Frankfurt Open for Yuan Clearing as Liquidity Rises

``Frankfurt became the first financial center in Europe to win the right to clear and settle payments in yuan when the Bundesbank and the People's Bank of China signed a memorandum of understanding on March 28. The clearing bank makes it easier for German lenders and their clients to access the yuan and cut costs by making euros directly convertible with the Chinese currency without having to be changed into U.S. dollars first.''