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Beijing issues prepaid cards for international visitors
The Chinese capital introduced the Beijing Pass, a multi-purpose card for international visitors, on Wednesday, facilitating their payment for transportation, tourist sites and shopping centers.
August01,2024
Shanghai issues prepaid travel cards for inbound travelers' convenience
Shanghai has released Shanghai Pass, a multipurpose prepaid travel card, to facilitate easy payment by inbound travelers and other visitors not in favor of mobile payment.
May22,2024
VW is betting on e-cars’ speedy success
Volkswagen wants to rapidly push ahead its transformation into an e-car manufacturer. By 2022, 27 models from four of the group’s brands will be launched on the basis of its own the specially created e-car platform, said Thomas Ulbrich, member of the...
September20,2018
UnionPay cards to be issued in Europe
UnionPay International, a subsidiary of China's UnionPay, the country's largest bank card payment processor, announced Monday that it has entered into strategic cooperation with the Portuguese bank, Banco Comercial Portugues (BCP).
November21,2017
VW plants in northeast China gradually resume production
After a one-month shutdown due to the coronavirus lockdown in Changchun in northeast China, the Volkswagen Group plants in the Chinese city have gradually resumed production.
April21,2022
VW and Belgium's Umicore launch battery materials joint venture
Volkswagen's battery unit and Belgian materials company Umicore have formed a joint venture to produce the materials needed for batteries, the two companies announced.
September28,2022
Lower transaction fees set to boost international bank card usage in China
International bank card clearing institutions, such as Visa and Mastercard, have reduced transaction fees on overseas bank cards for Chinese merchants, a move expected to encourage more local merchants to accept these card payments.
July04,2024
China issues 9.25 bln bank cards by end of 2021
China had issued a total of 9.25 billion bank cards by the end of 2021, according to an industry report.
September26,2022
UnionPay holds all the cards
China UnionPay is ramping up efforts to expand its business in overseas markets to support the Belt and Road Initiative or BRI, in addition to facilitating fast growing personnel exchanges between China and the rest of the world.
December28,2018
China issues 8.98 bln bank cards in total
China had issued a total of 8.98 billion bank cards by the end of 2020, according to a blue paper.
October18,2021
UnionPay holds all the cards
China UnionPay, a Chinese bank card organization, is ramping up efforts to expand its business in overseas markets to support the Belt and Road Initiative or BRI and facilitating fast growing personnel exchanges between China and the rest of the world.
December25,2018
China to improve customs clearance with updated health card
China's customs authority will launch a new edition of its health declaration card, in which some requirements for travelers are removed to streamline customs procedures and enhance clearance efficiency.
August26,2022
Vietnam plans to digitize healthcare cards
Vietnam is planning to issue electronic health security cards to its citizens to verify their right to medical services, according to the country's government.
February08,2017
VW commercial vehicle group Traton sees orders drop from record high
The Volkswagen Group's lorry and bus subsidiary, Traton, saw commercial vehicle orders drop by 21% last year, after a very strong 2022.
January24,2024
VW teams up with JAC to make electric cars
A joint venture between Volkswagen China and Anhui Jianghuai Automobile (JAC Motors) to make electric cars has been approved by Chinese authorities.
May24,2017
VW and Amazon to partner on cloud services for assembly plants
Volkswagen is to join forces with Amazon in creating a cloud services partnership to boost productivity at its assembly plants, the German carmaker announced from its Wolfsburg headquarters on Wednesday.
March29,2019
BMW and VW occupy top positions in comparison of carmakers
At the beginning of 2018, BMW and Volkswagen once again occupied the top positions in a global comparison of car manufacturers.
May31,2018
VW Group head Diess: Digitalization will lead to job cuts
Digitalization is set to lead to job cuts at Germany's Volkswagen Group, Herbert Diess, the head of the management board, said at its Wolfsburg headquarters on Wednesday.
March25,2019
VW plans to make 1st cars with JAC by 2018
Volkswagen AG plans to make its first cars with China’s Anhui Jianghuai Automobile (JAC Motors) by 2018 and hopes the joint venture will get government approval in the first half of this year, its China CEO said on January 19.
January22,2017
VW pushes platform business - new logistics center in Eastern Germany
The German carmaker Volkswagen is pushing ahead with its cooperation with Ford and plans to put a new logistics hall into operation in Meerane (in the Zwickau district of the eastern German state of Saxony) for this purpose at the beginning of 2023.
May05,2022
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