On April 17, financial authorities disclosed that the Huainan City Branch of China Construction Bank Corporation has been penalized for multiple compliance failures. According to the administrative penalty decision published by the People's Bank of China Huainan City Branch, the bank was found to have committed four categories of violations.

The infractions included conducting financial statistical operations improperly, resulting in errors in specialized statistics for loans to enterprises of all sizes. The branch also failed to comply with payment and settlement regulations by submitting account opening documentation to the central bank after the deadline. Additionally, the bank violated counterfeit currency collection procedures by lacking required surveillance footage of such operations. Finally, the branch did not fulfill core anti-money laundering obligations as mandated.

The People's Bank of China Huainan City Branch imposed a warning and levied a fine of 630,000 Chinese yuan against the institution. The penalty decision was formally issued on April 10, 2026, with the disclosure period set for three years from the publication date.