UnionPay จับมือ NITMX ผนึกกำลังเชื่อมโยงระบบการชำระเงิน UnionPay จีน เข้ากับ PromptPay ไทย UnionPay International (UPI) ได้ร่วมมือกับบริษัท เนชั่นแนล ไอทีเอ็มเอ๊กซ์ จำกัด (NITMX) เพื่อผนึกกำลังเชื่อมโยงระบบการชำระเงิน UnionPay เข้ากับ PromptPay ของประเทศไทย ในเฟสแรกของความร่วมมือครั้งนี้จะมีการให้บริการชำระเงินผ่านคิวอาร์โค้ด (QR Code) เพื่ออำนวยความสะดวกและเสริมสร้างประสบการณ์การชำระเงินดิจิทัลให้กับนักท่องเที่ยวจีนที่มาเยือนไทย ในเฟสถัดไป นักท่องเที่ยวไทยจะสามารถสแกนคิวอาร์โค้ดของ UnionPay เพื่อใช้จ่ายในประเทศจีนได้ ทั้งนี้จะประกาศรายละเอียดเกี่ยวกับวันเปิดตัวของทั้งสองเฟสให้ทราบในโอกาสถัดไปพิธีลงนามในข้อตกลงความร่วมมือครั้งนี้ระหว่าง คุณ Larry Wang ประธานเจ้าหน้าที่บริหาร (CEO) บริษัท ยูเนี่ยนเพย์ อินเตอร์เนชั่นแนล จำกัด (UPI) และ คุณฉัตรชัย ดุษฎีโหนด กรรมการผู้จัดการ บริษัท เนชั่นแนล ไอทีเอ็มเอ๊กซ์ จํากัด (NITMX) โดยได้รับเกียรติจาก คุณดารณี แซ่จู ผู้ช่วยผู้ว่าการสายกำกับระบบการชำระเงินและคุ้มครองผู้ใช้บริการทางการเงิน ธนาคารแห่งประเทศไทย และ คุณจาง เซียวเซียว ที่ปรึกษาฝ่ายพาณิชย์ สถานเอกอัครราชทูตจีนประจำประเทศไทย มาร่วมเป็นสักขีพยานในพิธี นอกจากนั้น คุณสุธีรา ศรีไพบูลย์ รองผู้จัดการใหญ่ ธนาคารกรุงเทพ จำกัด (มหาชน) คุณโชค ณ ระนอง ผู้ช่วยผู้จัดการใหญ่ ผู้จัดการสายบัตรเครดิต ธนาคารกรุงเทพ จำกัด (มหาชน) คุณกอบศักดิ์ ดวงดี เลขาธิการสมาคมธนาคารไทย และคุณวรกฤต จารุวงศ์ภัค ผู้อำนวยการสำนักงานระบบการชำระเงิน สมาคมธนาคารไทย ให้เกียรติร่วมงานในครั้งนี้ ความร่วมมือครั้งนี้จะช่วยขยายการใช้งานแอปพลิเคชัน UnionPay (YunShanFu) ให้ครอบคลุมทั่วประเทศไทย โดยเฉพาะจุดหมายปลายทางท่องเที่ยวยอดนิยม เช่น กรุงเทพฯ ภูเก็ต และเชียงใหม่ ผู้ใช้แอป UnionPay สามารถ สแกนคิวอาร์โค้ดของ PromptPay เพื่อชำระเงินในไทย และในทางกลับกันก็สามารถสแกนคิวอาร์โค้ดของ UnionPay เพื่อชำระเงินในจีน ผ่านระบบของ PromptPay ได้เช่นกัน คุณ Larry Wang ประธานเจ้าหน้าที่บริหาร (CEO) บริษัท ยูเนี่ยนเพย์ อินเตอร์เนชั่นแนล จำกัด (UPI) กล่าวว่า "เรามีความยินดีที่ได้ร่วมมือกับ NITMX ซึ่งเป็นองค์กรชั้นนำด้านโครงสร้างพื้นฐานการชำระเงินของประเทศไทย เพื่อยกระดับการให้บริการชำระเงินผ่านคิวอาร์โค้ด ความร่วมมือนี้ช่วยให้ผู้ถือบัตรที่ใช้แอป UnionPay และกระเป๋าเงินอิเล็กทรอนิกส์ซึ่งรองรับ UnionPay สามารถสแกนคิวอาร์โค้ดของ PromptPay เพื่อชำระเงินได้อย่างสะดวกสบายและปลอดภัยที่จุดรับชำระ PromptPay ทุกแห่ง เราให้ความสำคัญกับการขยายขอบเขตการให้บริการชำระเงินผ่านคิวอาร์โค้ดให้ครอบคลุมไปทั่วโลก และโครงการริเริ่มนี้นับเป็นการตอกย้ำความมุ่งมั่นที่จะส่งมอบประสบการณ์การชำระเงินแบบไร้รอยต่อให้แก่ผู้ใช้"คุณฉัตรชัย ดุษฎีโหนด กรรมการผู้จัดการ บริษัท เนชั่นแนล ไอทีเอ็มเอ๊กซ์ จํากัด กล่าวว่า "NITMX ยินดีที่ได้ร่วมมือกับ UnionPay ซึ่งเป็นผู้นำในอุตสาหกรรมการชำระเงินระดับโลก เป็นองค์กรที่มีความแข็งแกร่งและเป็นผู้นำด้านนวัตกรรมการชำระเงินในประเทศจีน รวมถึงการชำระเงินผ่านคิวอาร์โค้ด ซึ่งปัจจุบันให้บริการครอบคลุมทั่วประเทศจีน ความร่วมมือครั้งนี้นับเป็นก้าวสำคัญที่จะช่วยเพิ่มความหลากหลายให้กับอุตสาหกรรม Payment ของไทย NITMX เราทุ่มเทและตั้งใจให้นักท่องเที่ยวต่างชาติรวมถึงนักท่องเที่ยวจีน จะสามารถใช้จ่ายแบบไร้เงินสดได้สะดวกและปลอดภัยที่จุดรับ PromptPay ทั่วประเทศ”
UnionPay International Partners uab bank to Enable UnionPay Contactless Payment Acceptance in Myanmar Global payment network UnionPay has partnered with uab bank to enable acceptance of UnionPay Contactless payment at a variety of retail, food & beverage, telecommunication, homeware and other merchants in Myanmar. Beginning with enabling UnionPay Contactless card acceptance at over 500 merchants including Black Canyon Coffee, Yoogane Korean Restaurant, Bench Myanmar, Ananda and Living Square among others, the partnership will pave the way for more merchants in Myanmar to accept UnionPay Contactless payment, and enable local UnionPay Cardholders to enjoy greater ease of payment within the country and around the world. In recent years, UnionPay International (UPI) has been expanding its footprint rapidly in Myanmar. To accelerate the development of e-payment infrastructure and drive e-payment usage in the country, UPI has partnered with Myanmar Payment Union to adopt the UnionPay chip card standard as Myanmar’s technical standard for card acceptance and issuance in the country, and collaborated with eight Myanmar banks, including uab bank, to issue UnionPay cards. Today, UnionPay is the leading global payment network in Myanmar with the largest number of cards issued in the country.UnionPay Cardholders holding locally issued cards can already make Contactless payment at 20 million UnionPay Contactless merchants in 42 countries and regions. By making UnionPay Contactless payment available in Myanmar, local UnionPay Cardholders will also be able to make purchases with a simple tap of their UnionPay card at participating local merchants, while UnionPay Cardholders from overseas can enjoy greater convenience with the new Contactless payment option when they visit the country.“UnionPay International is proud to partner with uab bank to enable UnionPay Contactless payment at leading merchants across Myanmar. With a fast-growing economy and most transactions still in cash today in the country, there is ample room for electronic payments to grow rapidly, to make payments and exchanges more efficient and secure. The UnionPay Contactless payment marks yet another step forward in our strategy to accelerate the development of e-payments in the country, bringing about greater convenience of payment for local consumers and businesses, and fostering a future whereby most transactions would go cashless.” said Wenhui Yang, General Manager, UnionPay International Southeast Asia.Commenting on the strategic collaboration with UnionPay, MD & CEO of uab bank, Christopher Loh said, “We are delighted to be the first bank in Myanmar to enable the UnionPay Contactless payment for our merchants. This follows our recent successful launch of the EMV certification of our ATM machines for UnionPay that allows UnionPay Cardholders to safely withdraw cash from our uab bank ATMs. We believe the introduction of UnionPay Contactless in Myanmar will benefit both local UnionPay Cardholders and overseas visitors through greater convenience and ease of payment. The launch of UnionPay Contactless payment and this strategic collaboration signifies the joint efforts made by UnionPay and uab bank to innovate and offer mobile payment services that are safe and convenient, coupled with UnionPay leading technology in payment security to safeguard our customers’ funds and information. UnionPay Cardholders regardless of issuing bank can now use their UnionPay cards to make Contactless payments at uab bank merchants.” In addition to enjoying an enhanced payment experience from UnionPay Contactless payment, local UnionPay Cardholders will be able to participate in the Go-for-Gold campaign for a chance to win a 12-gram gold coin worth 10 Lakhs each week, when they spend at least 30,000 Kyats in a single receipt with their locally-issued UnionPay card. For every 30,000 Kyats spent overseas, UnionPay Cardholders will be entitled to 10 lucky draw chances to win a 12-gram gold coin. Additionally, all participants will be automatically entered into the grand draw for a chance to win a 57-gram gold coin worth 50 Lakhs. UnionPay’s Go-for-Gold campaigns runs from now until 1st March 2020. To participate, entries should be submitted at www.unionpaygoforgold.com. Winners will be chosen weekly at random and announced on the UnionPay Myanmar Facebook Page.
UnionPay cards to serve more residents and support personnel exchanges along the Belt and Road Mr. Fan Yifei (4th right back), Deputy Governor of the PBC, Madam Vathana Dalaloy (3rd right back), Deputy Governor of the Bank of the Lao P.D.R, Mr. Wen Xinxiang (4th left back), Director General of Payment and Settlement Department of the PBC, Mr. Li Wei (3rd left back), Director General of the Technology Department of the PBC, Mr. Zhang Zhengxin (1st right back), Deputy Director General of International Department of the PBC, and Mr. Shao Fujun (1st left back), Chairman of China UnionPay attended this signing ceremony. Mr. Cai Jianbo (3rd left front), CEO of UPI signed agreements with the heads of BCEL, Kasikorn Bank, Ambank, BCA, BOTIM and AloqabankOn 23th April UnionPay International (UPI) signed cooperation agreements with mainstream institutions from Indonesia, Lao, Thailand, The UAE, and Uzbekistan in Beijing, involving both the traditional and digital issuance of UnionPay cards, and the construction of bank card local payment networks. Meanwhile, UPI also announced that the first major local bank in Indonesia and Malaysia would issue the UnionPay credit card. It reflects the new stage of the development of UnionPay's overseas business, the latest achievements of UPI to localize its business through multiple measures along the Belt and Road, and its support to personnel exchanges along this area. Mr. Fan Yifei, Deputy Governor of the PBC, Madam Vathana Dalaloy, Deputy Governor of the Bank of the Lao P.D.R, Mr. Wen Xinxiang, Director General of Payment and Settlement Department of the PBC, Mr. Li Wei, Director General of the Technology Department of the PBC, Mr. Zhang Zhengxin,Deputy Director General of International Department of the PBC, and Mr. Shao Fujun, Chairman of China UnionPay attended this signing ceremony. Mr. Cai Jianbo, CEO of UPI signed agreements with the heads of BCEL, Kasikorn Bank, Ambank, BCA, BOTIM and Aloqabank with the witness of representatives from AllinPay, China UMS, Lakala Group, CITS, CTS, Aoyou.com under CYTS, Utour, and Tuniu.com. Since the start of the Belt and Road, UnionPay has promoted the formation of an intra-regional and interconnected payment network by accelerating the acceptance and card issuances, launching mobile payment products, jointly implementing payment standards, and participating in the construction of payment infrastructure. Now there are 106 countries and regions along the “Belt and Road” offering UnionPay services, with more than 43 million UnionPay cards issued and an acceptance scope covering over 12 million merchants and 800,000 ATMs. The number of cards issued, merchants and ATM coverage have increased by over 25 times, eight times and three times respectively compared to before the Belt and Road Initiative. In addition UnionPay mobile payment services are currently available in 31 countries and regions, with bank card local payment networks in Lao and Thailand built on UnionPay’s technologies and standards. UnionPay also authorized the chip card standards to Asian Payment Network (APN) and Myanmar Payment Union (MPU). Earlier this month, UPI inked an MoU with the Sarawak State Government of Malaysia to upgrade Sarawak Pay and extend its usable range acceptance from Sarawak to UnionPay’s domestic Malaysia and overseas acceptance network.Mr. Fan Yifei said that payment is a significant pathway to realize the connectivity of policy, infrastructure, trade, finance and people in the Belt and Road Initiative. UnionPay continues to promote its payment services along the Belt and Road, and made positive progress in card issuance and innovative products. Meanwhile, UnionPay also cooperated with countries in this region for payment system construction. The series of collaborations announced today further demonstrated the new achievements of the win-win cooperation between the Chinese payment industry and the countries along the Belt and Road. The upgrades of payment industries in relevant countries and regions also helped to develop the local economies. He encouraged UnionPay to actively communicate with overseas markets to facilitate the smooth implementation of payment-related work streams along the Belt and Road. Meanwhile, UnionPay should also cooperate with mainstream institutions along the Belt and Road to improve the payment service environment, and accelerate the promotion of innovation products like mobile payment, represented by the UnionPay App. Mr. Shao Fujun said that UnionPay continues to put more emphasis and investment in the markets and business initiatives along the Belt and Road to demonstrate its willingness to cooperate on specific payment projects and execute them accordingly. This cooperation has important significance in markets involved: First, it marked the increased ability of UnionPay’s network, products, and service to serve local residents among the Belt and Road, supporting the increased personnel exchanges between China and relevant countries and regions. Second, it could serve as a good model for cooperation between UnionPay and more mainstream institutions. Third, it could satisfy the diversified demands from various markets with their payment industry at different levels of development. Also, it could contribute to the upgrade of the payment industry in the area and increase the global influence of Chinese payment brand. At today’s ceremony, UPI signed the MoU with BCEL, Lao’s largest commercial bank, to establish a joint venture with eight local institutions and jointly operate the Lao National Bank Card Payment System. UnionPay would participate in the operations of this joint venture. This is another new development after UnionPay helped Lao to build its payment system in 2015. In 2018, Bank of Lao P.D.R proposed to establish a joint venture with UnionPay to further enhance the modernization of local financial payment infrastructure.Madam Vathana Dalaloy said that the new joint venture company will continuously strengthen Lao’s capacity and specialization in retail payment systems, not only to develop and modernize retail payment services in Lao PDR, but also become a major contribution to the Belt and Road Initiative.The remaining four projects to be signed are: First, major local banks in Indonesia and Thailand would carry out the first large-scale issuance of the UnionPay premium cards. Bank Central Asia (BCA), one of the largest banks in Indonesia, plans to issue UnionPay Platinum credit cards. Thailand’s Kasikorn Bank will issue multiple UnionPay cards as well. Second, BOTIM, the largest real-time communication software in the UAE, plans to issue UnionPay virtual cards on a large scale to enable its users to make payments through scanning the UnionPay QR code. Third, a few agreements on card issuance including the UnionPay credit card and Unionpay Premium Card were signed with Uzbekistan’s Aloqabank. On the same day, AmBank in Malaysia became the first major local bank to issue the UnionPay credit card. It was also the first UnionPay credit card supporting the contactless payment service locally.It is reported that UPI is providing innovative technical standards for bank card payment network organizations in the countries and regions along the Belt and Road in Central and Eastern Europe, Central Asia and Southeast Asia. For example, UPI will sign the cooperation agreements with the central banks or local payment networks of Uzbekistan, Bulgaria, Serbia, Ukraine and Belarus. At the same time, UPI is also committed to accelerating the launch of UnionPay QR code standards overseas, and promoting the adoption of UnionPay QR code technical standards as local industry standards by regulators in Southeast Asia and other areas.
UnionPay Commits to Modernizing Payment Infrastructure in Myanmar, Paving the Path for a Cashless Society Global payment network UnionPay contributes toward Myanmar’s evolving economy by partnering local institutions to upgrade the nation’s payment infrastructure and making secure and convenient payment solutions more available to local customers and businesses. UnionPay’s expertise in payments makes the global payment brand well-positioned to play an active role in catalyzing Myanmar’s payments system from one that is largely cash-based to an increasingly cashless one. According to the 2018 Nilson Report (Issue 1130), the leading authority on payments data and trends, UnionPay was ranked the first in transaction volume and cards in circulation; meaning that UnionPay has become one of the most popular brands in the world. Serving the world’s largest Cardholder base with over 7 billion cards globally, including those in 50 markets outside mainland China, UnionPay cards are accepted in 174 countries and regions. UnionPay works closely with over 2,000 institutions worldwide to achieve win-win cooperation and mutual benefit. Since UnionPay’s entry into Myanmar in 2012, the leading global payment network has worked actively with local partners to advance the payment infrastructure of Myanmar, helping pave the path for the nation to transform into a cashless society. In 2016, UnionPay was the first international payment brand to partner AGD Bank to launch the first Co-branded AGD Myanmar Payment Union (MPU) UnionPay Debit Card. In the same year, UnionPay was also the first global payment network to partner AYA Bank to issue the first Co-branded AYA MPU UnionPay Credit Card. Till date, a wide range of prepaid, debit and credit cards are issued with AGD, AYA, CB, KBZ, MAB and MOB banks, with more partners in the pipeline. “UnionPay is committed to connecting consumers, businesses and financial institutions through safe, convenient and efficient digital payments. We have been working to meet a growing demand for cashless payment solutions, as well as offering more choices for payment services. As the global payment brand with the most number of cards issued in Myanmar, UnionPay will also provide the necessary tools and financial educational pieces that help to inform on payment products and services in a Myanmar specific Finance and Payments Handbook ” says Mr Wenhui Yang, General Manager, UnionPay International Southeast Asia.In 2017, UnionPay and MPU inked a chip card standard licensing agreement, with MPU adopting UnionPay chip card standard as its sole technical standard in card acceptance and card issuance. The MPU cards with UnionPay chip standard are being tested now. Previously, UnionPay chip card standard also became the industry standard of Thailand bankcard industry and has been adopted by some member institutions of Asian Payment Network.“With abundant natural resources, a young population, and willingness to embrace new payment technologies, Myanmar has huge economic potential and the opportunity to leapfrog the traditional payment methods to become truly cashless. We are excited and privileged to be able to partner local institutions to serve the payment needs of local customers and businesses and help to modernize payments in Myanmar to foster more payment innovations, making financial services more accessible to everyone”, said Wenhui. As UnionPay continues to localize its brand in Myanmar with products and services relevant to the local market, UnionPay Cardholders can enjoy offers at City Mart supermarket, popular dining outlets and discounts on Myanmar National Airlines. UnionPay Cardholders can also enjoy attractive offers in many popular tourist destinations around the world as they travel.
UnionPay International (UPI) is a subsidiary of China UnionPay focused on the growth and support of UnionPay's global business. In partnership with more than 2500 institutions worldwide, UnionPay International has enabled card acceptance in 181 countries and regions with issuance in more than 75 countries and regions. UnionPay International provides high quality, cost effective and secure cross-border payment services to the world's largest cardholder base and ensures convenient local services to a growing number of global UnionPay cardholders and merchants.
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