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AmEx Is First Foreign Payment Company Granted Access to China
AmEx will have to battle rivals WeChat Pay and Alipay, which dominate the mobile-payment market in China.
11 Nov 2018, 01:38 PM IST
(Bloomberg) -- American Express Co. said the People’s Bank of China approved its license to become the first foreign payments company allowed to build a network in the nation.
(Bloomberg) -- American Express Co. said the People’s Bank of China approved its license to become the first foreign payments company allowed to build a network in the nation.
- AmEx formed a joint venture with LianLian, a Chinese fintech-services firm, that will let charges on American Express-branded cards be cleared and settled in China, the New York-based company said Friday in a statement.
Key Insights
- The approval shows progress in payment networks’ battle for access to mainland China, which were one point of contention raised in the Trump administration’s trade talks.
- The company will have to battle rivals WeChat Pay and Alipay, which dominate the mobile-payment market in China.
- AmEx may have an opportunity to gain market share in the commercial and small-business segments, according to a note from Sanjay Sakhrani, an analyst at Keefe Bruyette & Woods Inc.
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- For the full statement, click here.
To contact the reporter on this story: Claire Ballentine in New York at cballentine@bloomberg.net
To contact the editors responsible for this story: Michael J. Moore at mmoore55@bloomberg.net, Steve Dickson, Daniel Taub
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