Bank of China Ltd

Bank of China <601988.SS>, one of the country's four largest state-owned commercial banks, plans to open a branch in Greece by the end of the year, the Greek foreign ministry said.

China has tapped veteran banker Chen Siqing to lead Industrial and Commercial Bank of China Ltd (ICBC), the world's largest lender by assets, three sources with knowledge of the matter told Reuters on Monday.

Hong Kong's securities regulator has fined a unit of Bank of China HK$10 million ($1.3 million) for failing to follow guidelines on the sale of investment products.

Hong Kong's securities regulator has fined a unit of Bank of China HK$10 million ($1.27 million) for failing to follow guidelines on sale of investment products.

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Bank of China Ltd , China's fourth-largest lender, sold 40 billion yuan worth of perpetual bonds on Friday with a 4.5 percent yield, traders said, in the first issuance of perpetual bonds by a Chinese bank.

Sri Lanka will receive a loan of $1 billion from Bank of China <601988.SS> before the end of the January-March quarter, the chief of the central bank said on Thursday, to help the country meet repayments in the coming months.

Bank of China <601988.SS>, the country's fourth-biggest lender by assets, has offered a loan of $300 million to Sri Lanka which can be raised to $1 billion, a source in Colombo with direct knowledge of the matter, told Reuters on Tuesday.

Bank of China's New York branch will enable Chinese firms to receive payment in yuan rather than dollars from their sales on U.S. e-commerce platforms this year, the official Xinhua news agency reported on Sunday.

A trading association for the Chinese yuan sponsored by the Bank of China and 13 Filipino banks signed an agreement in Manila to allow direct exchange between yuan and pesos, China's state television reported on Tuesday.

Bank of China Ltd (BoC) , the country's fourth-biggest lender by assets, reported on Monday a 5.7 percent rise in third-quarter net profit as its bad loans ratio and interest margins stabilised.

Bank of China Ltd (BoC) , the country's fourth-biggest lender by assets, posted a 5 percent rise in first-half net profit on Tuesday, supported by widening interest margins and a steady bad loan ratio.

China's fourth-largest bank by assets is pushing into the Mexican market, aiming to meet the needs of large Chinese companies increasingly eager to expand into Mexico, a senior executive said on Thursday.

Ghana's Cocobod appointed five lenders, including Amro Bank and Bank of China , to arrange its $1.3 bln syndicated loan to finance 2018/19 crop purchases, the regulator said on Thursday.

* APPROVED APPOINTMENT OF MEI FEIQI AS SECRETARY TO BOARD Source text for Eikon: Further company coverage:

Bank of China Ltd (BoC) , the country's fourth-biggest lender by assets, posted a 5 percent rise in first-quarter net profit on Friday, slightly below analyst estimates.

* SAYS Q1 NET INTEREST MARGIN AT 1.85 PERCENT VERSUS 1.84 PERCENT AT END-DECEMBER

* BOARD RESOLVED TO APPROVE THE ISSUANCE OF THE QUALIFIED WRITE-DOWN TIER-2 CAPITAL INSTRUMENT NOT MORE THAN RMB 80 BILLION

* Says it plans to pay cash dividend of 0.176 yuan per share (before tax) to shareholders for 2017