UnionPay card refers to a bank card that meets the requirements of unified business norms and technical standards and is printed with the words "UnionPay" at the designated location. According to the relevant person in charge of the People's Bank of China, bank cards with the "UnionPay" logo must conform to the unified business norms and technical standards stipulated by the People's Bank of China and be approved by the People's Bank of China.
The characteristics of UnionPay card are as follows: 1. The red, green and blue "UnionPay" logo is printed on the lower right of the front of the card. Second, there is a holographic laser pattern above the "UnionPay" logo on the credit card. Third, the signature strip on the back of the credit card is printed with the words "UnionPay" in color, and the handwriting written on it cannot be smeared. June 65438+1October 65438+1October, 2005, UnionPay changed its logo, with the red, blue and green bank cards arranged in parallel as the background, which set off the white "UnionPay" English and "UnionPay" Chinese styles. Compared with the old logo, the new logo of UnionPay mainly added the English word "unionpay", and fine-tuned the area and inclination of the three-color block.
The purpose of "UnionPay" logo is to provide a unified identification mark for all kinds of ATM and POS terminals to accept bank cards issued by commercial banks, so that bank cards issued by different banks can be used in ATM and POS terminals with "UnionPay" logo, and provide consumers with convenient, fast and safe financial services.
Since June 5438+ 10/0 this year, the four major commercial banks, joint-stock commercial banks such as transportation, China Merchants, Shenfa and Guangfa, and postal savings departments have taken the lead in launching bank cards with UnionPay logo in five cities, including Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou, Hangzhou and Shenzhen, and are gradually realizing the universal networking of bank cards with UnionPay logo within and among five cities. Other commercial banks are also stepping up the transformation of their own computer processing systems, ATMs and point-of-sale terminals, and will launch bank cards with the "UnionPay" logo in the above cities.