The peak body for the Chinese banking sector has launched a new database of top-tier banking professionals in a bid to improve the quality of staff at smaller regional lenders. The Chinese Banking Association (CBA) has just officially launched the “Chinese Banking Sector Management Talent Database” (??????????) with the guidance of the China Banking and Insurance Regulatory Commission (CBIRC). According to CBA the goals of the database include “resolving the problems of weak corporate management at small and medium-sized banks and their lack of professional staff; the prevention and dissolution of financial risk and driving high-quality development of the banking…