Use of yuan hits 6-month high in Hong Kong’s fast-payment system
- Source
- South China Morning Post - Business
- Source link
- https://www.scmp.com/business/banking-finance/article/3364413/use-yuan-hits-6-month-high-hong-kongs-fast-payment-system
- Published
- 2026-08-19 00:00:11
- Discovered by ProcIntel
- 2026-08-19 03:11:43
- Category
- Procurement & Supply Chain News
- Geography
- China
- Organisations
- —
- Review status
- Pending
- Record type
- REAL
Summary
Hong Kong’s fast-transfer payments denominated in yuan surged to a six-month high in July, signalling accelerating adoption of real-time cross-border retail payment channels even as mainland Chinese authorities maintain tight controls on capital outflows. Transaction values through Hong Kong’s Faster Payment System (FPS) for yuan reached 35.03 billion yuan (US$5.19 billion) in July, marking a 34 per cent increase from February, according to official data published by Hong Kong Interbank Clearing...
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