As of September 2023, the yuan accounted for 5.8% of international payments, up from 4.82% in August, which is the highest share the Chinese currency has held in the last five years, according to SWIFT system data.
MOSCOW, October 18. /TASS/. The yuan overtook the euro and for the first time became the second main currency in trade, according to data from the international SWIFT system.
This article is 10 years old?
Lots of articles from 2013 about this, and yet an equal number published this October… TASS even says “for the first time”. How weird.
https://tass.com/economy/1692977
oh updated to a 2023 version https://www.indiatoday.in/business/story/chinese-yuan-beats-euro-to-emerge-as-world-second-main-swift-currency-global-trade-settlements-2451878-2023-10-21