5 billion UnionPay cards were issued worldwide by 2015, UnionPay exceeded Visa to be the No. 1 card scheme as of Q1 2015 with global transaction volume of USD 1.9 trillion per quarter compared to Visa’s USD 1.75 trillion. China is also the biggest overseas spender since 2012. No merchant can afford to ignore such a large customer base, connecting with UnionPay and the issuing banks behind it are good ways of tapping into this customer base.
POSP of VeryPlanet routes CUP transactions to issuing banks via UPI (UnionPay International) switch, mitigates the interchange cost normally charged by credit card organizations, and also reduces the currency conversion cost for UnionPay cardholders.