Mexico's Pemex CEO says Mexico expects to invest 93 billion Mexican pesos in the petrochemical sector by 2030.

The PBOC has released a consultation draft revising RMB deposit and loan interest‑rate management. It replaces the PBOC notice’s formulaic penalty surcharges—adding 30%–50% to contract loan rates for overdue loans and 50%–100% for loans used outside contract terms—with a provision that penalty rate, interest‑calculation method and any grace period be negotiated between lender and borrower. The draft also introduces a definition of high‑interest deposit solicitation, explicitly including but not limited to illegal manual supplementary interest payments and breaching market‑rate pricing self‑discipline caps, and flags conduct that disrupts deposit market competition.

ANSA reported Italy's deputy prime minister said Intesa Sanpaolo and UniCredit must help the government address budget issues.