{"id":621713,"date":"2018-11-15T04:05:31","date_gmt":"2018-11-15T04:05:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2018\/11\/15\/china-unionpay-to-expand-into-egypt-as-demand-increases\/"},"modified":"2018-11-15T04:05:31","modified_gmt":"2018-11-15T04:05:31","slug":"china-unionpay-to-expand-into-egypt-as-demand-increases","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2018\/11\/15\/china-unionpay-to-expand-into-egypt-as-demand-increases\/","title":{"rendered":"China UnionPay to expand into Egypt as demand increases"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>ATM card company <a href=\"http:\/\/www.unionpayintl.com\/en\/\">China UnionPay<\/a> is planning to expand into Egypt, sources close to the matter said, <a href=\"https:\/\/almalnews.com\/Story\/398490\/12\/%D8%B4%D8%B1%D9%83%D8%A9-%C2%ABChina-Union-Pay%C2%BB-%D8%AA%D8%A8%D8%AD%D8%AB-%D8%A7%D8%AE%D8%AA%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%82-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%82-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85%D8%B5%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%A9\">according to Al Mal<\/a>. 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