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South Korea cracks the top ten in RMB payments

South Korea cracks the top ten in RMB payments

Renminbi,
29 July 2014 | 3 min read

Brussels, 29 July 2014 - Swift's RMB Tracker shows that South Korea's RMB payments value increased by 563% between June 2013 and June 2014, making South Korea number eight in the world for RMB payments value, excluding China and Hong Kong. In June 2014, 68.9% of all direct payments between South Korea and China/Hong Kong were in RMB, up from 32.8% in June 2013.

Michael Moon, Head of Payments, Asia Pacific, Swift says: "We have been monitoring the use of the RMB in South Korea for a while, observing its fast growth over the past two years, particularly as more banks and businesses are using the RMB in international transactions. South Korea's RMB payments growth is increasingly driven by customer payments, which are a good proxy for trade settlement."

Moon adds, "The announcement by South Korea and China in early July about setting up a new RMB clearing centre in Seoul will further benefit the trading activities between the two countries. This agreement establishes South Korea as an important offshore RMB clearing centre in North Asia."

Overall, the RMB reinforced its position as the seventh most active currency for global payments and accounted for 1.55% of payments worldwide. RMB payments increased in value by 7.1% in June 2014, while at a global level, all currencies increased in value by only 1.4% during the same period.

About Swift
Swift is a member-owned cooperative that provides the communications platform, products and services to connect more than 10,500 banking organisations, securities institutions and corporate customers in 215 countries and territories. Swift enables its users to exchange automated, standardised financial information securely and reliably, thereby lowering costs, reducing operational risk and eliminating operational inefficiencies. Swift also brings the financial community together to work collaboratively to shape market practice, define standards and debate issues of mutual interest.

For more information about Swift, please visit http://www.swift.com/ or follow us on Twitter: @swiftcommunity and LinkedIn: Swift

About Swift RMB Tracker & RMB Internationalisation
Launched in September 2011, the Swift RMB Tracker provides monthly reporting on key statistics to understand the progress made by RMB towards becoming an international currency. To register for the RMB Tracker in English, Traditional or Simplified Chinese, visit swift.com (select ‘Banks on Swift') or e-mail mailto:swiftforbanks@swift.com

For more information about RMB Internationalisation, please visit http://www.swift.com/products/renminbi/overview/ or join our new ‘Business Intelligence Transaction Banking' LinkedIn group!  

Disclaimer
The free Swift RMB Tracker provides a monthly report on key statistics available only from Swift, which helps you track and understand how the RMB is being used across geographies and financial sectors. It is based on facts and should not be seen as providing any recommendation or opinion on the evolution of the market.

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