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Planet Payment shares rise in China UnionPay tie up

Last updated: 12:49 25 Feb 2016 EST, First published: 07:49 25 Feb 2016 EST

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New China frontier opens up for merchants

Shares of Planet Payment (NASDAQ:PLPM) rose while the wider Nasdaq ticker slipped on Thursday, after the company announced the support of China's UnionPay eCommerce Payments for the PAY.ON gateway.

PAY.ON, an ACI Worldwide company (NASDAQ:ACIW) and global partner for white label payment technology, and Planet Payment, a provider of international and multi-currency payment processing services, said that Planet Payment is the leading China UnionPay acquirer within PAY.ON’s global payment network.

China UnionPay is one of the largest card brands in the world with over 4.2bn cards issued worldwide.

Through the PAY.ON certification, merchants will be able to accept UnionPay credit and PIN debit cards, and bank transfer transactions online.

According to a report from the Chinese Ministry of Commerce, cross-border eCommerce in China is expected to grow 30% in 2016 from a year earlier, topping $1 trillion in value.

Planet Payment shares were last seen up 1.89% at $2.69 versus the Nasdaq down 0.3% at 4,528.

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