Controls on bank loans raised again

China's banking regulators may raise large commercial banks' capital adequacy ratio to 11.5 percent from an earlier 11 percent level, people familiar with the matter confirmed.

The 21st Century Business Herald said on Friday that the regulators may ask the country's top five banks to apply the increase.

"The regulators meanwhile requires all the commercial banks to hold more than 75 percent of their capital as core, or Tier 1 capital, which comprises equity and disclosed reserves," sources said.