Monetary and currency functions
PBOC formulates and implements monetary policy and performs national central-bank functions connected with the renminbi and financial stability.
01Position in the system
The central bank within a divided financial-regulatory system
PBOC is responsible for central-bank functions such as monetary policy and important payment, credit-information and anti-money-laundering frameworks. It should be distinguished from the prudential regulator for banking and insurance and the regulator for securities markets.
What it doesPerforms central-bank functions, formulates and implements monetary policy, supports financial stability, administers important payment and settlement frameworks and carries statutory AML responsibilities.
When it mattersRelevant to payment systems, RMB, AML, credit reporting, financial-market infrastructure and issues that sit with the central bank rather than prudential or securities regulators.
02Jurisdiction
What falls within this authority’s remit
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Payments and financial infrastructure
Its remit includes important payment and settlement arrangements and parts of the infrastructure through which funds and financial information move.
Anti-money-laundering administration
PBOC has statutory AML coordination and supervisory responsibilities, including frameworks for transaction reporting and monitoring.
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Performs central-bank functions, formulates and implements monetary policy, supports financial stability, administers important payment and settlement frameworks and carries statutory AML responsibilities.
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05Related legal concepts
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Short, practical definitions for concepts most likely to appear alongside this institution.
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payment services
Services that enable transfers, collections, clearing or settlement of funds through regulated payment arrangements.
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AML
Anti-money-laundering controls designed to identify customers, monitor activity and report relevant transactions or suspicions.
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RMB
The renminbi, China's national currency and a central subject of PBOC's monetary and currency functions.
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credit reporting
The regulated collection and provision of credit information used to assess individuals and enterprises.
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financial infrastructure
Systems and arrangements supporting payments, clearing, settlement, credit information and other core market operations.
06Primary sources
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People's Bank of ChinaPBOC monetary-policy, payment, credit-information and anti-money-laundering resources
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