Global Payments Asia-Pacific, a joint venture between Global Payments and Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited, has launched China UnionPay card acceptance service in Taiwan. The service allows mainland Chinese tourists to pay for goods and services in Taiwan with their CUP cards at merchants served by Global Payments.
The company said that the Global Payments in Taiwan processes payment transactions by non-Taiwan issued cards. The new service empowers Taiwanese merchants to capture the spends of the mainland tourists. Merchants in Taiwan can add the CUP card acceptance functionality to their existing Global Payments’ point-of-sale terminals through re-programming.
Ian Courtnage, president of Global Payments Asia-Pacific, said: “We are pleased to launch the China UnionPay card acceptance service in Taiwan. We are delighted that we can now bring our regional expertise in processing CUP card transactions into the Taiwanese market and enable our merchants to enhance their service to the growing number of mainland tourists.
“Our merchants can be assured that Global Payments will always strive to provide the finest payment products and services to meet their growing needs.”
