Tencent brings its WeChat Pay service to Malaysia
WeChat has announced its launch of WeChat Pay MY in Malaysia, and names KK Super Mart as the first chain store in Malaysia to accept it as a payment option. WeChat Pay MY enables users Read more…
WeChat has announced its launch of WeChat Pay MY in Malaysia, and names KK Super Mart as the first chain store in Malaysia to accept it as a payment option. WeChat Pay MY enables users Read more…
HONG KONG (Reuters) – Hong Kong’s shopping districts are well known for their fierce competition. Now, a new battleground is forming as digital payments firms fight for retailers and shoppers. Chinese tech giants like Tencent Read more…
Alternative payment methods such as mobile and digital wallets are steadily displacing traditional payment methods such as cards, bank transfers and cash/cheques in the Asia-Pacific (APAC) e-commerce market, according to data and analytics company GlobalData. Read more…
AlipayHK, a mobile and online payment platform, recently launched a blockchain remittance service between Hong Kong and the Philippines. Now in a three-month trial period, the service has the potential to scale and invigorate the Read more…
PayPay – a joint venture established last month by SoftBank and Yahoo Japan – announced that it will team up with Indian digital payment company Paytm to launch QR-code payment services in Japan in the Read more…
NEW DELHI (Reuters) – US payment firms have successfully pushed India to consider diluting rules on data storage, but their lobbying campaign has sparked a bitter industry spat pitting them against local rival Paytm, according Read more…
Mobile payments can enable the truly cashless society, but only with the right product strategy and a global mindset as well as local, writes Quah Mei Lee of Frost & Sullivan. In 2018, the Asia-Pacific trend towards going cashless Read more…
Blockchain action this day: EY and Microsoft launch a blockchain solution for content rights/royalties management; AlipayHK and GCash launch a blockchain-based cross-border remittance service; SmartPesa launches its ICO for a blockchain network that offers credit Read more…
The Singtel Group and Razer have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to strategically collaborate on e-payments, eSports, gaming-related digital media and telecoms services across Southeast Asia. According to Euromonitor, mobile payments in Southeast Asia is Read more…
The future of money in the age of digital currency is one of the topics we’ve been exploring most frequently in a variety of recent client talks and articles. Here we discuss the future of Read more…
The GSMA has launched a global scheme for mobile money providers to offer safer, more transparent and more resilient financial services to millions of mobile money users around the world. Announced at the industry organization’s Read more…
Singtel Group has announced plans to interconnect mobile wallets across different ecosystems through an interoperable platform for its regional operations, starting with Singtel and Thai cellco AIS. The new platform will enable visitors travelling between Read more…
HGC Global Communications announced that customers can now purchase its “hgc on air” Wi-Fi Pass using the new WeChat Pay HK mobile app. HGC’s outdoor Wi-Fi service sports over 29,000 Wi-Fi hotspots in Hong Kong, Read more…
Contactless payment cards are almost everywhere these days. Cryptocurrency coins and tokens are now being issued by many companies, especially via ICOs. Many parties are planning blockchain-based settlement solutions. At the same time plug-and-play type Read more…
Telenor Group announced it has reached a strategic partnership agreement with Ant Financial Services Group in Pakistan, under which Ant Financial will invest $184.5 million for a 45% stake in Telenor Microfinance Bank (TMB) to Read more…
Is romance in Asia-Pacific slowing down? And more importantly, is there an infographic for the previous question? The answers are no and yes, according to the Mastercard Love Index, which measures romantic activity in the Read more…
BEIJING/SHANGHAI (Reuters) – Apple will accept Chinese mobile payment app Alipay in its local stores, boosting its ties with giant e-commerce firm Alibaba Group amid a push by the iPhone maker to revive growth in Read more…
Hong Kong incumbent operator HKT says it is collaborating with Jumbo Taxi to introduce connected-car and mobile-payment features it says will make taxi rides safer and more convenient. HKT’s mobile unit CSL Mobile is providing Read more…
Huawei has signed a mutual cooperation agreement with UnionPay International to promote the globalization of Huawei Pay and accelerate its rollout worldwide. The agreement marks the first joint effort between Huawei and UnionPay to bring Read more…
QR codes are everywhere because anyone can read them, anyone can use them, and anyone can write them. This is in part because there is no security infrastructure. The result in China, where there was Read more…
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