The People's Bank of China is expanding the country's credit database by adding details about consumers' utility-bill payments, the central bank has announced. The database already includes information about consumers' loans and credit cards, the bank says. "The credit-record system in China is still lacking in many aspects," Fei Cao, payment analyst with Beijing-based research company Analysys International, tells CardLine Global. "Setting up a more complete credit database is something [that could] provide better card and financial services."
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