What prospects do automobile finance companies have in China?
Automobile finance companies hope to convince Chinese consumers, who collectively finance only about 5% of auto purchases, to move closer to the world average of 70%. Still, the same issues that affect banking, such as interest rate controls and the requirement to inject capital in advance of actual booked business, will hinder foreign investors' ability to lure market share away from domestic banks that have already launched automobile financing services.
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