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UnionPay

UnionPay (Chinese: 银联; pinyin: Yínlián), also known as China UnionPay (Chinese: 中国银联; pinyin: Zhōngguó Yínlián) or by its abbreviation, CUP or UPI internationally, is a Chinese state-owned financial services corporation headquartered in Shanghai, China. It provides bank card services and a major card scheme in mainland China. Founded on 26 March 2002…

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Founded
2002; 24 years ago (2002)
Industry
Financial services
Headquarters
Pudong, Shanghai, China
Area served
Worldwide
Key people
Shi Wenchao (president)
Native name
银联 (Yínlián)

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UnionPay

Nodes135
Edges134
Triples105
Avg. degree1.99
Density0.014815
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UnionPay

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related to Members · 28
UnionPay → Agricultural Bank, Bank, BankChina Everbright BankChina Merchants, BankChina Minsheng Banking CorporationGuangdong, BeijingBank, BOC Hong Kong, China, China Postal Savings, ChinaBank, Chinese, City Commercial Bank, Commercial Bank, Communications, Credit, Deutsche Bank, Development BankHuaxia Bank, Hang Seng Bank, Hong Kong-based, HSBC, ICBC
related to history · 25
UnionPay → Agricultural Bank, As, Bank, China, China Construction Bank, China UnionPay, China's, Chinese, Commercial Bank, CUP, Dai Xianglong, December, Golden Card Project, However, In, Jiang Zemin, Macau, March, PBOC, People's Bank
related to 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine · 15
UnionPay → Alfa Bank, April, March, Mastercard, On, RBK Daily, Russia, Russia's, Russia's Mir, Russian, Sberbank, The Russian, Tinkoff Bank, Ukraine, Visa
related to Partnerships · 12
UnionPay → BC Card, Discover, In, IndiaJCB, Japan, Mir, Russia, Some, South Korea, Troy, Turkey, United StatesRuPay
related to External links · 7
UnionPay → China UnionPay, Chinese, International, Media, Official, Wikimedia CommonsOfficial, Wiktionary-logo-en-v2
related to Nihao China · 5
UnionPay → App, China, China UnionPay, Nihao China, On December
see also · 2
UnionPay → Banking, ChinaUnionPay
Area served · 1
UnionPay → Worldwide
Founded · 1
UnionPay → 2002; 24 years ago (2002)
Headquarters · 1
UnionPay → Pudong, Shanghai, China

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cards card bank offers credit china debit banks network payment services russian also banking countries world chinese shanghai citation needed

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UnionPayArea servedWorldwide1.00infobox
UnionPayFounded2002; 24 years ago (2002)1.00infobox
UnionPayHeadquartersPudong, Shanghai, China1.00infobox
UnionPayIndustryFinancial services1.00infobox
UnionPayKey peopleShi Wenchao (president)1.00infobox
UnionPayNative name银联 (Yínlián)1.00infobox
UnionPayNumber of employees559 (UnionPay International)1.00infobox
UnionPayProductsPayment systems Credit cards1.00infobox
UnionPayTypeState-owned1.00infobox
UnionPayWebsiteunionpayintl.com1.00infobox
UnionPayis aassociation for China's banking card industry0.90text
UnionPayrelated to 2022 Russian invasion of UkraineOn0.60section

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