SAFE News
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- Index number:
- 000014453-2019-0047
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- Dispatch date:
- 2010-04-23
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- Publish organization:
- State Administration of Foreign Exchange
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- The SAFE Gives a Green Light for Three Commercial Banks to Engage in Pilot Operations for Individual Foreign Exchange Settlement and Sales Business via E-banking
The SAFE Gives a Green Light for Three Commercial Banks to Engage in Pilot Operations for Individual Foreign Exchange Settlement and Sales Business via E-banking
For the purpose of further encouraging business innovation in banks as well as facilitating individual foreign exchange settlement and sales, the State Administration of Foreign Exchange (SAFE) recently approved that three commercial banks, i.e., the Bank of China, the China Merchants Bank, and the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China, will conduct pilot operations for individual foreign exchange settlement and sales business through e-banking.
The Measures for Individual Foreign Exchange Administration and the detailed rules which took effect in February 2007 allow individuals to carry out foreign exchange purchase and settlement businesses within their yearly quota at bank counters by presenting their valid identity documents. Such pilot operations for individual foreign exchange settlement and sales business via e-banking will provide individuals with more efficient and convenient channels to handle the relevant businesses. Domestic individuals are allowed to conduct non-operational foreign exchange settlement and sales business under the current account within their yearly quota via e-banking or via self-service terminals after opening an account at the pilot banks by presenting their valid resident identification cards of the Peoples Republic of China. This will increase the banksefficiency in handling business and help ease pressures at bank counters and reduce bank costs.
By using the data information-sharing mechanism that connects the e-banking system with the Management Information System for Foreign Exchange Settlement and Sales by Individuals, relevant information about foreign exchange purchases and settlement by domestic individuals in the e-banking system will be transmitted automatically in a real-time manner to the Management Information System for Foreign Exchange Settlement and Sales by Individuals, and will be incorporated into the management of the yearly quota of foreign exchange settlement and sales by individuals. The SAFE will closely track and monitor the status of the pilot operations, sum up the experiences from the pilot operations, guard against inflows and outflows of abnormal foreign exchange funds via individual e-banking channels, and continue to maintain a standardized and orderly foreign exchange market.
