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PayPal: pathfinder in mobile payments and setting direction for the industry

May 11, 2021 Alex Leslie 0

PayPal has been in the news recently for launching and enhancing services that are changing the way we pay for goods – and manage our money. Read more…

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Contactless payments are now mainstream, especially in Asia Pacific

May 13, 2020 Alex Leslie 0

Contactless payments and mobile payments in general have been on a sustained growth curve for the last few years. Read more…

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Indonesian fintechs working with Facebook to launch mobile payments

April 21, 2020 News Centre 0

Three Indonesian digital fintech firms are working with Facebook to apply for regulatory approval to launch mobile payments in the country. Read more…

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Singapore leads world in Chinese tourist mobile payment usage

January 22, 2020 News Centre 0

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

December 9, 2019 News Centre 0

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

September 2, 2019 News Centre 0

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

August 21, 2019 News Centre 0

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

February 4, 2019 Alex Leslie 0

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

November 28, 2018 News Centre 0

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

November 27, 2018 News Centre 0

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

November 21, 2018 News Centre 0

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

October 17, 2018 News Centre 0

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

October 3, 2018 News Centre 0

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…

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Tencent and Alibaba square off over SEA remittance market

October 1, 2018 News Centre 0

JAKARTA/HONG KONG (Reuters) – For Chinese tech giants Alibaba and Tencent, Southeast Asian domestic helpers in Hong Kong may prove key to their global ambitions in financial services. Both companies recently launched money-transfer services that Read more…

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Google Pay tweaks privacy policy after Paytm complaint

September 24, 2018 News Centre 2

NEW DELHI/MUMBAI (Reuters) – Google has tweaked the privacy policy of its Indian digital payments mobile application, days after local rival Paytm complained that the US tech giant’s platform allowed disclosure of customer data for Read more…

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SoftBank and parters demo blockchain-based RCS payments

September 13, 2018 News Centre 0

SoftBank, Synchronoss Technologies and TBCASoft have partnered on a proof of concept (PoC) for a new cross-carrier mobile payments service based on the RCS global messaging standard and TBCASoft’s cross-carrier blockchain platform. Earlier this year, Read more…

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Grab partners with Moca for Vietnam mobile payments

September 12, 2018 News Centre 0

HANOI (Reuters) – Grab announced on Tuesday its partnership with Vietnam’s Moca Technology and Service company (Moca) for a mobile payment service in Vietnam, as the ride-hailing firm pushes to cement its position in the Read more…

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Google partners with Indian banks for loan services

August 29, 2018 News Centre 0

NEW DELHI (Reuters) – Google said on Tuesday it is partnering with a handful of Indian banks to bring quick loans to the masses, as it aims to woo tens of millions of new internet Read more…

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Berkshire Hathaway puts $376m behind India’s Paytm

August 28, 2018 News Centre 0

NEW YORK/MUMBAI (Reuters) – Berkshire Hathaway invested 25 billion rupees ($356 million) in the Indian company behind digital payments firm Paytm, according to a source with direct knowledge of the deal, in a foray by Read more…

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WhatsApp promises India tools to fight fake messages

August 22, 2018 News Centre 0

NEW DELHI (Reuters) – India said Facebook-owned WhatsApp had pledged on Tuesday to develop tools that would combat fake messages, to help the country crack down on people whipping up public anger through mass message Read more…

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