The groupwillalsogetotherfinancial support includingliquidityloan and fixed-asset loan services, cashmanagementand financial consulting servicesfromBOC, the bank said.
BOC, a British gases group and a string of disposals including, symbolically, the refrigeration business originally founded by Carl von Linde, who invented refrigeration in 1876.
The Bank of China Group, which already has a secure online payment system for Visa cards, is developing another system for BOC's Great Wall card, as well as Visa and Mastercard.