1. What are the financial institutions?
Financial institutions refer to institutions engaged in financial activities, including financial enterpr
1. What are the financial institutions?
Financial institutions refer to institutions engaged in financial activities, including financial enterprises, non-financial enterprises and non-profit organizations. Among them, financial enterprises include banks, securities companies, insurance companies, investment companies, fund companies and exchanges. Non-financial enterprises include: finance companies, financial leasing companies, microfinance companies, etc. Non-profit organizations include: financial information service institutions, economic research institutions and so on.
Second, banks.
Banks are an important kind of financial institutions, which provide financial services through loans, deposits, settlement, payment and credit cards. At present, there are more than 250 banks in China, including 25 state-owned commercial banks, 27 city commercial banks, 47 rural commercial banks, 4 foreign banks 14, 2 joint-stock banks 10, 9 trust companies, 30 rural cooperative banks, 82 policy banks10 and rural credit cooperatives.
Third, securities companies.
Securities companies are a kind of financial institutions, mainly engaged in securities trading, investment consulting, fund management and other businesses, and can also issue and underwrite financial instruments such as stocks and bonds. At present, there are more than 500 securities companies in China, including national securities companies, local securities companies, investment banks and futures companies.
Fourth, insurance companies.
Insurance companies are a kind of financial institutions, mainly engaged in insurance business, including life insurance, property insurance, credit insurance and so on. At present, there are more than 220 insurance companies in China, including 20 state-owned insurance companies, 45 foreign-funded insurance companies, 25 joint-stock insurance companies and 30 unincorporated insurance companies.
Verb (abbreviation of verb) investment company
Investment companies are a kind of financial institutions, mainly engaged in investment consulting, asset management, securities investment and other businesses, and can also issue stocks, bonds and other financial instruments. At present, there are more than 400 investment companies in China, including 20 state-owned investment companies, 30 foreign investment companies, 25 joint-stock investment companies and 345 non-corporate investment companies.
Intransitive verbs Other financial institutions
In addition to the above-mentioned financial institutions, there are some other financial institutions, such as finance companies, financial leasing companies, small loan companies, financial information service institutions, economic research institutions and so on. They can also provide some financial services, but they are much smaller than the above financial institutions.