UnionPay Statistics and User Count (2023)

China UnionPay is a joint organization of bank cards in China. Through the UnionPay inter-bank transaction clearing system, it realizes the interconnection and resource sharing among commercial banking systems, and ensures the use of bank cards across banks, regions and borders. China UnionPay has launched extensive cooperation with hundreds of institutions at home and abroad. The UnionPay network covers urban and rural areas of China and has extended to more than 150 countries and regions in Asia, Europe, America, Oceania, Africa and other countries. (source)

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UnionPay Statistics

Here are a few of the most interesting UnionPay statistics and facts I was able to dig up including user counts. As always, be sure to check back in the future as I will be updating this post as new and updated stats become available.

UnionPay User Count

Number of UnionPay QuickPass app users:

160 million registered users

18 million daily active users

Last updated 7/13/19

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Additional UnionPay Statistics

Number of UnionPay credit cards issued:

7.5 billion

Last updated 7/5/19

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Number of merchants outside of China that accept UnionPay credit cards:

270 million merchants

Last updated 7/5/19

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Number of financial institutions UnionPay partners with:

2,000 financial institutions

Last updated 8/18/19

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Number of countries UnionPay cards are accepted in:

174 countries

Last updated 8/18/19

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Number of countries the UnionPay app works in:

47 countries

Last updated 8/18/19

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Number of merchants in China that UnionPay QR code payment is accepted in:

10.5 million

Last updated 8/18/19

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Number of POS terminals the UnionPay app works with:

2.8 million

Last updated 8/18/19

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