Cards & Payments

Alipay+ teams up with Pakistan’s NayaPay

NayaPay customers can now accept payments from Alipay+’s 25 global payment partners.

Alipay+ teams up with Pakistan’s NayaPay

NayaPay customers can now accept payments from Alipay+’s 25 global payment partners.

Citi SG, Mastercard offer enhance debit card privileges to high net worth clients

Citibank has also pledged to restore 1,000 trees monthly over a two-year period.

Mastercard hires marketing veteran as VP and head of marketing and comms for SEA

Dheeraj Raina had worked for several advertising and media firms.

Philippine remittances up 2.9% to $3b in November: central bank

Cumulative personal remittances grew to $33.6b in the first 11 months of 2023.

Krungsri launches cross-border QR payments to Hong Kong

Travelers need only to pay using the KMA krungsri app.

BRI’s BRImo app now has 30.4 million users

There were only 2.9 million users in 2019, in comparison.

BPI doubles GCash e-loading fee

GCash loading via ECPay fee will be charged PHP10 starting March.

37.6 million credit cards active in Taiwan in November: FSC

The number of cash cards remained the same as in October, however.

HSBC HK unveils debit, supplementary card waiving foreign currency fees

The cards also offer a 0.5% instant cash rebate on all spendings.

NETS replacing FlashPay Cards with Prepaid Cards

NETS FlashPay Cards can be exchanged for NETS Prepaid Cards at any 44 SimplyGo Ticket Offices.

Cross-border payments, embedded finance to be boosted in 2024: analyst

Embedded financial services will become increasingly popular during the year.

APAC consumers to spend more for travel, dining out in 2024: Mastercard

Consumers are expected to allocate a larger share of their wallets to discretionary spending.

JCB contactless payments now available in the UK

In 2024, JCB plans to enable contactless payments in the remaining 80% of UK Worldpay terminals.

JCB pilots central bank digital currency payment solution

The pilot aims to enable transfer of CBDC offline, and without the need to change POS terminals.

GCash eyes “biggest IPO” title, overseas expansion in 2024

The Philippines’ biggest payments and mobile wallet floats the possibility of going public soon.

Alipay+ daily transactions up 70% in H2

Partner wallets saw daily transaction volumes increased three-fold.

Alipay+ launches year-end sustainable travel campaign in Asia

Travelers will be rewarded for bringing their own toothbrushes, amongst others.