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Who are UnionPay?

UnionPay is a global card scheme based in China. To date, UnionPay has enabled card acceptance in 174 countries and regions with 7 billion cards issued in 51 countries and regions, covering more than 52 million merchants and over 2.6 million ATMs 1 . By accepting UnionPay payments, you’re able to take card payments from the world’s largest cardholder base which could be beneficial for your business and your customers.

1 Internal UnionPay data, February 2019.