Clearing & Settlement

Remittance Services

CIPS offers remittance services with two settlement modes: real-time processing of discrete payments and scheduled batch processing, catering to the payment service needs of direct participants in different scenarios.

Financial Market Business

Guided by the People's Bank of China, CIPS, as the "main channel" for cross-border RMB payment clearing, is deeply involved in the opening up of various financial markets including bonds, derivatives, and foreign exchange, ensuring the safe and efficient processing of cross-border fund settlements.

Clearing Institution Lending Business

To support cross-border fund settlement for e-wallet services in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area, CIPS has launched the Clearing Institution Lending Business function. This initiative aims to meet the needs of switching and clearing institutions such as NetsUnion Clearing Corporation and China UnionPay t...

Hong Kong Dollar Business

To support cross-border fund settlement for Bond Connect (Southbound), CIPS has launched Hong Kong Dollar (HKD) business, providing cross-border Delivery versus Payment (DvP) settlement and remittance services, and is progressively enhancing its HKD business functions.

Information Services

Full Amount Payment

Based on international messaging standards such as ISO 20022 and unified business processing procedures, this service ensures that the recipient receives the full amount, while participating institutions can collect relevant fees through designated accounts after the remittance is completed.

Multi-bank Account Statement

With this service, participating banks can provide customers with basic account information, account balances and transaction details based on the unified CIPS standards, meeting the needs of multinational groups for centralized management of multiple bank accounts of their subsidiaries and improving capital operation ...

Payment Status Service

Payment Status Service supports participating institutions to provide feedback to CIPS and obtain information on the processing status of cross-border remittance transactions, as well as to understand payment information and the payment process.

International Letter of Credit

International Letter of Credit Service (L/C) enables standardized information exchange between banks and between banks and enterprises throughout various L/C processes – including issuance, amendment, presentation, and cancellation – by adopting internationally compliant business message standards.

Payment Route Guide

Payment Route Guide is a service introduced by CIPS Co, Ltd (the Company) to address market concerns such as asymmetrical cross-border RMB payment Payment Route information, incomplete Payment Routes, delayed updates, and unsuccessful payments resulting from Payment Route errors.

Data Insights

Data Insights offers participants access to in-house business statistics queries, multi-dimensional and multi-perspective analysis tools for business data, as well as customized data service reports and visual data display functions.

Standards

    The message standards for CIPS are guided by the goal of supporting the accelerated development of a cross-border payment and settlement system, rooted in market demand, aligned with internationally accepted practices while embodying chinese characteristics.Formulated based on the message development methodology defined by ISO 20022, categorized by business domain into payment and settlement, financial markets, account and cash management, liquidity management, system management, and general information.

Statistics

Business Overview

    In June 2026, the CIPS system processed a total of 811,000 RMB payment transactions, with a total amount of 18.2 trillion yuan.

    From January to June 2026, the CIPS system processed a total of 4.395 million RMB payment transactions, with a total amount of 100.9 trillion yuan.

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