A yuan clearing bank will be officially appointed in the United Kingdom in June, said Mark Boleat, policy chairman for the City of London Corp, in an exclusive interview with China Daily.

"There will be a clearing bank in London. In due course, there will be an announcement," Boleat said on Friday.

The news will be an endorsement for London's efforts to become an offshore yuan center. Other European financial centers in the race to become a yuan center include Frankfurt, Paris, Switzerland and Luxembourg.