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Singapore leads world in Chinese tourist mobile payment usage
Surveying 4,837 Chinese travelers and 547 overseas merchants, report finds that Singapore leads in mobile payment usage among Chinese tourists. Read more…
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Mobile payment services in Taiwan are rapidly going international
LINE Pay Taiwan forms “Cross-Border Mobile Payment Alliance” allowing people from Japan, Korea and Thailand to use mobile payment services in Taiwan. Read more…
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Pricerite to accept cryptocurrencies as payments in all stores
Home-furnishing retailer Pricerite provides a wide range of mobile payment methods and is now the first local retail chain to accept cryptocurrencies. Read more…
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WhatsApp in talks to launch mobile payments in Indonesia
WhatsApp is in talks with multiple Indonesian digital payment firms to offer their mobile transaction services, to tap the fast growing e-commerce sector. Read more…
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The world of payments may be in for a bumpy ride
There seems to be a lot of activity in the world of payments. Sadly, not all of it is encouraging and some of it seems more than a little confusing. Read more…
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Line lands separate FinTech deals with Mizuho and Tencent
TOKYO (Reuters) – Japanese chat app operator Line Corp will set up a bank with Mizuho Financial Group and also partner China’s Tencent to offer mobile payment services – plans which saw its stock rise Read more…
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Tencent and Line team up on mobile payments: report
TOKYO (Reuters) – Tencent Holdings and Japanese chat app operator Line Corp will tie up to offer mobile payment services for small Japanese retailers aiming to attract business from Chinese tourists, the Nikkei business daily Read more…
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Remittance fees for migrant workers are too high: UNESCO
LONDON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Lowering the fees migrant workers pay to send money home could result in $1 billion more being spent on education in developing countries, the United Nations said on Tuesday. Financial Read more…
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RBI guidelines to make India’s mobile wallets interoperable
MUMBAI (Reuters) – The Reserve Bank of India on Tuesday laid out guidelines that would allow for seamless payments between different mobile wallets, in a move that could further boost the use of digital payments Read more…
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Singtel and AIS kick off international mobile payment alliance
The Singtel Group has launched its planned cross-border mobile payment alliance with Thai cellco AIS and Kasikornbank, Thailand’s largest digital bank. Under the alliance, branded ‘Via’, Singtel and AIS will offer QR code-based mobile payments Read more…