New Legal Issues in the Transformation of the Banking Industry

Author: Li Jinze
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Publish Date: 2004-05-01
Features: This series consists of six volumes: "New Banking Deposit and Loan Business and Regulations," "New Banking Middle Office Business and Legal Issues," "New Legal Issues in Banking Transformation," "New Legal Issues in Letter of Credit and Trade Finance," "New Housing Finance Business and Regulations," and "Banking New Business Regulations Handbook." Each book focuses on guiding practical banking work, emphasizing the introduction of new products, characteristics, changes, and practical operations in banking development, while also explaining corresponding legal issues, analyzing the legal environment, and demonstrating strong guidance and practicality, showcasing unique value:
● Based on the actual innovation in business and legal systems of China's commercial banks, fully reflecting the new development dynamics and trends in contemporary commercial banking innovation.
● Drawing on international experience, it offers a certain degree of foresight, evaluating cutting-edge tools, products, and systems in the international financial market.
● Emphasizing operability, it analyzes and introduces operational links and procedures for new businesses, focusing on legal issues and solutions for legal risks in new business operations.
● Prioritizing legal challenges, innovative businesses, and related systems, it fully incorporates mainstream new business developments in contemporary commercial banking, particularly highlighting new business and issues commonly faced by Chinese commercial banks.
● While focusing on practicality, it also provides prospects for the development of banking business, offering forward-looking legal analysis and discussions.
The innovation of banking business has become a significant trend in the contemporary financial market. Since the mid-to-late 20th century, with the acceleration of economic globalization, the development of financial technology, and continuous breakthroughs in financial theory, innovations in banking products, management methods, marketing, and other aspects have garnered widespread attention from all sectors of society. Traditional deposit and loan businesses and housing finance operations have been continuously updated; the role of middle-office businesses has grown increasingly prominent, with new middle-office businesses holding even more significant positions. New international trade finance businesses, such as factoring and forfaiting, which have developed under the influence of international commercial banking, have gained favor among domestic commercial banks. With the growing urgency of banking reforms, the disposal of non-performing assets has become a major concern for commercial banks. Financial asset securitization-related businesses and services arising from the disposal of non-performing assets will become one of the focal points for Chinese commercial banks in the 21st century.
It is noteworthy that in the process of banking business innovation, we must not overlook the emerging legal issues and related legal risks that accompany new business innovations. In fact, the introduction and development of new banking businesses have given rise to numerous new legal issues and have led to the creation of a large number of new laws, regulations, and rules, particularly those issued by regulatory authorities and the Supreme People's Court as interpretations, which have become important institutional references for contemporary commercial banking innovation.
To effectively mitigate the risks of financial innovation, it is essential to study and explore the legality and compliance of innovative products and tools. This is not only a critical issue for internal legal advisors and other internal control personnel in commercial banks but also a matter of great concern for banking business personnel, as well as an important legal issue that the legal theory community and the judiciary must address.
Given this, we have organized legal and business professionals from the frontline of commercial banks, with high theoretical and practical expertise, to write the "Banking New Business and Legal Issues Series" to address the doubts and challenges in banking operations.