Cards & Payments

Ant International to build Malaysia digital business centre and is hiring 500 roles

The centre is expected to move in at The Exchange 106 by 2025.
3 hours ago

Ant International to build Malaysia digital business centre and is hiring 500 roles

The centre is expected to move in at The Exchange 106 by 2025.
3 hours ago

Chart of the Week: Indonesia’s card payments market to be worth $71.8b by end-2024

But point-of-sales terminal penetration remains low.
6 hours ago

India floats regulations for non-bank POS payment aggregators

They are required to apply authorisation from the RBI by May 2025.
1 day ago

Why tokenization and funding are two key issues for financial disruptors in 2024

HSBC's Vincent Lau a lineup of 250 speakers to discuss these at Money 20/20 Asia.
1 day ago

Superapps to help drive BNPL userbase to 670 million by 2028

Superapps like WeChat and Grab are adopting and offering BNPL services to users.
2 days ago

APAC payments gateway market to rise 30% as cashless economy expands

The market is expected to grow by over 11% between 2023-2027.
3 days ago

Bangkok Bank bookmarked $1.09b in cash for Songkran 2024

The cash was expected to have served over 8,000 ATMs and branches.
3 days ago

Maybank issues apology following digital and payment service disruption

Customers were temporarily unable to make online and retail payments on 5 April.

Ant Group seeks to boost foreign payment accessibility in China

The group plans to expand bilingual support, amongst other enhancements.

S’pore’s payment cards lead with 40% market share in online transactions

An analyst said Singapore’s advanced tech infrastructure has boosted alternative payments.

POS terminals, e-commerce drive up card usage in Australia

Value added benefits like rewards points and discounts have made cards attractive.

PH-based Allbank and Salmon Group unveil QR PH-enabled payment solution

It eliminates the need to input details manually for traditional payments.

UPI propels India’s mobile wallet payments to $6.5t by 2028

In February 2024, $221.5b in value was paid across 12.1 billion UPI transactions.

16 foreign e-wallets now accepted in Japan through Alipay+

Alipay, KakaoPay,  Touch ‘n Go, GCash and TrueMoney are the most popuar.

Mobile tap payments produces least carbon emissions vs cash and ATMs: study

ATMs make up a bulk of carbon emissions, at 7.14g CO2e per transaction.