BEIJING: China has announced plans that will allow giants such as Visa and MasterCard to set up credit card clearing services in the country, breaking the monopoly in a multitrillion-dollar market foreign firms have been trying to tap for decades.

In its latest move to further open up the world’s number two economy, the State Council, China’s cabinet, said Wednesday it will take applications from June 1 for a license to run the business.

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