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Is China Restricting Foreign Banks X-Border Business?

December 31, 2015
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Is China Restricting Foreign Banks X-Border Business?

December 31, 2015
The suspension of two foreign banks by the Chinese government from doing at least some cross-border business in yuan until at least March 2016 begs the question of whether the country is limiting cross-border transactions. Bloomberg reported Wednesday (Dec. 30) that the three-month ban on offshore settlement of yuan transactions — set in motion by the […]