The Recommendation mean of Postal Savings Bank of China Co., Ltd. is 1.50
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Postal Savings Bank of China Co., Ltd. provides various banking products and services for retail and corporate customers in the People's Republic of China. Its Personal Banking segment offers savings products, such as demand, time, personal call, time/demand optional, and foreign currency deposits; passbooks; certificate of deposits; micro, personal pledged, and personal business loans; debit and credit cards; wealth management products and funds; and insurance agency services. This segment is also involved in distribution of fund products, electronic bonds, and precious metals; and provides payment and collection agency, various settlement, domestic remittance and exchange, cross-border remittance, personal exchange settlement and sale, and foreign currency exchange services. The company's Corporate Banking segment provides time, demand, call, and negotiated deposits; working capital, fixed asset, trade finance, stock pledge, land reserve, syndicated, real estate development, property mortgage, and consignment loans; cash management services; negotiable instruments; trade finance and international settlement services; and financial markets services. Its Treasury segment offers interbank lending transactions, repurchase and resale transactions, debt instrument investments, equity instrument investment, investment banking, bond securities, and wealth management products, etc., as well as trades in financial products comprising money market, fixed income, and foreign exchange products, as well as derivatives and precious metals. The company also provides online, mobile, and self-service banking services. As of December 31, 2020, it had 39,631 outlets, including 8,568 directly operated outlets and 31,763 agency outlets. The company was founded in 2007 and is headquartered in Beijing, the People's Republic of China. Postal Savings Bank of China Co., Ltd. is a subsidiary of China Post Group Corporation.