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UnionPay International Facilitates Merchants Expansion in Europe, and Accelerates Chip Card Transformation in Italy Italy’s Largest Banking Group Unicredit Will Accept UnionPay Cards in All Its POS Terminals UnionPay Chairman Su Ning(right),Unicredit CEO Federico Ghizzoni(left)attend the signing ceremony November 14 – UnionPay International and Unicredit, the largest banking group in Italy, sign a cooperative agreement in Milan, announcing that all POS terminals of Unicredit will accept UnionPay cards within two years and at the same time successively complete the chip card transformation of UnionPay card acceptance terminals. China UnionPay Chairman Su Ning, and Unicredit CEO Federico Ghizzoni jointly attend the signing ceremony. CEO of UnionPay International Cai Jianbo, and Unicredit General Manager Roberto Nicastro sign the agreement on behalf of their respective side. Liao Juhua, Consul General of the Chinese Consulate General in Milan, is present with congratulations. As the largest banking group in Italy, Unicredit is managing 7,600 ATMs and tens of thousands of POS terminals, of which all ATMs have accepted UnionPay cards. Pursuant to the agreement, UnionPay International will cooperate with Unicredit to rapidly expand the range of POS terminals accepting UnionPay cards and increase the acceptance coverage of local POS terminals by more than 10%; discuss cooperation on card issuing, internet payment and other business areas. Since the beginning of 2013, UnionPay International has successively established cooperation with many mainstream institutions in Italy, Switzerland, France and some other countries, which has accelerated the construction of UnionPay card acceptance environment, improved card-using service system and optimized card-using experience in Europe. In July, Poste Italiane and UnionPay International reached an agreement that the ATMs of Poste Italiane would accept UnionPay cards in succession. At present, UnionPay cards can be used in over 70% of ATMs and tens of thousands of POS terminals in Italy, covering Rome, Milan, Venice, Florence, Verona, Bologna, Naples, Turin and other famous tourist cities. Core business circles accepting UnionPay cards are being built in such commercial streets as Golden Quadrangle, Cathedral Duomo and Fidenza Village in Milan, Old Town Rome, etc., providing UnionPay cardholders with exclusive privileges and service. China UnionPay Chairman Su Ning says, China and Italy are witnessing increasingly frequent exchanges in terms of business, travel, etc. and growing demand for cross-border payments. Following this trend, UnionPay International is proactively cooperating with local institutions to increase the use of UnionPay cards in Italy. Unicredit has deep influence in local market. The deepened cooperation between UnionPay International and Unicredit is conducive to not only bringing cardholders more excellent and efficient card-using service but also providing stronger support for the economic, trade and personnel exchanges between China and Italy. Unicredit CEO Federico Ghizzoni says, Italy has a long history and fashionable charm, which has attracted more and more Chinese tourists. Unicredit is pleased to cooperate with UnionPay International and introduce UnionPay card payment for its merchants, which is believed to bring more business opportunities. Unicredit is willing to have more cooperation with UnionPay International to provide excellent service to UnionPay cardholders and bring them more convenience and enjoyment when they’re travelling in Italy.
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Predstavnici tvrtke UnionPay International, međunarodne podružnice tvrtke China UnionPay, PBZ Grupe i Intesa Sanpaolo Carda danas su u Zagrebu potpisali dva značajna ugovora o poslovnoj suradnji prema kojim će UnionPay kartice biti prihvaćene na svim bankomatima i prodajnim mjestima PBZ Grupe, najvećeg izdavatelja i ugovaratelja prihvata kartica u Hrvatskoj. Također, Intesa Sanpaolo Card postepeno će uvoditi UnionPay kartice u devet banaka, članica Intesa Sanpaolo Grupe, na području srednje i istočne Europe. Ovom svečanom potpisivanju prisustvovali su Shi Wenchao, predsjednik Uprave China Union Paya; Dinko Lucić, član Uprave PBZ-a i predsjednik Nadzornog odbora PBZ Carda; Zdenek Houser, predsjednik Uprave Intesa Sanpaolo Card, te brojni drugi uzvanici. Shi Wenchao je izjavio da Hrvatska te srednja i istočna Europa postaju novo odredište za kineske turiste. Sve intenzivnija ekonomska i tržišna suradnja potaknula je rastuću potražnju za uslugama prekograničnog plaćanja. UnionPay želi surađivati s glavnim lokalnim institucijama kako bi zajedno optimizirali sredinu za prihvat UnionPay kartica te korisnicima kartica omogućili još kvalitetniju uslugu. Zahvaljujući potpisanom ugovoru, Privredna banka Zagreb je prva banka u Hrvatskoj koja će prihvaćati UnionPay kartice na svojim bankomatima i prodajnoj mreži trgovaca. UnionPay kartice bit će najprije prihvaćene na PBZ bankomatskoj mreži, čija primjena se očekuje do početka turističke sezone 2015. Nakon čega je planirano ugovaranje prihvaćanja i na prodajnoj mreži trgovaca. - Veliko nam je zadovoljstvo što će Privredna banka Zagreb biti među prvima unutar Intesa Sanpaolo Grupe koja će prihvaćati UnionPay kartice na svojim bankomatima i prodajnim mjestima trgovaca. Kao vodeći izdavatelj i ugovaratelj prihvata kartica u Hrvatskoj, uključujući 28.500 POS uređaja i oko 700 bankomata, u mogućnosti smo osigurati široko prihvaćanje na našem tržištu nudeći korisnicima UnionPay kartica visokokvalitetne financijske usluge, što će njihov boravak u Hrvatskoj učiniti još ugodnijim, a našim će trgovcima pružiti mogućnost da poboljšaju svoje poslovanje - rekao je Dinko Lucić, član Uprave PBZ-a i predsjednik Nadzornog odbora PBZ Carda.