# UnionPay QuickPass

> Source: https://docs.barcoder.ai/docs/wallets/unionpay-quickpass
> research date 2026-06-01 · extracted at 2026-10-07
> Publisher: Barcoder — encyclopedia of QR, barcode and payment-code standards

Specifications:
- [UnionPay — official](https://www.95516.com/)

## Overview

**UnionPay QuickPass** is **Chinese state-backed wallet** + **China UnionPay state-backed Chinese national card scheme + Cloud QuickPass mobile wallet app + QuickPass NFC contactless cards** + **one of China's three super-app wallets alongside Alipay + WeChat Pay** + **~400M+ Chinese registered Cloud QuickPass users** <sup>[1][1], [China report](https://docs.barcoder.ai/docs/payments/CN)</sup>.

## History

**Mar 26 2002 — China UnionPay founded as Chinese state-backed national card scheme by PBoC People's Bank of China** distinctive Chinese national card scheme heritage.

**Dec 11 2017 — UnionPay QuickPass launched as Chinese state-backed wallet alongside QuickPass NFC contactless cards + Cloud QuickPass mobile wallet app** distinctive Chinese state-backed wallet heritage + Chinese national three-wallet (Alipay + WeChat Pay + UnionPay QuickPass) competition.

## Ownership & operator

**Operating entity**: **UnionPay QuickPass** (Chinese state-backed wallet; China UnionPay parent).

**Major shareholders**: **China UnionPay (Chinese state-backed national card scheme; PBoC People's Bank of China + Big Four Chinese state-owned commercial banks ICBC + CCB + BOC + ABC + 80+ Chinese banking + financial institutional shareholders)**.

**Regulators**: **PBoC + NFRA + national regulators across 90+ countries**.

## Technical integration

Cloud QuickPass mobile app (iOS + Android; ~400M+ Chinese registered Cloud QuickPass users) + 95516.com online + QuickPass NFC contactless cards via 8B+ China UnionPay cards issued globally; UnionPay QR + CNAPS + e-CNY (digital yuan integration) + China UnionPay world's largest card payment scheme by transactions + cards issued globally.

## Implementations & partners

**China UnionPay parent + Chinese state-backed banks**: [ICBC Mobile Banking](https://docs.barcoder.ai/docs/wallets/icbc-mobile) (ICBC Industrial and Commercial Bank of China; world's largest bank by total assets) + [China Construction Bank (CCB) Mobile Banking](https://docs.barcoder.ai/docs/wallets/ccb-mobile) (CCB China Construction Bank) + [Bank of China (BoC) Mobile Banking](https://docs.barcoder.ai/docs/wallets/boc-mobile) (BOC Bank of China; oldest of Big Four Chinese banks since 1912) + [Agricultural Bank of China (ABC Mobile Banking)](https://docs.barcoder.ai/docs/wallets/abc-china) (ABC Agricultural Bank of China; ~880M+ customers) + [Bank of Communications (BOCOM Mobile Banking)](https://docs.barcoder.ai/docs/wallets/bocom-china) (Bank of Communications) + [Postal Savings Bank of China (PSBC)](https://docs.barcoder.ai/docs/wallets/psbc) (Postal Savings Bank of China) + [China Merchants Bank (CMB Mobile Banking + CMB Life)](https://docs.barcoder.ai/docs/wallets/cmb-bank) (China Merchants Bank).

**Chinese super-app wallet + device-anchored mobile wallet + payments competitors**: [Alipay](https://docs.barcoder.ai/docs/wallets/alipay) (Alipay Chinese super-app wallet; Ant Group; ~1B+ users) + [WeChat Pay](https://docs.barcoder.ai/docs/wallets/wechat-pay) (WeChat Pay Chinese super-app wallet; Tencent; ~1B+ users) + [Huawei Pay](https://docs.barcoder.ai/docs/wallets/huawei-pay) (Huawei Pay Chinese device-anchored mobile wallet; Huawei Technologies; ~100M+ Chinese Huawei device users) + [Mi Pay (Xiaomi)](https://docs.barcoder.ai/docs/wallets/mi-pay) (Mi Pay Xiaomi Chinese device-anchored mobile wallet; ~80M+ Chinese Xiaomi device users) + [OPPO Pay](https://docs.barcoder.ai/docs/wallets/oppo-pay) (OPPO Pay; OPPO Chinese smartphone mobile wallet; ~50M+ Chinese OPPO device users) + [vivo Pay](https://docs.barcoder.ai/docs/wallets/vivo-pay) (vivo Pay; vivo Chinese smartphone mobile wallet; ~40M+ Chinese vivo device users) + Samsung Pay China (Samsung Pay China; Samsung Electronics Chinese smartphone mobile wallet) + [Apple Pay](https://docs.barcoder.ai/docs/wallets/apple-pay) (Apple Pay China; Apple iPhone mobile wallet).

**Regulators**: PBoC + NFRA + national regulators across 90+ countries.

## Status

**Active, Chinese state-backed wallet + China UnionPay state-backed Chinese national card scheme + Cloud QuickPass mobile wallet app + QuickPass NFC contactless cards + one of China's three super-app wallets alongside Alipay + WeChat Pay + ~400M+ Chinese registered Cloud QuickPass users + China UnionPay world's largest card payment scheme by transactions + cards issued globally** <sup>[1][1], [2][2]</sup>.

## Sources

[1]: https://www.95516.com/ "UnionPay — official"
[2]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UnionPay "UnionPay — Wikipedia"
[cn-cro]: https://docs.barcoder.ai/docs/payments/CN

- [1] [UnionPay — official][1]
- [2] [UnionPay — Wikipedia][2]
- <sup>[China report](https://docs.barcoder.ai/docs/payments/CN)</sup> In-corpus: `reports/countries/CN-china.md`

## Source

Biography extracted from [unionpay-quickpass.md](https://docs.barcoder.ai/source/wallets/unionpay-quickpass). See `matrix.md` for standards-support matrix if present.