Last week, the semi-annual reports of A-share listed banks officially entered disclosure season. As of August 21, six listed banks, including Ping An Bank, Bank of Nanjing, Bank of Ningbo, Bank of Jiangsu, Bank of Jiangyin, and Bank of Chongqing, have released their 2026 semi-annual results reports. Judging from banks that have already disclosed their semi-annual reports, the overall report card is both resilient and under pressure, and overall revenue and net profit continue to “double increase”. Leading regional banks performed well, with Bank of Ningbo and Bank of Chongqing achieving double-digit growth in revenue and net profit in the first half of the year. Behind this, the factors supporting profit growth are also diverging. Affected by the fact that net interest spreads have not stabilized, some banks have shown a more obvious “volume compensation” logic.

Last week, the semi-annual reports of A-share listed banks officially entered disclosure season. As of August 21, six listed banks, including Ping An Bank, Bank of Nanjing, Bank of Ningbo, Bank of Jiangsu, Bank of Jiangyin, and Bank of Chongqing, have released their 2026 semi-annual results reports. Judging from banks that have already disclosed their semi-annual reports, the overall report card is both resilient and under pressure, and overall revenue and net profit continue to “double increase”. Leading regional banks performed well, with Bank of Ningbo and Bank of Chongqing achieving double-digit growth in revenue and net profit in the first half of the year. Behind this, the factors supporting profit growth are also diverging. Affected by the fact that net interest spreads have not stabilized, some banks have shown a more obvious “volume compensation” logic.