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China UnionPay opens card payments business in Brunei
(Xinhua)
Updated: 2010-03-03 09:50
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China UnionPay (CUP), the largest bank card organization in China, Tuesday launched a card payments business in Brunei in an alliance with local bankcard network Baiduri Bank Co.
CUP cards would be accepted at hundreds of high-end retail stores, hotels, and restaurants in Brunei, said Cai Jianbo, first executive vice president of China UnionPay.
The international network of CUP reached into 84 countries and regions, with eight Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) nations, including Brunei accepting UnionPay cards, said Cai.
According to the data released by CUP in January, onshore cross-bank transactions rose 21.7 percent from a year earlier to 6.94 billion in 2009 and the transaction value grew 66.8 percent year-on-year to 7.7 trillion yuan ($1.13 trillion).
