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China UnionPay extends its reach in Asia via agreement with Global Payments

Friday 7 May 2010 06:59 CET | News

Global Payments Asia-Pacific Limited, a joint venture between the US provider of electronic transaction processing services Global Payments and The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited (HSBC), has introduced the China UnionPay (CUP) acceptance service in Brunei, the Maldives, the Philippines, Singapore and Sri Lanka.

Via the service, mainland Chinese tourists can pay for goods and services with their CUP cards at merchants served by Global Payments. Merchants can add the CUP card acceptance functionality to their Global Payments POS terminals through a free programming of their terminals.

Global Payments offers electronic transaction processing services for merchants, Independent Sales Organizations, financial institutions, government agencies and multi-national corporations in the US, Canada, Europe and the Asia-Pacific region.
 


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Keywords: China UnionPay, Global Payments, card acceptance, POS terminal
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