China Telecom's Beijing branch has published a report, stating that it will open a mobile phone payment function for its eSurfing 3G users.

China UnionPay and American Express announced that they have signed a memorandum of understanding that calls for both companies to explore the expansion of their current cooperative activities.

China UnionPay has collaborated with commercial banks, mobile communication operators, and mobile phone manufactures for the establishment of the Mobile Payment Industry Alliance in China.

PayPal, the Internet payment subsidiary of the American e-commerce company eBay, has reached a deal with the Chinese intra-bank card system operator China UnionPay, to allow China UnionPay's card holders to use PayPal as a payment tool when shopping on overseas websites.

China UnionPay and China Unicom have signed an agreement in Beijing to form a strategic partnership to implement comprehensive cooperation in the financial payment and communication service sectors.

According to Taiwan's financial regulatory department, 368 stores in Taiwan have installed UnionPay's devices to accept payments with bank cards and credit cards from mainland Chinese consumers.

China UnionPay, the top domestic credit card organization in China, is now accused of facilitating illegal cash advances.

According to reports in Japanese local media, about 100 Japanese enterprises will open online stores in China in the next few months and sell their products via the Internet, aiming to realize sales of JPY4 billion in the first year of their operation.

TSYS announced that China UnionPay Data Services, TSYS' joint venture with China UnionPay, has signed a credit card processing agreement with China Postal Savings Bank, China's fifth largest lender.

The People's Bank of China and the Ministry of Public Security of China jointly held a press conference on their special action to fight crimes involving bank cards.

The chain convenience store group 7-Eleven has jointly announced with China UnionPay to launch a convenient financial service plan, providing China UnionPay's standard card users in Guangdong with a series of convenient payment services.

TSYS' joint venture with China UnionPay has signed a debit card processing agreement with Citibank in China.

Seeing perhaps not too many good database marketing companies China to rely on for data, Discover Financial Services has announced the opening of a new subsidiary in Shanghai to support its own proprietary data analysis and modeling operations.

Xu Luode, president of China UnionPay, says that China UnionPay will actively fulfill its mission and undertake its corporate social responsibilities by taking effective measures to help people in the earthquake area rebuild their homes.