UnionPay International says an undisclosed number of daily-spending merchants in Canada have started to accept UnionPay mobile QuickPass, marking the first foray into the region of the service.
Previously, UnionPay mobile QuickPass has been accepted at over 220,000 POS terminals in Hong Kong, Macau, Taiwan, South Korea, Singapore and Australia.
The merchants accepting mobile QuickPass this time are mainly restaurants, hotels, retail outlets, supermarkets, and convenience stores. Consumers can pay with their UnionPay QuickPass chip cards or mobile QuickPass-enabled smartphones at the contactless terminals in these merchants. No signature is needed when paying less than C$100 with UnionPay debit cards, and no PIN or signature is required when paying less than $100 with UnionPay credit cards. It is in accordance with international practice to set a cap on micropayment for contactless payment, and it helps ensure card-using security.
As UnionPay’s new mobile payment solution, mobile QuickPass supports offline contactless payment with mobile devices like smartphones as well as online payment.
The mobile payment products subordinate to mobile QuickPass are compatible with various mobile phone brands and models, including Huawei, MI, ZTE, and Lenovo.
Now, UnionPay cards are accepted both online and offline in Canada. Over 85 per cent of local ATMs and more than 70,000 merchants accept UnionPay cards, and dozens of local educational institutions support cross-border online tuition payment via UnionPay cards.
According to the latest data, over 2 billion UnionPay chip cards have been issued worldwide, and the innovative application based on chip cards is enriching. Now, over 7 million POS terminals around the globe support mobile QuickPass. Australia has the largest number of QuickPass-accepting terminals; and in Macao, UnionPay is the most widely used international payment brand in terms of contactless payment.