Global Payments Asia-Pacific Limited (Global Payments) has launched China UnionPay (CUP) card acceptance service in Taiwan.

This service allows mainland Chinese tourists to pay for goods and services in Taiwan with their CUP cards at merchants served by Global Payments. Global Payments in Taiwan processes the highest volume of payment transactions by non-Taiwan issued cards. The Taiwan launch marks another major milestone for Global Payments’ CUP card acceptance programme, which was started 6 years ago in Hong Kong and has since grown successfully into Macau and Malaysia.

The new service empowers Taiwanese merchants to capture the fast-growing spends of the mainland tourists. Merchants in Taiwan can simply add the CUP card acceptance functionality to their existing Global Payments’ point-of-sale terminals through a simple and free re-programming.

Global Payments Asia-Pacific Limited, currently serving merchants in 11 countries and territories across Asia, is the largest pan- Asian card processing company in the region. The company is a strategic joint venture between Global Payments Inc., a leading worldwide payment processor and The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited.

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