Movement Alert|Postal Savings Bank of China Falls 3.01% in Regular Trading, Compliance Concerns Mount Amid Sector-Wide Weakness

Market Focus05-28

On May 28, Postal Savings Bank of China fell 3.01% in regular trading to HKD 4.84, with turnover of approximately HKD 97.12 million.

On the news front, the bank announced on May 26 that President Lu Wei was appointed as Chief Compliance Officer, completing the setup of this role across all six major state-owned banks. However, market attention has focused on the bank's recent streak of significant regulatory penalties. The Xiamen branch was fined over RMB 1.82 million for violations including failure to conduct proper customer due diligence and mishandling suspicious transactions, while another branch received a RMB 3.30 million penalty for inadequate credit business internal controls.

The exposure of compliance shortcomings has raised market doubts about whether having the president concurrently serve as Chief Compliance Officer can substantively improve the internal control framework. Meanwhile, the broader Diversified Banks sector traded lower, with ICBC down 2.23%, Bank of China down 2.12%, HSBC down 1.84%, BOC Hong Kong down 1.81%, and CCB down 1.4%.

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