
UnionPay (), also known as China UnionPay () or by its abbreviation, CUP or UPI internationally, is a Chinese
state-owned
State ownership, also called public ownership or government ownership, is the ownership of an industry, asset, property, or enterprise by the national government of a country or state, or a public body representing a community, as opposed to ...
financial services
Financial services are service (economics), economic services tied to finance provided by financial institutions. Financial services encompass a broad range of tertiary sector of the economy, service sector activities, especially as concerns finan ...
corporation headquartered in
Shanghai
Shanghai, Shanghainese: , Standard Chinese pronunciation: is a direct-administered municipality and the most populous urban area in China. The city is located on the Chinese shoreline on the southern estuary of the Yangtze River, with the ...
, China. It provides
bank card
A bank card is typically a plastic card issued by a bank to its clients that performs one or more of a number of services that relate to giving the client access to a bank account.
Physically, a bank card will usually have the client's name, th ...
services and a major
card scheme
Card schemes are payment networks linked to payment cards, such as debit or credit cards, of which a bank or any other eligible financial institution can become a member. By becoming a member of the scheme, the member then gets the possibility to ...
in
mainland China
"Mainland China", also referred to as "the Chinese mainland", is a Geopolitics, geopolitical term defined as the territory under direct administration of the People's Republic of China (PRC) in the aftermath of the Chinese Civil War. In addit ...
. Founded on 26 March 2002, China UnionPay is an association for China's banking card industry, operating under the approval of the
People's Bank of China
The People's Bank of China (officially PBC and unofficially PBOC) is the central bank of the People's Republic of China. It is responsible for carrying out monetary policy as determined by the ''PRC People's Bank Law'' and the ''PRC Commercia ...
(PBOC, central bank of China). It is also an
electronic funds transfer
Electronic funds transfer (EFT) is the transfer of money from one bank account to another, either within a single financial institution or across multiple institutions, via computer-based systems.
The funds transfer process generally consists ...
at
point of sale
The point of sale (POS) or point of purchase (POP) is the time and place at which a retail transaction is completed. At the point of sale, the merchant calculates the amount owed by the customer, indicates that amount, may prepare an invoice f ...
(
EFTPOS
Electronic funds transfer at point of sale, abbreviated as EFTPOS (), is a type of payment transaction in which electronic funds transfers (EFT) are processed at a point of sale (POS) system or payment terminal usually via payment methods such as ...
) network, and the only
interbank network
An interbank network, also known as an ATM consortium or ATM network, is a computer network that enables ATM cards issued by a financial institution that is a member of the network to be used to perform ATM transactions through ATMs that belo ...
in China that links all the
automatic teller machine
An automated teller machine (ATM) is an electronic telecommunications device that enables customers of financial institutions to perform financial transactions, such as cash withdrawals, deposits, funds transfers, balance inquiries or account ...
(ATMs) of all
bank
A bank is a financial institution that accepts Deposit account, deposits from the public and creates a demand deposit while simultaneously making loans. Lending activities can be directly performed by the bank or indirectly through capital m ...
s throughout the country. UnionPay cards can be used in 181 countries and regions around the world.
In 2015, the UnionPay overtook
Visa
Visa most commonly refers to:
* Travel visa, a document that allows entry to a foreign country
* Visa Inc., a US multinational financial and payment cards company
** Visa Debit card issued by the above company
** Visa Electron, a debit card
** Vi ...
and
Mastercard in total value of payments made by customers and became the largest card payment processing organization (
debit
Debits and credits in double-entry bookkeeping are entries made in account ledgers to record changes in value resulting from business transactions. A debit entry in an account represents a transfer of value ''to'' that account, and a cred ...
and
credit cards combined) in the world surpassing the two. However, only 0.5% of this payment volume was outside of China.
UnionPay offers
mobile and
online payment
An e-commerce payment system (or an electronic payment system) facilitates the acceptance of electronic payment for offline transfer, also known as a subcomponent of electronic data interchange (EDI), e-commerce payment systems have become increa ...
s services.
History

With the approval of the
People's Bank of China
The People's Bank of China (officially PBC and unofficially PBOC) is the central bank of the People's Republic of China. It is responsible for carrying out monetary policy as determined by the ''PRC People's Bank Law'' and the ''PRC Commercia ...
(PBOC), China UnionPay was launched on 26 March 2002, in Shanghai by PBOC governor
Dai Xianglong, The
Industrial and Commercial Bank of China
The Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (ICBC; zh, 中国工商银行) is a Chinese partially state-owned multinational banking and financial services corporation headquartered in Beijing, China. It is the largest of the " big four" banks ...
, the
Agricultural Bank of China
The Agricultural Bank of China (ABC), also known as AgBank, is a Chinese partially state-owned multinational banking and financial services corporation headquartered in Beijing, China. It is one of the " big four" banks in China, and the second ...
, the
Bank of China
The Bank of China (BOC; ; Portuguese language, Portuguese: ''Banco da China'') is a state-owned Chinese Multinational corporation, multinational banking and financial services corporation headquartered in Beijing, Beijing, China. It is one of ...
and the
China Construction Bank
The China Construction Bank Corporation (CCB) is a Chinese partially state-owned Multinational corporation, multinational banking and financial services corporation headquartered in Beijing, Beijing, China. It is one of the "Big four banks, big ...
served as its first members.
However, the concept of a unified Chinese bank card network dates back to 1993, with the formation of the "Golden Card Project" advocated by then-
Chinese leader Jiang Zemin
Jiang Zemin (17 August 1926 – 30 November 2022) was a Chinese politician who served as General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party, general secretary of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) from 1989 to 2002, as Chairman of the Central Mil ...
. UnionPay is considered its descendant, although attempts at unifying China's various credit card and interbank networks have been in place since the 1990s.
In 2014, UnionPay was reported to have been contributing to
capital flight
Capital flight, in economics, is the rapid flow of assets or money out of a country, due to an event of economic consequence or as the result of a political event such as regime change or economic globalization. Such events could be erratic or ...
from China through poorly regulated store front operations in
Macau
Macau or Macao is a special administrative regions of China, special administrative region of the People's Republic of China (PRC). With a population of about people and a land area of , it is the most List of countries and dependencies by p ...
. The same year, the total amount of cross-bank transactions of CUP card exceeded 41.1 trillion yuan. As part of
Xi Jinping's anti-corruption campaign, central government officials met with local officials in
Macau
Macau or Macao is a special administrative regions of China, special administrative region of the People's Republic of China (PRC). With a population of about people and a land area of , it is the most List of countries and dependencies by p ...
and reached an agreement in December 2014 that allows the central economic crimes bureau to have real-time access to all transactions in Macau involving UnionPay cards.
Partnerships
In 2005, UnionPay entered into agreements with other payment networks to increase acceptance around the world. Some major examples include:
*
Discover
Discover may refer to:
Art, entertainment, and media
* ''Discover'' (album), a Cactus Jack album
* ''Discover'' (magazine), an American science magazine
* "Discover", a song by Chris Brown from his 2015 album ''Royalty''
Businesses and bran ...
in United States
*
RuPay
RuPay (portmanteau of Rupee and Payment) is an Indian multinational financial services and payment service system, conceived and owned by the National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI). It was launched in 2012, to fulfil the Reserve Bank ...
in India
*
JCB in Japan
*
BC Card
BC Card () is a South Korean financial services company headquartered in Seoul. South Korea's largest payment processing company, it provides end-to-end payment services, primarily to financial institutions, as well as to local merchants through ...
in South Korea
*
Mir
''Mir'' (, ; ) was a space station operated in low Earth orbit from 1986 to 2001, first by the Soviet Union and later by the Russia, Russian Federation. ''Mir'' was the first modular space station and was assembled in orbit from 1986 to ...
in Russia
*
Troy
Troy (/; ; ) or Ilion (; ) was an ancient city located in present-day Hisarlik, Turkey. It is best known as the setting for the Greek mythology, Greek myth of the Trojan War. The archaeological site is open to the public as a tourist destina ...
in Turkey
Use outside of China: Europe
UnionPay announced in 2016 that more than 2.2 million merchants in 39 European countries and regions accept UnionPay, taking up 50% of all the merchants supporting bankcard payment.
Merchants from all sectors can integrate UnionPay and accept payments from their clients online or in-store. UnionPay is accepted at major department stores, airlines, duty-free stores and fashion stores, hotels, restaurants, historical and cultural sites, and entertainment establishments, such as bookstores and gift stores of le Louvre museum, Versailles, Orsay, Picasso, and Strasbourg Citrus Orchard.
UnionPay is also accepted at business schools and Universities in order to allow Asian students to pay large sums of money for their tuition fees.
Merchants from certain sectors considered "High risk" or prohibited by the government cannot open a UnionPay account.
= Process for merchants accepting UnionPay in Europe
=
Accepting UnionPay in Europe requires a third-party banking service.
UnionPay tries to significantly multiply its partnerships to expand UnionPay's acceptance scope in Europe.
A European merchant can open a UnionPay account and start accepting payments through
payment gateway
A payment gateway is a merchant service provided by an e-commerce application service provider that authorizes credit card or direct payment processing for e-businesses, online retailers, bricks and clicks, or traditional brick and mortar. The ...
s which is licensed in the country of the merchant. Licensed payment gateways in
Eurozone
The euro area, commonly called the eurozone (EZ), is a Monetary union, currency union of 20 Member state of the European Union, member states of the European Union (EU) that have adopted the euro (Euro sign, €) as their primary currency ...
countries are:
*
Adyen
Adyen is a Dutch payment company with the status of an acquiring bank that allows businesses to accept e-commerce, mobile, and point-of-sale payments. It is listed on the stock exchange Euronext Amsterdam.
Adyen offers merchants online servi ...
*
BNP Paribas
BNP Paribas (; sometimes referred to as BNPP or BNP) is a French multinational universal bank and financial services holding company headquartered in Paris. It was founded in 2000 from the merger of two of France's foremost financial instituti ...
*
Silkpay
Use outside of China: rest of the world
Some UnionPay credit cards are also affiliated with
American Express
American Express Company or Amex is an American bank holding company and multinational financial services corporation that specializes in payment card industry, payment cards. It is headquartered at 200 Vesey Street, also known as American Expr ...
(AmEx),
MasterCard, or
Visa
Visa most commonly refers to:
* Travel visa, a document that allows entry to a foreign country
* Visa Inc., a US multinational financial and payment cards company
** Visa Debit card issued by the above company
** Visa Electron, a debit card
** Vi ...
, and they can be used abroad as American Express, MasterCard, or Visa credit cards. UnionPay debit cards, however, can only be used in the UnionPay network and other networks that have signed contracts with UnionPay. Since 2006, China UnionPay cards can be used in over 100 countries outside China.
In May 2005,
Discover Network announced an alliance with China UnionPay Network. The two companies have signed a long-term agreement that allows acceptance of Discover Network brand cards at UnionPay ATMs and point-of-sale terminals in China and acceptance of China UnionPay cards on the
PULSE
In medicine, the pulse refers to the rhythmic pulsations (expansion and contraction) of an artery in response to the cardiac cycle (heartbeat). The pulse may be felt ( palpated) in any place that allows an artery to be compressed near the surfac ...
network in the U.S.
As of 1 November 2007, China UnionPay cards may be accepted where Discover Network Cards are accepted in the
United States
The United States of America (USA), also known as the United States (U.S.) or America, is a country primarily located in North America. It is a federal republic of 50 U.S. state, states and a federal capital district, Washington, D.C. The 48 ...
,
Canada
Canada is a country in North America. Its Provinces and territories of Canada, ten provinces and three territories extend from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean and northward into the Arctic Ocean, making it the world's List of coun ...
,
Mexico
Mexico, officially the United Mexican States, is a country in North America. It is the northernmost country in Latin America, and borders the United States to the north, and Guatemala and Belize to the southeast; while having maritime boundar ...
,
Central America
Central America is a subregion of North America. Its political boundaries are defined as bordering Mexico to the north, Colombia to the southeast, the Caribbean to the east, and the Pacific Ocean to the southwest. Central America is usually ...
, and the
Caribbean
The Caribbean ( , ; ; ; ) is a region in the middle of the Americas centered around the Caribbean Sea in the Atlantic Ocean, North Atlantic Ocean, mostly overlapping with the West Indies. Bordered by North America to the north, Central America ...
.
As of early 2013, the cross acceptance agreement was expanded to support
e-commerce
E-commerce (electronic commerce) refers to commercial activities including the electronic buying or selling products and services which are conducted on online platforms or over the Internet. E-commerce draws on technologies such as mobile co ...
or
card-not-present transactions. In March 2010,
PayPal
PayPal Holdings, Inc. is an American multinational financial technology company operating an online payments system in the majority of countries that support E-commerce payment system, online money transfers; it serves as an electronic alter ...
announced a partnership with China UnionPay enabling the use of PayPal with UnionPay member cards. In 2015, China's
State Administration of Foreign Exchange
The State Administration of Foreign Exchange (SAFE) of the People's Republic of China is an administrative agency under the State Council tasked with drafting rules and regulations governing foreign exchange market activities, and managing the ...
(SAFE) placed a ¥100,000 annual cap on overseas cash withdrawals from Chinese banks-issued UnionPay accounts. In November 2017,
Azoya teamed up with UnionPay to enable consumers in China to profit from the
Black Friday online shopping festival via a cross-border marketing platform.
2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
On 6 March 2022,
Sberbank
The Public JSC Sberbank (, initially a contraction of ) is a Russian majority state-owned banking and financial services company headquartered in Moscow. As the Russian successor entity of the State Labor Savings Banks System of the USSR, it was ...
,
Alfa Bank and
Tinkoff Bank
T-Bank (), formerly known as Tinkoff Bank is a Russian commercial bank based in Moscow and founded by Oleg Tinkov in 2006. Up until 2024, the bank did not have branches and was considered a neobank. It is the second largest provider of credit ...
reported several Russian banks would switch to UnionPay after
Visa
Visa most commonly refers to:
* Travel visa, a document that allows entry to a foreign country
* Visa Inc., a US multinational financial and payment cards company
** Visa Debit card issued by the above company
** Visa Electron, a debit card
** Vi ...
and
Mastercard said they would suspend operations in Russia due to
Russia's invasion of Ukraine
On 24 February 2022, , starting the largest and deadliest war in Europe since World War II, in a major escalation of the Russo-Ukrainian War, conflict between the two countries which began in 2014. The fighting has caused hundreds of thou ...
. The Russian banks intend to tie the UnionPay system with Russia's
Mir
''Mir'' (, ; ) was a space station operated in low Earth orbit from 1986 to 2001, first by the Soviet Union and later by the Russia, Russian Federation. ''Mir'' was the first modular space station and was assembled in orbit from 1986 to ...
network.
On 20 April 2022, UnionPay reportedly discontinued cooperation with major Russian banks including Sberbank. Russian media outlet
RBC stated that they did so out of fear of secondary sanctions.
In August 2022, it was reported that Russian visitors to Finland were circumventing banking restrictions by withdrawing Euros from Finnish cash machines using UnionPay cards.
Members
UnionPay is the primary network of these Chinese banks:
*
Agricultural Bank of China
The Agricultural Bank of China (ABC), also known as AgBank, is a Chinese partially state-owned multinational banking and financial services corporation headquartered in Beijing, China. It is one of the " big four" banks in China, and the second ...
*
Bank of China
The Bank of China (BOC; ; Portuguese language, Portuguese: ''Banco da China'') is a state-owned Chinese Multinational corporation, multinational banking and financial services corporation headquartered in Beijing, Beijing, China. It is one of ...
(including its Hong Kong-based subsidiaries
Nanyang Commercial Bank
Nanyang Commercial Bank (NCB, ) is a bank based in Hong Kong and a wholly owned subsidiary of China Cinda Asset Management
China Cinda Asset Management Co., Ltd., doing business as Cinda or China Cinda, is a Chinese distressed asset manageme ...
and
BOC Hong Kong)
*
Bank of Communications
Bank of Communications (BOCOM or BankComm) is a Chinese multinational banking and financial services corporation. It was originally established in 1908 and was one of a handful of domestic Chinese banks that issued banknotes in modern history. ...
(Credit cards )
*
Bank of Beijing
*
Bank of Ningbo
*
Bank of Shanghai
Bank of Shanghai Co., Ltd. (BOSC) is an urban commercial bank based in Shanghai in China. The bank was ranked 73rd among 1000 banks around the world by ''The Banker'' in terms of their Tier 1 capital in 2020.
History
The Bank of Shanghai was fo ...
*
China CITIC Bank
China CITIC Bank is a major commercial bank in China, under CITIC Group.
Established in 1987, it is a nationally comprehensive and internationally oriented commercial bank. The bank operates in Hong Kong, Macau, New York, Los Angeles, Singapo ...
*
China Construction Bank
The China Construction Bank Corporation (CCB) is a Chinese partially state-owned Multinational corporation, multinational banking and financial services corporation headquartered in Beijing, Beijing, China. It is one of the "Big four banks, big ...
*
China Everbright Bank
China Everbright Bank Co., Ltd. is one of twelve Chinese joint-stock commercial bank. Established in August 1992, it is a national joint-stock commercial bank approved by the State Council and approved by the People's Bank of China, headquartere ...
*
China Merchants Bank
China Merchants Bank (CMB) () is a Chinese bank headquartered in Futian District, Shenzhen, Guangdong, China. Founded in 1987, it is the first share-holding commercial bank wholly owned by corporate legal entities in China. CMB listed on the Sha ...
*
China Minsheng Banking Corporation
*
Guangdong Development Bank
*
Huaxia Bank
Huaxia Bank Co., Ltd. is a publicly traded commercial bank in China. It is based in Beijing and was founded in 1992. Germany's Deutsche Bank holds 19.99% of the bank's shares as of 2010. In December 2015, it was announced that People's Insuranc ...
(Credit cards co-issued with
Deutsche Bank
Deutsche Bank AG (, ) is a Germany, German multinational Investment banking, investment bank and financial services company headquartered in Frankfurt, Germany, and dual-listed on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange and the New York Stock Exchange.
...
)
*
Industrial and Commercial Bank of China
The Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (ICBC; zh, 中国工商银行) is a Chinese partially state-owned multinational banking and financial services corporation headquartered in Beijing, China. It is the largest of the " big four" banks ...
(ICBC)
*
Industrial Bank (Credit cards co-issued with
Hang Seng Bank
Hang Seng Bank Limited () is a Hong Kong–based banking and financial services company with headquarters in Central, Hong Kong. It is one of Hong Kong's leading public companies in terms of market capitalisation and is part of the HSBC Grou ...
)
*
Ping An Bank
Ping An Bank Co., Ltd. is a Chinese joint-stock commercial bank with its headquarters in Shenzhen. It primarily operates in mainland China with a representative branch in Hong Kong. The bank offers services in retail and corporate banking, includ ...
*
Postal Savings Bank of China
Postal Savings Bank of China Co., Ltd. also known as PSBC is a Chinese retail bank and financial services corporation headquartered in Beijing, China. PSBC provides basic financial services, especially to small and medium enterprises, rural a ...
(formerly known as the China Postal Savings and Remittance Bureau)
*
Shanghai Pudong Development Bank
Shanghai Pudong Development Bank, branded as Pufa Bank in Chinese and SPD Bank in English, is a city-owned joint-stock commercial bank. It was established in 1993 and owned by the Shanghai Municipal Government.
Shanghai Pudong Development Ban ...
*
Taizhou City Commercial Bank
Other UnionPay-affiliated organisations include municipal commercial banks as well as rural
credit cooperatives.
Overall, there are 165 financial institutions that issue UnionPay cards.
UnionPay had partnered with
JETCO
JETCO (), officially Joint Electronic Teller Services Limited () is a network of automatic teller machines in Hong Kong and Macau.
History
JETCO was founded by the Hong Kong Branch of the Bank of China (now Bank of China (Hong Kong)) in 1982 alo ...
in
Hong Kong
Hong Kong)., Legally Hong Kong, China in international treaties and organizations. is a special administrative region of China. With 7.5 million residents in a territory, Hong Kong is the fourth most densely populated region in the wor ...
and
Macau
Macau or Macao is a special administrative regions of China, special administrative region of the People's Republic of China (PRC). With a population of about people and a land area of , it is the most List of countries and dependencies by p ...
until 1 January 2006. As of January 2013, Bank of East Asia and Citibank were the only banks allowed to independently issue UnionPay credit cards in Hong Kong and the mainland. HSBC and its subsidiary Hang Seng Bank independently issue UnionPay credit cards in Hong Kong, while they issue cards in the mainland in cooperation with local banks as noted above. Deutsche Bank only has co-issued cards, with no independently issued UnionPay credit cards.
The following eleven foreign banks have the right to issue UnionPay debit cards in China:
*
Bank of China (Hong Kong)
Bank of China (Hong Kong) Limited (), abbreviated as BOCHK (), is a subsidiary of the Bank of China (via the Hong Kong-listed intermediate holding company BOC Hong Kong Holdings). Bank of China (Hong Kong) is the second-largest commercial ban ...
*
Bank of East Asia
The Bank of East Asia Limited, often abbreviated to BEA, is a Hong Kong public banking and financial services company headquartered in Central, Hong Kong, Central, Hong Kong. It is currently the largest independent local Hong Kong bank, and o ...
*
Citibank
Citibank, N.A. ("N. A." stands for "National bank (United States), National Association"; stylized as citibank) is the primary U.S. banking subsidiary of Citigroup, a financial services multinational corporation, multinational corporation. Ci ...
*
DBS Bank
DBS Bank Limited is a Singaporean multinational banking and financial services corporation headquartered at the Marina Bay Financial Centre in the Marina Bay district of Singapore. The bank was previously known as The Development Bank of Si ...
(as of July 2009)
*
Hana Bank
Hana Bank (), known from its initial establishment in 1971 to 1991 as Korea Investment Finance Corporation (), is one of South Korea's largest banks. It merged with Seoul Bank (est. 1959) in 2002, then with Korea Exchange Bank (est. 1967) in 201 ...
(as of November 2009)
*
Hang Seng Bank
Hang Seng Bank Limited () is a Hong Kong–based banking and financial services company with headquarters in Central, Hong Kong. It is one of Hong Kong's leading public companies in terms of market capitalisation and is part of the HSBC Grou ...
*
HSBC
HSBC Holdings plc ( zh, t_hk=滙豐; initialism from its founding member The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation) is a British universal bank and financial services group headquartered in London, England, with historical and business li ...
*
OCBC Bank
Oversea-Chinese Banking Corporation Limited (), abbreviated as OCBC, is a Singapore, Singaporean multinational corporation, multinational Bank, banking and financial services corporation headquartered at the OCBC Centre. It operates through sub ...
(as of 2010)
*
OCBC Wing Hang Bank (as of 2010)
*
Standard Chartered Bank
Standard Chartered PLC is a British multinational bank with operations in wealth management, Wholesale banking, corporate and investment banking, and treasury services. Despite being headquartered in the United Kingdom, it does not conduct retai ...
*
Woori Bank
Woori Bank () is a Korean multinational bank headquartered in Seoul. It is one of the four largest domestic banks in South Korea and has a strong presence in commercial banking and corporate finance in South Korea. Tracing its roots to the Daeh ...
(as of May 2009)
UnionPay in other countries:
*
AGD Bank AGD may refer to:
* AGD Interactive, a non-profit software company
* Academy of General Dentistry
* Association for Genome Diagnostics
* Airgun Designs, a manufacturer of paintball equipment
* Agarabi language
* '' The Ambiguously Gay Duo'', an a ...
offers a UnionPay debit card in Myanmar
*
Askari Bank
Askari Bank Limited ( ) is a Pakistani commercial and retail bank headquartered in Islamabad. It is a subsidiary of Fauji Fertilizer Company, which is part of Fauji Foundation.
History
Askari Bank was founded in October 1991 as Askari Commercia ...
offers a UnionPay debit card in Pakistan
*
Australia Post
Australia Post, formally the Australian Postal Corporation and also known as AusPost, is an Australian Government-State-owned enterprise, owned corporation that provides postal services throughout Australia. Australia Post's head office is loca ...
, previously distributed the "Load&Go China" card, issued by
Bank of China
The Bank of China (BOC; ; Portuguese language, Portuguese: ''Banco da China'') is a state-owned Chinese Multinational corporation, multinational banking and financial services corporation headquartered in Beijing, Beijing, China. It is one of ...
(
Australia
Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country comprising mainland Australia, the mainland of the Australia (continent), Australian continent, the island of Tasmania and list of islands of Australia, numerous smaller isl ...
) Limited; featuring imagery of the
Great Wall
The Great Wall of China (, literally "ten thousand Li (unit), ''li'' long wall") is a series of fortifications in China. They were built across the historical northern borders of ancient Chinese states and Imperial China as protection agains ...
*
Baiduri Bank offers a UnionPay debit card in Brunei
*
Bangkok Bank
Bangkok Bank Public Company Limited (, Royal Thai General System of Transcription, RTGS: Thanakhan Krung Thep) is one of the largest commercial banks in Thailand. Its branch network includes over 800 branches as of May 2024, within Thailand, wit ...
offers a UnionPay credit card in Thailand
*
Bank Central Asia
PT Bank Central Asia Tbk, commonly known as Bank Central Asia (BCA), is an Indonesian bank founded on 21 February 1957. It is the largest private bank in Indonesia, with assets amounting to Rp 5.529,83 trillion (US$308,5 billion) as of 2022. It ...
offers a UnionPay credit card in Indonesia
*
Banque Pour Le Commerce Exterieur Lao (BCEL) offers both UnionPay debit and Credit card in Laos
*
Bank Sinarmas
PT Bank Sinarmas Tbk is a subsidiary of Sinar Mas Multiartha engaged in banking. To support its business activities, by the end of 2020, the bank has 69 branch offices, 134 sub-branch offices, 140 cash offices, 28 sharia branch offices, and 12 sha ...
offers a UnionPay debit card in Indonesia
*
BDO Unibank offers a UnionPay credit card in the Philippines
*
Cebuana Lhuillier Micro Savings offers 24K UnionPay Debit Card in the Philippines.
*
CIM Bank, a Swiss Bank, offers UnionPay credit cards to domestic and foreign customers
*
DBS Bank
DBS Bank Limited is a Singaporean multinational banking and financial services corporation headquartered at the Marina Bay Financial Centre in the Marina Bay district of Singapore. The bank was previously known as The Development Bank of Si ...
offers a UnionPay debit card in Singapore.
*
Halyk Bank offers both UnionPay credit and debit cards in Kazakhstan
*
Gazprombank
Gazprombank (), or GPB (JSC), is a private-owned Russian bank, the third largest bank in the country by assets. Since November 2014, Nikolai Shamalov#Yuri Shamalov, Yuri Shamalov's Gazfond is its largest shareholder. Gazprombank is one of the m ...
offers both UnionPay credit & debit cards in Russia.
*
Joint Stock Commercial Bank for Foreign Trade of Vietnam
Vietcombank or formally the Joint Stock Commercial Bank for Foreign Trade of Vietnam () is a major commercial bank in Vietnam.
Overview
Vietcombank's headquarters are located in Hanoi, Vietnam. the bank had 116 branches and 474 transaction ...
(Vietcombank) offers both UnionPay credit and debit cards in Vietnam
*
Kasikornbank
Kasikornbank (, , Teochew: Khai-thài Ngîng-hâng, , stylised in all caps), often stylised as KBank and formerly known as the Thai Farmers Bank, is a banking group in Thailand. KBank was established on 8 June 1945 (2488 BE) by Choti Lamsam, ...
offers a UnionPay credit card in Thailand
*
Kazkommertsbank
Kazkommertsbank () was the largest private bank in Kazakhstan with a total market share of 24% until 2018. Kazkommertsbank was a large provider of banking services and other financial products to large and medium-sized corporations in all sectors ...
offers UnionPay credit cards in Kazakhstan
*
Krung Thai Bank
Krungthai Bank (;), officially Krungthai Bank Public Company Limited, and sometimes known by its initials KTB, is a state-owned bank under license issued by the Ministry of Finance. KTB's Swift code is KRTHTHBK.
History
The bank came into bein ...
offers a UnionPay debit card in Thailand
*
Lotte Card
Lotte Card Co, Ltd. is a Korean credit card company. Headquartered in Seoul, Lotte Card has a partnership with Lotte Capital, and both companies are part of the Lotte Corporation. Lotte Card was established in December 2002 as a technical and ...
offers a UnionPay credit card in the Republic of Korea.
*
Mitsubishi UFJ NICOS
Mitsubishi UFJ NICOS Co., Ltd., formerly named Nippon Shinpan, is a Japanese company. It was established in 1951 and became Japan's first and largest credit company during the post-World War Japanese economic boom.
Now part with Mitsubishi UFJ F ...
offers a UnionPay credit card in Japan.
* offers a UnionPay credit card in Azerbaijan.
* SCT Networks offers a UnionPay Debit card in Nepal.
*
Himalayan Bank offers a UnionPay Prepaid cards in Nepal.
*
Nepal Investment Bank Limited offers a UnionPay cards in Nepal.
*
NIC ASIA Bank offers a UnionPay virtual cards in Nepal.
*
AmBank
AmBank Group comprises AMMB Holdings Berhad (AMBANK 1015) is one of the largest banking groups in Malaysia whose core businesses are retail banking, wholesale banking, Islamic banking, and life and general insurance.
The Group trades under a ...
offers a UnionPay Credit card in Malaysia.
*
Public Bank
A public bank is a bank, a financial institution, in which a State (polity), state, municipality, or public actors are the owners. It is an enterprise under government control. offers a UnionPay Debit card in Malaysia.
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Philippine National Bank
The Philippine National Bank (PNB, ; ; Hokkien in the Philippines, Hokkien ) is a major Filipino bank based in Pasay in the Philippines. It was established by the Philippine government on July 22, 1916, during the Insular Government, America ...
(PNB) offers a UnionPay credit card in the Philippines.
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Rizal Commercial Banking Corporation
The Rizal Commercial Banking Corporation (), commonly known as RCBC (), is one of the largest universal banks in the Philippines with total consolidated resources of Ph₱ 1.2 trillion. It was established in 1960 as a development bank and is ...
(RCBC) offers a UnionPay credit card in the Philippines.
* Sacombank offers both UnionPay credit and debit cards in Vietnam
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Mitsui Sumitomo Bank offers a UnionPay credit card in Japan.
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Shinhan Bank
Shinhan Bank Co., Ltd. () is a South-Korean bank headquartered in Seoul. It was founded under this name in 1982, but through its merger with Chohung Bank in 2006, traces its origins to the Hanseong Bank (est. 1897), one of the first banks t ...
offers a UnionPay credit card in the Republic of Korea.
* Silkpay offers a UnionPay credit card in the European Union.
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United Overseas Bank
United Overseas Bank Limited (), often known as UOB, is a Singaporean regional bank headquartered at Raffles Place, Singapore, with branches mostly found in Southeast Asia countries.
It is one of the three "big local banks" in the country, t ...
offers a UnionPay credit card in Singapore.
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Diners Club
A diner is a type of restaurant found across the United States and Canada, as well as parts of Western Europe and Australia. Diners offer a wide range of cuisine, mostly American cuisine, a casual atmosphere, and, characteristically, a comb ...
offers 2 UnionPay credit cards in Singapore, the DCS Ultimate Platinum Card and the DCS Lite Card.
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Russian Standard Bank offers both UnionPay credit & debit cards in Russia.
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National Bank of Pakistan
National Bank of Pakistan (NBP) is a Pakistani government-owned multinational commercial bank which is a subsidiary of State Bank of Pakistan. It is headquartered in Karachi, Pakistan. As of December 2022, it has over 1,500 branches across Paki ...
offers UnionPay debit cards in Pakistan.
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1LINK offers UnionPay debit cards through its member banks in Pakistan.
* Credicorp Bank offers UnionPay prepaid cards in Panama.
* Yianpay offers a UnionPay card in Spain
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Banco Bolivariano offers UnionPay credit cards in Ecuador
See also
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Banking in China
China's banking sector had () in assets at the end of 2023. The " Big Four" state-owned commercial banks are the Bank of China, the China Construction Bank, the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China, and the Agricultural Bank of China, ...
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UnionPay (application)
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