China UnionPay and Ant Group have jointly developed a payment terminal that supports multiple payment methods on one device, according to an Alipay announcement reported by IT Home on November 12, 2026. The terminal made its national debut at Yintai Commercial’s Xi’an Bell Tower Kaiyuan Mall.
The terminal supports Alipay’s tap-to-pay feature, domestic and international bank cards, QR-code payments, mobile Pay and the digital yuan. The companies say a single device could let merchants accept more payment methods without using separate terminals, while giving shoppers—including international visitors—more ways to pay.
Alipay also said its tap-to-pay feature, introduced in July 2024, had expanded to 2,200 types of use cases, reached 30 million offline locations and served 400 million users. These figures are attributed to Alipay, not independently verified in the report.
Source: ithome.com (originally published 2026-11-12 20:10 UTC+8)