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Ban on investment in PRC banks eased

CROSS-STRAIT AFFAIRS The measure will allow banks to acquire up to a 20 percent stake in a Chinese bank, but the restriction on setting up branches in China remains

By Shih Hsiu-chuan  /  STAFF REPORTER

The measure would remove the requirement that unsecured loans offered by local financial institutions to Taiwanese businesspeople operating in China should not exceed 10 percent of the company's net value; allow them to provide factoring services and grant credit to foreign businesses; and permit them to accept shares issued in Taiwan, real estate and NT dollar as collateral.

Both measures will be put into effect within a week after the FSC completes revisions of measures governing cross-strait financial businesses, Jong said.

Additional reporting by CNA

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