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Jun 8, 2019 | 4:30 am

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Originally Posted by mrcardnet

I mostly applied for a UnionPay card with ICBC (in branch) for purposes of international travel (especially as anti-DCC tool in areas with high DCC use but low Amex/Discover acceptance), but I am also interested in card acceptance issues of all types in general in the US & around the world.

Thus, once my card arrives, I am interested in testing additional merchants in the US to help expand native UnionPay PBOC chip & contactless acceptance knowledge.

The first one I will test with is Target to see what the UnionPay chip card acceptance looks like (now that they are done with their contactless-enabled terminal rollout).

The US merchants that people have reported native PBOC chip support for seems to be: Walmart, USPS (post office), QFC grocery, Ranch 99 grocery

Are there other strategic merchants that people would suggest, especially those who have UnionPay credit cards but haven't tested yet?

Try smaller merchants that use Clover devices. I tend to see UnionPay (and less commonly Alipay) signage at those around here, but YMMV.

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