the U.S. banking industry by storm, buying a New York bank that has spent years getting pelted with red ink.

China's biggest bank, the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China, agreed Friday to pay $100 million to take control of the U.S. unit of the Bank of East Asia, the Wall Street Journal reports.

From the Bank of East Asia web site

The Journal said the move would mark the first takeover of a U.S.-based bank by a Chinese state-owned lender, and could mark "the start of big expansions by Chinese financial institutions in the world's largest economy."

That may well be true. Even so, you'd have to say the Chinese have their work cut out for them with the Bank of East Asia.

The bank does have a location in the heart of New York City's Chinatown neighborhood that has proved adept at gathering deposits. The bank had $425 million of deposits as of September, according to regulatory filings. That's important because deposits can be a cheap way of raising funds.

But the Bank of East Asia's deposit-raising success hasn't been showing up on the bottom line. The bank's U.S. unit made $2 million in the first nine months of 2010 -- but lost money in each of the previous three years.

All told, Bank of East Asia NA has frittered away $41 million since 2007, while its loan book -- heavily concentrated in real estate -- has shrunk by 6% over that span, according to filings with the Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council.

For all of China's posturing about the irresponsibility of the U.S. financial sector over the past decade or so, Bank of East Asia sounds like nothing so much as a miniature version of the sagging banks that have been littering the U.S. economic landscape.

Of course, the Chinese have some money and probably aren't going to be too worried about a few million in losses here and there. It's often said that the Chinese government, which owns 70% of ICBC, makes economic decisions based on an expansive, long term view of strategic interests, rather than focusing on the here-and-now view that is so prevalent in the U.S.

Good thing, too, given how ugly the here and now has looked lately with Bank of East Asia.

   

Views: 58

Comment

You need to be a member of 12160 Social Network to add comments!

Join 12160 Social Network

"Destroying the New World Order"

TOP CONTENT THIS WEEK

THANK YOU FOR SUPPORTING THE SITE!

mobile page

12160.info/m

12160 Administrators

 

Latest Activity

Doc Vega posted a blog post

In Memory of Those Who Served

 Bullets flew and ricochetedI was on that hill todayMy Company commander got blown awayI was on…See More
yesterday
Doc Vega posted blog posts
Tuesday
Doc Vega commented on Doc Vega's blog post Plausible Explanation Behind Recent Cryptid Sightings in the Wild!
"cheeki kea I was wrong Emperor Penguins are big and powerful but still alive but this,  A size…"
Tuesday
Doc Vega commented on Doc Vega's blog post Plausible Explanation Behind Recent Cryptid Sightings in the Wild!
"Cheeki kea here's another that they say there have been modern sightings of!  The name of…"
Tuesday
Doc Vega commented on Doc Vega's blog post Plausible Explanation Behind Recent Cryptid Sightings in the Wild!
"cheeki kea, did you ever hear of the giant Imperial Penguins? They were about 6 feet tall and could…"
Tuesday
Doc Vega commented on Doc Vega's blog post Plausible Explanation Behind Recent Cryptid Sightings in the Wild!
"cheeki kea I do not think these giant two legged birds would need to have a bad attitude as long as…"
Tuesday
Olivia Brooks updated their profile
Tuesday
John Miller was featured
Tuesday
tjdavis's 2 blog posts were featured
Tuesday
Zfort Group's blog post was featured
Tuesday
Doc Vega's 6 blog posts were featured
Tuesday
Burbia commented on tjdavis's video
Thumbnail

“What’s His Motive?” - Inside The Mind of George Soros

"Trump calls for George Soros and son to face federal…"
Tuesday
Burbia commented on tjdavis's photo
Tuesday
Profile IconSeeta Sathe and Olivia Brooks joined 12160 Social Network
Tuesday
tjdavis posted a video

Mossad, Terrifying CIA Technology, Blackwater & The Most Secret CIA Unit | John Kiriakou

John Kiriakou served 15 years in the CIA as a Case Officer (Spy) and as CIA's Head of Counterterrorism Operations in Pakistan where he lead the raid that cap...
Monday
tjdavis posted a photo
Monday
tjdavis posted a video

A Critique of the Tavistock Institute - The Mother Of All Conspiracy Theories

An examination of the Tavistock Institute, a theory which seeks to explain how Western societies have been brainwashed by a cabal of social scientists and th...
Sunday
tjdavis posted a video

“What’s His Motive?” - Inside The Mind of George Soros

In this short clip, Patrick Bet-David, Sebastian Gorka Adam Sosnick, and Tom Ellsworth George Soros and what motivates him to do the things he does. FaceTime...
Aug 27
Doc Vega posted blog posts
Aug 27
cheeki kea favorited Bob of the Family Renner's photo
Aug 26

© 2025   Created by truth.   Powered by

Badges  |  Report an Issue  |  Terms of Service

content and site copyright 12160.info 2007-2019 - all rights reserved. unless otherwise noted