Strategies for Increasing Non-Interest Income and Their Impact on Profitability: A Case of Chinese Commercial Banks

Abstract

China's banking sector has experienced groundbreaking methods of diversifying revenues other than conventional interest revenues. In this study, we examine important strategies commercial banks in China have taken to generate non-interest revenues and their impact on profitability. Through research on innovations in wealth management, fee-based business development, and digital banking services, this study demonstrates banks' adaptation to narrowing margins and complex regulatory environments. The research demonstrates that state-owned and joint-stock banks best integrate such strategies with digital transformation, cross-border services, and targeted wealth management products being drivers of financial performance in China's new banking paradigm.