UnionPay is now offering its debit card cardholders of Bank of China (Hong Kong) and Standard Chartered Bank (Hong Kong) the ability to use Apple Pay. Eligible users can make purchases with Apple Pay at more than 10 million POS terminals supporting mobile QuickPass across Mainland China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Singapore, Australia, etc. UnionPay brought…
G2A Pay, an online payment gateway from global digital gaming marketplace, G2A.COM, has announced an upgrade to its service offering with plans to cover over 200 payment methods by early 2017, with analytic tools, mobile apps and one-click payments also features to be found in the upgrade. The gateway, where businesses can currently integrate over…
BBPOS has unveiled WisePad2 for use in an integrated or semi-integrated POS environment as well as a stand-alone environment connecting to the payment processor or gateway via GPRS, 3G or Wi-Fi. WisePad2 reads EMV chip card, triple track magnetic stripe card, NFC card and has a secured PIN pad. Compact and lightweight at 3.7oz (105g),…
The increased use of electronic payment products, including credit, debit and prepaid cards, added US$296B to GDP, while raising household consumption of goods and services by an average of 0.18% per year. The 2016 study conducted by Moody’s Analytics for found the equivalent to 2.6 million new jobs were created on average, annually, over the…
Hong Kong-based ScramCard has snagged a seven-figure private investment from Stewart Milne CBE.
ScramCard users upload their credit and debit cards to a universal card with high security features.
The online trading platform TradeEase was launched, as the first Chinese e-commerce platform for cross-border online trading specialized and customized for Russian market.
Le VPN has expanded coverage to 64 new countries. These new servers boost their total coverage to over 114 countries. The company accepts standard payment methods like credit cards as well as PayPal or BitCoin. They offer a 7-day money back trial period.
BBPOS is set to unveil its new WisePOS, an Android smartphone cum mPOS device in just a few weeks. Achieving flexibility and seamless integration into back-end systems, WisePOS demonstrates its uniqueness by combing a smartphone and mPOS features. It provides superior flexibility for merchants to use the Android platform to develop custom applications and services to reduce complexity and optimize their business.
Geoswift, Western Union Business Solutions and UnionPay International launched a promotion wherein UnionPay will pay for medical insurance coverage for eligible students that process tuition payments through their payment network.
CardWeb.com’s CardExecs database of payments industry movers and shakers today features Irene Chan, Director of Products at Bindo POS.
San Francisco-based Xoom, being acquired by PayPal, has launched its money transfer service to Hong Kong. This bank deposit service allows immigrants from Hong Kong and other individuals to conveniently send money online to bank accounts in Hong Kong with their U.S. bank accounts, credit cards, or debit cards.
The Citi Mobile Challenge in Asia Pacific is coming next month. It is part of Citi’s drive to foster digital and mobile innovation in banking. Registration for the Challenge will begin on August 19, and selected participants will demonstrate their concepts at events in Bangalore, Hong Kong, Singapore, and Sydney.