Alipay has officially announced the nationwide debut of a "full-function integrated innovation terminal" jointly developed and promoted by China UnionPay and Ant Group, which launched today at Yintai Commercial's Xi'an Zhonglou Kaiyuan Mall, with UnionPay Merchant Services acting as authorized distributor and operator and having already rolled out the first batch of benchmark projects in China.
This terminal is the most comprehensive financial-grade smart POS device on the market in terms of payment method compatibility, simultaneously meeting UnionPay enterprise technical specifications and Alipay IoT device security standards, enabling one machine to accept mainstream payment methods including Alipay "Tap," domestic and international bank cards, aggregated QR code payments, mobile Pay, and digital yuan.
Addressing merchants' operational pain points of multiple checkout machines and cumbersome operations, the terminal replaces multiple devices with a single unit to cut hardware procurement, equipment maintenance, and multi-system reconciliation costs, while inbound tourists, elderly users, and visually impaired individuals can also choose the payment method that best suits them.
Beyond checkout, the terminal adds digital operation capabilities, supporting combined payments and fund splitting, adapting to multi-supplier joint operations and chain store formats. It integrates electronic invoice cloud services and "buy now, refund now" departure tax refund functions, and can also handle national "trade-in" and other consumption promotion programs in one stop.
Alipay introduced that since its launch in July 2024, "Tap" has covered 2,200细分 scenarios including ordering and travel, connected to 30 million offline locations, and served 400 million users, while the full-function integrated terminal extends this ecosystem from devices and coil stickers to the integrated POS form.
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