新华社：银联在缅甸拓展支付服务
2019-02-22
新华社2月21日报道，国际银行卡组织银联承诺帮助缅甸建设支付基础设施，支持缅甸尽快转型为无现金社会。银联通过与缅甸当地主流机构开展广泛合作，在缅甸市场提供支付服务。目前，银联的合作伙伴包括亚洲绿色发展银行、伊洛瓦底银行、合作银行、甘波萨银行、缅甸先锋银行、缅甸东方银行等。银联于2012年起开展缅甸业务，目前正加速推进缅甸市场的业务本地化。
报道原文如下：
China UnionPay to develop payment service in Myanmar
Chinese financial service provider UnionPay pledged to help Myanmar in developing payment infrastructure to transform into a cashless society soon.
The UnionPay has extended its services to 174 countries and regions and UnionPay cards have been issued in 51 countries and regions to date including Myanmar, Vincent Ling, deputy general manager of UnionPay International Southeast Asia told the media briefing on Thursday.
To offer payment services in Myanmar, the UnionPay is now working in partnership with local Asia Green Development Bank (AGD), Ayeyarwady Bank (AYA), Co-operative Bank (CB), Kanbawza Bank (KBZ), Myanma Apex Bank (MAB) and Myanmar Oriented Bank (MOB).
In 2017, the UnionPay and Myanmar Payment Union (MPU) signed a chip card standard licensing agreement to adopt UnionPay chip card standard as MPU's sole technical standard in card acceptance and insurance.
China UnionPay entered Myanmar in 2012 and it is making efforts to localize its brand in Myanmar with products and services relevant to the local market.
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