


Core Viewpoint - The key highlight from the mid-year performance meeting of China Merchants Bank is the significant growth in wealth management income, despite challenges in credit card revenue and other non-interest income sources [1] Group 1: Wealth Management and Income - The wealth management income has been identified as the biggest highlight for the first half of the year [1] - Credit card transaction volume exceeded 2 trillion yuan, but experienced a negative growth of 8.3% compared to last year [1] - The market share of credit card transactions increased by 0.3 percentage points [1] Group 2: Non-Interest Income Challenges - Other non-interest net income faced a decline of over 12% [1] - The decline in non-interest income is primarily attributed to financial market trading [1] - Although long and short-term interest rates decreased in the second quarter, short-term rates remain high [1]