買買買! 日本亞馬遜支持銀聯卡消費!

Inc's website in Japan started accepting UnionPay cards from last Wednesday, as the web retailer steps up efforts to sell more merchandise to Chinese shoppers across Asia.

從上週三起，亞馬遜的日本網站開始接受銀聯卡，這家總部位於西雅圖的網絡零售商正加大努力向全亞洲範圍內的中國消費者售出更多的商品。

China UnionPay Co, with more than 6b cards in circulation, is now a key rival to Visa Inc, Mastercard Inc and other issuers, and has become an important way for retailers around the globe to attract Chinese tourists and consumers.

流通卡量超過60億張的中國銀聯現在已經是維薩、萬事達等髮卡商的主要競爭對手，併成爲了全球零售商吸引中國遊客和消費者的重要方式。

UnionPay can now be used across Amazon Japan's website, the Seattle-based company said.

這家總部位於西雅圖的公司表示，日本亞馬遜網站現已全面支持銀聯卡。

Amazon Japan is catering to an emerging class of consumers who are willing to shop online within Asia, and offers reduced shipping rates to homes and businesses in China.

日本亞馬遜正努力滿足願意足不出戶買遍亞洲的新興消費者羣體的需求，同時爲中國家庭和企業提供運費優惠。

The number of online customers from the Chinese mainland rose fivefold since early 2016, according to Jasper Cheung, president of Amazon Japan.

日本亞馬遜總裁賈斯珀·張表示，來自中國內地的網上用戶數量自2016年初以來增長了4倍。

Other Chinese digital payment companies are also eager to expand overseas.

其他的中國電子支付公司也在渴求海外擴張。

For example, Ant Financial Services Group's payment tool Alipay was available in more than 70 economies and handled transactions in 18 currencies by the end of 2016.

比如螞蟻金融服務集團的支付工具支付寶，在2016年年底就已經可以在70多個經濟體中通用，並支持18種貨幣結算。