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China UnionPay enters payment partnership with Discover

Wednesday 12 December 2012 09:34 CET | News

Chinese bank card organisation China UnionPay (CUP) has entered an agreement with US-based payment company Discover Financial Services to enable Chinese shoppers using UnionPay cards to make online purchases at the websites of participating Discover merchants while leveraging CardinalCommerces technology neutral platform for integration.

The UnionPay Online Payments (UPOP) service will be available to Discovers merchants early in 2013, using the Centinel Universal merchant platform through Cardinal. Discover merchants already using Centinel will only have to place the UPOP payment button on their checkout page to support a new payment option that enables consumers to pay using their UnionPay cards.

UPOP is UnionPays e-commerce solution and enables UnionPay cardholders to make purchases online around the world and in the US.

China UnionPay is the national bankcard association in China, responsible for operating the unified inter-bank clearing and settlement system and developing the international acceptance network for the China UnionPay card. CUP cards are currently accepted in 135 countries and regions worldwide.
 


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