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  "id": 13773202,
  "title": "Ecobank to join China’s CIPS payments platform for yuan settlement, eyeing widening trade with Africa",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/11/ecobank-to-join-chinas-cips-payments-platform-for-yuan-settlement",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-10-11T18:19:15.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "BusinessDay Nigeria",
    "slug": "businessday-nigeria",
    "url": "https://businessday.ng/companies/article/ecobank-to-join-chinas-cips-payments-platform-for-yuan-settlement-eyeing-widening-trade-with-africa/"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "African lender Ecobank will sign an agreement to join the China Interbank Payments System for yuan transactions, its chief executive",
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        "published": "2026-10-10T08:51:54.000Z"
      },
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        "published": "2026-10-10T21:26:00.000Z"
      }
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}