Huawei Pay: UnionPay launches Mobile wallet in Pakistan

China UnionPay, UnionPay International has cooperated with Huawei and National Bank (NBP), one of Pakistan’s largest commercial banks, to launch Huawei Pay in Pakistan.

The new service allows local Huawei/Honor phone users to pay via both contactless and QR code payments and is the card scheme’s first mobile-wallet service to feature dual payment options overseas.

Now, owners need to connect their card to their mobile phone once, and then access multiple mobile payment methods, according to a press release.

Now for users in Pakistan, they can link UnionPay cards issued by NBP to the mobile-wallet app Huawei Pay and then can choose to make tap & go or scan & go payments as they like or according to the acceptance condition of a particular merchant.

Recently, UnionPay is accepted nationwide with some 300 thousand merchants accepting payment by UnionPay QR code. And with 12.6 million cards issued locally, “UnionPay” is the second-largest international card scheme in terms of card issuance in Pakistan, with over 2.75 million issued in partnership with NBP.