Cards & Payments

Chart of the Week: 8 in 10 Chinese consumers use mobile wallets

High cost of POS terminals and insufficient payment infrastructure push e-wallet use.

Chart of the Week: 8 in 10 Chinese consumers use mobile wallets

High cost of POS terminals and insufficient payment infrastructure push e-wallet use.

How Mocasa is supercharging the Philippines' credit payments market

The credit payment service company is also developing a data-driven central credit bureau.

Paywatch inks MOU with Visa to offer EWA solution across Asia

Paywatch will make use of Visa’s cross-border capabilities and network.

StanChart Singapore launches mass-affluent miles card

Rewards points accumulated with the card do not expire.

Visa, Hyundai Card team up to create data products

This alliance consists of 18 major industry players.

Thailand’s KTC, Ant Group launch Alipay+ services in Thailand

Tourists can now pay using AlipayHK, Touch ‘n Go eWallet, and Kakao Pay.

Alipay+ payments now accepted across 2,400 7-Eleven Malaysia stores

Users of AlipayHK, GCash, Kakao Pay, and TrueMoney can now use their mobile wallets in these stores.

Rising costs weight on KB Kookmin Cards’s profitability: Moody’s

Cash flow and liquidity are weak, but credit profile will remain resilient over the next 12-18 months.

Alipay, Mastercard enables visitors to transact digitally in China

Regardless of the origin of their Mastercard card, travellers can opt to choose this payment method.

HSBC’s PayMe allies with AsiaPay to offer merchant payment solutions

The collaboration attracts customers through versatile payment choices through a unified device.

More than 2,600 Thai entrepreneurs benefit from GHL expansion of Alipay+

Tourists can pay through AlipayHK, Kakao Pay, Touch 'n Go eWallet, and Alipay.

IndusInd Bank, Wise offer remittance services to US, Singapore

Internationally-based Indian citizens can remit from Singapore and the US.

JCB cards now serviceable through EazyPay in Bahrain

JCB card holders can now be used through the Bahrain-based service provider.

Malaysia's AmBank, Alp Capital unveil point-of-sale QR payment for retailers

The new feature reduces the time spent reconciling transactions and e-wallet payments separately.

Less Filipinos fall short of meeting credit card payments

The delinquency rate has been falling since the COVID-19 pandemic started.

Commonwealth Bank of Australia waives transaction fee for overseas money transfers

The waived fees exclude Japanese yen transactions in its CommBiz platform.

Vietnam’s BIDV, JCB International launch credit card

Customers can enjoy up to a 20% cashback on select transactions.