From left - Mr Lenon Cheong, Head, Cards & Merchant Services, AmBank (M) Berhad, Jade Lee, Managing Director, Retail Banking, AmBank (M) Berhad, Dato' Sulaiman Mohd Tahir, Group Chief Executive Officer, AmBank Group, Mr Larry Wang, Vice President, UnionPay International, Mr Yang Wen Hui, General Manager, Southeast Asia, UnionPay International and Mr David Chong, Country Manager Malaysia & Brunei, UnionPay International at the Exclusive Launch of AmBank UnionPay Platinum Credit Card
10 July 2019 Kuala Lumpur: AmBank (M) Berhad (AmBank), which operates one of the larger retail
banking networks in Malaysia and UnionPay, a leading global payment network,
officially launched the AmBank UnionPay Platinum Credit Card today at Pavilion
Kuala Lumpur. The AmBank UnionPay Platinum Credit Card looks to tap into the
fast-growing segment of Malaysian travellers, with AmBank being the first local
bank in Malaysia to partner UnionPay on a credit card collaboration.
With a strong partnership dating back to 2013, AmBank has been collaborating
with UnionPay to provide a payment platform for its customers in Malaysia. In fact,
AmBank is one of UnionPay’s top acquiring banks in the market.
In April 2019, AmBank was among the six companies from six Belt and Road
Initiative countries invited by UnionPay to collaborate with the global payment
giant to build an interconnected payment network within the region and support
personnel exchanges.
“We are pleased to be the first
local bank to partner with UnionPay for a credit card collaboration. Through this travel credit card collaboration,
we are able to leverage on UnionPay’s strong global presence as well as access UnionPay
exclusive deals and The U Collection, a global privilege programme that brings
together hotels, shopping and specially-curated dining offers for its premium cardholders. Indeed, we see enormous potential for further
partnerships with UnionPay,” said Dato’ Sulaiman Mohd Tahir, Group Chief
Executive Officer, AmBank Group.
Mr Wenhui Yang, General Manager, UnionPay
International Southeast Asia said “We are delighted to partner AmBank, a
leading Malaysian bank for our first credit card issuance with a local bank. This
collaboration marks another step forward in our expansion plan in Malaysia, and
our commitment to providing products and services which are relevant to locals, including
the increasingly well-travelled Malaysians by resonating with their lifestyle
needs. Cardholders will appreciate the convenient, fast and secure UnionPay transactions,
together with great rewards, travel, dining and lifestyle privileges in popular
international travel destinations like Hong Kong, Japan, Thailand and domestically
in Malaysia.”
“We are very excited to partner
UnionPay as they have set up a strong issuing business support for their
partners, especially for us here in Malaysia. There is a fresh branding
campaign focusing on worldwide travel and dining privileges such as dining at Michelin
Star restaurants. The look and feel is young and modern. Our UnionPay card will
excite our customers who travel, entertain and enjoy dining, here in Malaysia
as well as internationally, particularly China,” said Jade Lee, Managing
Director, Retail Banking, AmBank (M) Berhad.
“In addition, we are working
together to have a yearlong Four Seasons campaign whereby in every quarter, we
will be treating an AmBank UnionPay cardholder to a trip to popular overseas
destinations according to the season.,” added Jade.
The Four Seasons campaign will see opportunities for cardholders to win exclusive
overseas travel packages for each season starting from Spring, when they spend
using the card from 1 October to 31 December 2019. This will then be followed by
travel packages for Summer, Autumn and Winter.
Amongst the privileges and deals being offered through AmBank UnionPay
Platinum Credit Card are:
ü
5x AmBonus Points for every RM1 overseas retail usage
ü
2x complimentary access to Plaza Premium Lounge, subject
to terms and conditions
ü
Complimentary access to UnionPay Lounge in Pavilion Kuala
Lumpur, the first card scheme lounge located in a shopping mall with a
dedicated Customer Service Personnel, complimentary coffee and tea, mobile
charging points and free WiFi for AmBank UnionPay Platinum Credit Card
cardholders.
ü
Preferential rate for access to more than 1,400
DragonPass airport lounges in more than 150 countries worldwide. DragonPass is
the world’s first all-in-one digital airport platform that offers discounted
airport lounges, enjoy restaurant discounts privileges, airport Limousine
services and personal meet & greet concierge service all within a single
platform.
ü
Discounted rental rate for pocket Wi-Fi
ü
Discounts up to 10% OFF at 100 international airports’
duty-free stores
ü
Golf privileges at selected golf courses worldwide
With the AmBank UnionPay Platinum Credit Card, customers
can also enjoy discounts from Coach, Michael Kors, Eraman, Tumi and many
others.
ü
GSC movie
tickets for the first 100 cardholders who apply for the AmBank UnionPay
Platinum Credit Card
ü
Upon card
approval, new AmBank UnionPay Platinum Credit Card cardholders are entitled for
RM50 cashback for any amount of retail usage
ü
Within 90
days from card approval, new AmBank UnionPay Platinum Credit Card cardholders
will be entitled for up to 65,000 AmBonus Points for an accumulated amount of
RM2,000 retail usage
ü
Over 240 readily
available credit card deals on AmBank Spot (www.ambankspot.com), where 40 are UnionPay-exclusive deals and over 200
existing AmBank credit card deals
Existing AmBank customers can apply for their new AmBank UnionPay credit
card directly via AmOnline or AMY™️ our Virtual Assistance on AmOnline mobile
app. Our online banking platform not only enables card application but has the
capabilities for our cardholders to activate and operate their card account
online. AmOnline is available in English, Bahasa Melayu and Mandarin across its
web and app platforms.
Present at the launch ceremony were Dato’ Sulaiman Mohd Tahir, Group
Chief Executive Officer, AmBank Group, Mr Larry Wang, Vice President, UnionPay,
Ms Jade Lee, Managing Director, Retail Banking, AmBank (M) Berhad, Mr Lenon
Cheong, Head, Cards and Merchant Services, AmBank (M) Berhad along with the Senior
Management from AmBank Group and UnionPay.
About AmBank Group
AmBank Group is a leading
financial services group with over 40 years of expertise in supporting the
economic development of Malaysia. We have over three million customers and
employ over 9,000 people.
The Group was listed on
the Main Market of Bursa Malaysia in 1988. It is the sixth-largest banking
group by assets in Malaysia, with a market capitalisation of around RM13.7
billion and assets of RM158.8 billion as at 31 March 2019.
AmBank Group serves over
three million individual and corporate customers. It provides services in
wholesale banking, retail banking, business banking, investment banking and
related financial services which include Islamic banking, underwriting of
general insurance, stock and share broking, futures broking, investment
advisory and management services in assets, real estate investment trust and unit
trusts.
For more information,
please visit www.ambankgroup.com
About UnionPay
UnionPay is a global
payment network that serves the world’s largest Cardholder base. With over 7.5 billion UnionPay cards issued in 52 countries
and regions, about 54 million
merchants and 2.9
million ATMs accepting our cards in 174 countries and regions, UnionPay is
currently one of the fastest-growing payment networks in the world.
As a
company with a global acceptance network and a wide range of world-class
payment services, UnionPay is committed to providing access to value and secure
payment solutions that are tailored to the needs of the local market, to enable
choice and ease of payment for consumers and businesses alike.
In
Southeast Asia, UnionPay has enabled ATM, POS acceptance and card issuance
across all 10 countries. For more information, visit www.unionpayintl.com/en.
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