State Council, Decision on Exercising Administration over Access by Bank Card Settlement Institutions
国务院关于实施银行卡清算机构准入管理的决定
July 06, 2015 | BY
clpstaff &clp articles &Foreign investors allowed access to bank card settlement business.
Issued: April 9 2015
Effective: June 1 2015
Applicability: For the purposes of this Decision, the term “bank card settlement business” means the activity, through the formulation of bank card settlement criteria and rules, of operating a bank card settlement business system, authorizing the issuance and acceptance of bank cards branded by the bank card settlement institution in question, providing an inter-organization transaction handling service for its branded bank cards to card issuers and acquirers and assisting them in completing monetary settlement (Article 1).
Main contents: The Decision completely liberalises the bank card settlement market, allowing access to both domestic and foreign investment.
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