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U.S. Bankcard Services Inc., an Industry, Calif.-based independent sales organization, has added China UnionPay card acceptance to its list of merchant services.
The ISO is one of five that China UnionPay's U.S. office in Jersey City, N.J., has signed to date, Hang Jia, China UnionPay chief representative for the Americas, tells PaymentsSource. Other China UnionPay ISOs are in New York and Dallas.
Started in 2002, Shanghai-based China UnionPay Co. Ltd. is China's national electronic-payments network and card brand. The company's latest strategy has been to expand its presence internationally (see story).
Of the 2.07 billion cards issued overall in China, about...