Open Solutions Canada is now processing China UnionPay (CUP) cards through Interac. CUP’s 2.1 billion cards will be able to withdraw funds from participating ABMs on the Interac network while traveling in Canada.

China Southern Airlines has purchased 40 additional self-service check-in kiosks from NCR to improve passenger convenience.

CNOOC, China’s top offshore oil and gas producer, has awarded Wincor Nixdorf its first ’site management’ project in China for service stations. Wincor is to install hardware and software at over 500 premium service stations across the country.

GRG newly founded Industrial Park is put into operation after the first phase of construction completion. The commissioning of the project further enhances GRG’s overall competitiveness, upgrading its manufacturing capability of banking self-service equipments to 40, 000 units annually.

GRG Banking has signed an agreement with Bank of China to provide the bank with cash dispensers and cash recyclers. The value of the contract is 124 million RMB.

Twenty-six new look ATM kiosks will be installed specially for the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games. The artwork on the ATM kiosks has been inspired by Chinese culture and calligraphy. It uses blue and white brush strokes and traditional signature seal designs which are most recognizable on traditional Chinese porcelain vases.

GRG Banking has passed EMV migration test and certification organized by SMT (Société Monetique Tunisie).

Bank of China has installed Diebold Opteva ATMs around the key competition venues and facilities for the 2008 Summer Olympic Games. The ATMs, which will be located in the Olympic and Media villages in Beijing and Qingdao, will provide operation prompts in three languages (Chinese, English and French) on the screens to allow the athletes and spectators from around the world to access convenient financial services while participating in and watching the Olympics this summer.

Ingenico has acquired a 55% stake in Fujian Landi for US$17.05 million in cash. Landi is a privately owned transaction solution provider and POS manufacturer in China.

GRG Banking says its Tellermaster System has been successfully implemented as a pilot project by Vietnam-Hanoi based GP Bank. Approximately 50 to 100 Tellermaster Systems are expected to be deployed this year in the bank’s branches through Vietnam.