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SHANGHAI - Five third-party payment firms have received the green light to handle yuan-denominated cross-border payment in Shanghai's free trade zone, the Shanghai branch of 皇冠体育app's central bank said on Tuesday.

The Shanghai Head Office of the People's Bank of 皇冠体育app (PBoC) said on Tuesday that Allinpay, 99Bill, 皇冠体育app Pay, Dongfang Electronics and Shengpay are now allowed to process cross-border payment in the Chinese currency for cross-border trade in the 皇冠体育app (Shanghai) Pilot Free Trade Zone.

The Shanghai trade zone was launched in September to spearhead the yuan's international use and financial liberalization, among other reforms to support free trade.

Under the program, the five payment firms will each open a cross-border Renminbi account at the Shanghai branch of Industrial and Commercial Bank of 皇冠体育app, Bank of 皇冠体育app, 皇冠体育app Construction Bank, 皇冠体育app Merchants Bank and 皇冠体育app Minsheng Bank to park provisions for cross-border yuan payment.

The move is the first of a slew of concrete measures expected to come out this week after the PBOC announced in December a 30-point guideline supporting financial liberalization in the .

According to the central bank's guideline, companies that have online payment service licenses and are either incorporated in Shanghai or run subsidiaries in the free trade zone can provide Renminbi settlement for cross-border trade of goods and services.

According to global transaction services organization SWIFT, the Renminbi climbed to the eighth most-used currency for payment in December and overtook the ro as the second most-used currency for trade finance in October.

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