Chinese Yuan Overtakes Japanese Yen as Number 4 World Payment Currency

© REUTERS / David Gray/FilesA 100 Yuan note is seen in this illustration picture in Beijing in this March 7, 2011 file photo
A 100 Yuan note is seen in this illustration picture in Beijing in this March 7, 2011 file photo - Sputnik International
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Yuan has entered the top four of most-used world payment currencies for cross-border payments in August 2015.

MOSCOW (Sputnik) — Chinese currency yuan has entered the top four of most-used world payment currencies for cross-border payments in August 2015, overtaking the Japanese Yen by value, a report by SWIFT, a network for financial information exchange, revealed.

1000 yen bills and 10,000 yen bills spread out on a table. - Sputnik International
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Overall, global yuan payments increased in value by 9.13 percent in August 2015, accounting for 2.79 percent of global payments in terms of value, while the growth for payments across all currencies decreased in value by 8.3 percent, according to the report published Tuesday.

The top three countries using yuan in August 2015 were China, Hong Kong and Singapore.

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