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China's international payments system is ready, could launch this year, Reuters says

Section: Daily Dispatches

By Michelle Chen and Koh Gui Qing
Reuters
Monday, March 9, 2015

China's long-awaited international payment system to process cross-border yuan transactions is ready and may be launched as early as September or October, three sources with direct knowledge of the matter told Reuters.

The launch of the China International Payment System (CIPS) will remove one of the biggest hurdles to internationalizing the yuan and should greatly increase global usage of the Chinese currency by cutting transaction costs and processing times.

It will also put the yuan on a more even footing with other major global currencies like the U.S. dollar, as CIPS is expected to use the same messaging format as other international payment systems, making transactions smoother. ..

... For the remainder of the report:

http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/03/09/us-china-yuan-payments-exclusi...



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