Apple® and China UnionPay today announced a partnership to bring Apple
Pay®, which transforms mobile payments with an easy, secure and private
way to pay, to China. China UnionPay cardholders will be able to easily
add their bank cards to Apple Pay on iPhone®, Apple Watch® and iPad®,
providing added convenience and security to everyday shopping.
“China UnionPay is dedicated to promoting payment innovations and
providing secure, convenient mobile payment experiences for its hundreds
of millions of cardholders, aligning multiple parties in the industry,”
said Chai Hongfeng, executive vice president of China UnionPay. “We’re
very excited to offer Apple Pay among a diverse set of innovative
payment options that work with China UnionPay QuickPass.”
“Apple Pay has revolutionized the way millions of people pay every day
with their iPhone, Apple Watch and iPad,” said Eddy Cue, Apple’s senior
vice president of Internet Software and Services. “China is an extremely
important market for Apple and with China UnionPay and support from 15
of China’s leading banks, users will soon have a convenient, private and
secure payment experience.”
China UnionPay’s QuickPass and Apple Pay together will protect customer
payment information through industry-leading payment tokenization
technology. Security is at the core of Apple Pay, so when you add a
credit or debit card, the actual card numbers are not stored on the
device, nor on Apple servers. Instead, a unique Device Account Number is
assigned, encrypted and securely stored in a dedicated chip called the
Secure Element on your device. Each transaction is also authorized with
a one-time unique dynamic security code.
Paying is simple with the touch of a finger and can happen in one
motion. In stores, there’s no need to open an app or wake your display.
With the innovative NFC antenna design, simply hold iPhone near China
UnionPay’s QuickPass-enabled POS terminals with your finger on Touch ID®
to pay. With Apple Watch, just double click the side button and hold the
watch face up to the contactless reader to make a purchase right from
your wrist. Shopping within apps accepting Apple Pay has never been
easier and there’s no need to manually fill out lengthy account forms or
repeatedly type in shipping and billing information.
Apple Pay will roll out to China UnionPay cardholders as soon as early
2016 after relevant tests and certification required by Chinese
regulators, with the service itself in compliance with the applicable
national mobile payment and financial industry standards in China.
In stores, Apple Pay works with iPhone 6s, iPhone 6s Plus, iPhone 6,
iPhone 6 Plus and Apple Watch. When paying within apps, Apple Pay is
compatible with iPhone 6s, iPhone 6s Plus, iPhone 6, iPhone 6 Plus, iPad
Air® 2, iPad mini™ 3, iPad mini 4 and iPad Pro™. For more information on
Apple Pay, visit http://www.apple.com/cn/apple-pay/.
As a bankcard network, China UnionPay operates China’s national
inter-bank clearing and settlement system, develops the worldwide
UnionPay Card acceptance network, promotes the issuance and usage of the
UnionPay cards as well as other innovative payment solutions, so as to
provide quality, efficient and safe payment services to cardholders. To
date, the total number of the UnionPay Card issued both at home and
abroad has been over 5 billion. The UnionPay network has been extended
to all the cities and rural areas in China. In addition, UnionPay has
enabled UnionPay Card acceptance across more than 150 countries and
regions through extensive cooperation with financial and payment
institutions around the world. UnionPay cards can be used in more than
26 million merchants and 1.9 million ATMs. Additional information may be
found at www.unionpay.com.
Apple revolutionized personal technology with the introduction of the
Macintosh in 1984. Today, Apple leads the world in innovation with
iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch and Apple TV. Apple’s four software
platforms — iOS, OS X, watchOS and tvOS — provide seamless experiences
across all Apple devices and empower people with breakthrough services
including the App Store, Apple Music, Apple Pay and iCloud. Apple’s
100,000 employees are dedicated to making the best products on earth,
and to leaving the world better than we found it.
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