Thursday, 28 April 2016

THE FIRST UNIONPAY CREDIT CARD ISSUED IN THE US

SHANGHAI, China, April 28 (Bernama-AsiaNet) -- On April 28, UnionPay International announced its joint issuance of the first UnionPay credit card (card number starting with 62) in the US with Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (US) (hereinafter referred to as the "ICBC US"). It is also the first credit card issued by a Chinese commercial bank there. Cai Jianbo, CEO of UnionPay International, Wang Xiquan, Vice President of ICBC, and Luan Jiansheng, President of ICBC Peony Card Center attended the issuing ceremony. Zhang Qiyue, Chinese consul-general in New York was present for congratulations.


UnionPay and ICBC, with similar internationalization strategies, are strategic partners to each other. They work closely worldwide in UnionPay cards acceptance, issuance and innovative payment. UnionPay's continuously expanding acceptance footprint overseas meets the payment demand of global cardholders, who are also customers of international issuers like ICBC. UnionPay International also helps Chinese banks' overseas expansion. So far, it has cooperated with ICBC in issuing cards in over 20 countries and regions, including Canada, New Zealand and Singapore.
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