Bank of China Hong Kong (BOCHK) and China UnionPay (CUP) have jointly announced the launch of brand new BOC CUP Dual Currency Credit Card Shenzhen-Hong Kong Cross Border Autopay Service for customers who frequently travel between Shenzhen and Hong Kong.

China UnionPay (CUP) has partnered with Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (ICBC) to issue its first Euro credit card in Frankfurt, Germany.

China UnionPay (CUP) has teamed up with Rizal Commercial Banking Corp. (RCBC), one of the Philippines biggest commercial banks, to launch a credit card operations in the Philippines.

INTERAC, Canada’s national debit network, and China Unionpay have launched a new service that will give Unionpay cardholders travelling in Canada the ability to withdraw cash from ATMs of participating acquirers in Canada.

LINK, operator of the UK cash machine network is now connected to the China Unionpay. This means that over 1.8 billion Chinese cards can now be used to obtain cash through all of LINK’s 64,000 cash machines.

The latest data from China Unionpay shows that by the end of June 2009 POS machines linked with CUP network had exceeded 2 million.

South Africa’s Standard Bank has entered into a strategic partnership with China UnionPay (CUP) allowing for CUP cardholders who visit South Africa to withdraw cash from over 4300 Standard Bank ATM machines and make payments through its point-of-sale (POS) terminal network.

China Unionpay and Global Payments are working together to allow Unionpay cardholders to use their cards at select merchants in Canada.

China Unionpay and Indonesian IT company PT Abhimata Persada (PTAP) have officially opened merchant acceptance and handling business for CUP cards in Indonesia.

Singapore-based United Overseas Bank (UOB) has launched its UOB CUP Platinum Card – the first Singapore bank-issued credit card with the widest acceptance in China.