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By Qiaoyi Li and Antoni Slodkowski
BEIJING (Reuters) – China’s State Council, led by Premier Li Qiang, on Sunday printed guidelines that come into drive on Might 1 for the supervision and administration of non-banking fee establishments.
The foundations, amongst different measures, implement more durable licensing rules and name for stronger danger administration of non-bank fee platforms to forestall misappropriation of funds and different felony actions, Individuals’s Financial institution of China, the nation’s central financial institution, and the Ministry of Justice stated in a joint assertion on Sunday.
The foundations additionally require establishments to strengthen the safety of person data, clearly mark costs for his or her providers and cost “reasonable” charges. Additionally they increase “the degree of punishment for serious violations”.
The joint assertion additionally stated that in instances of violations of the principles the central financial institution would impose “fines, restrictions on some payment operations, or order them to suspend business for rectification, up to the revocation of their payment business licenses.”
