Cards & Payments

China's payment giants try to conquer Asia's banking scene

Alipay's aggresive Southeast Asian foray is making banks nervous.

China's payment giants try to conquer Asia's banking scene

Alipay's aggresive Southeast Asian foray is making banks nervous.

Maybank joins GrabPay mobile wallet platform

Users will be able to use their e-wallets at Maybank’s key merchants.

Bank of China Singapore ties up with online retailer to launch co-brand credit card

The partnership means that cardholders can enjoy up to 20% rebate on Qoo10 spend.

New Zealand's ASB enables contactless purchases via smartwatch

A partnership with wearable firm Garmin is set to provide on-the-go customers with the digital option.

Citi links credit card to Apple Pay's system

The service was launched in Singapore, Australia and Hong Kong and will be rolled out to Taiwan later this year.

CIMB waives fees on online and mobile fund transfers

The move is in line with the central bank’s cashless push.

Philippine banks go digital with launch of electronic fund transfer service

InstaPay enables transactions of up to PHP50,000 per day.

APAC banks to launch cross-border real-time payments via SWIFT gpi

DBS, ANZ, Kasikornbank, and ICBC are amongst the participants.

PIN numbers may soon be a thing of the past for Japanese banks

JCB Co. is testing its contactless payment solution using fingerprint authentication.

Asia beats Europe in developing new payments technologies

The region has attracted more fintech investments than North America and Europe.

RHB Islamic Bank Berhad unveils corporate debit card to slash cash and cheque use

It acts as an alternative for businesses to pay local government agencies.

OCBC debuts quick credit card approval and Apple Pay integration

Customers can make purchases at Apple Pay merchants within minutes of credit application.

Citi links rewards points redemption service with Samsung Pay

It will be available for customers in Southeast Asia and Oceania by 2019.

APAC banks plan to use automated collections systems by 2019

Seven in 10 banks intend to utilise AI to streamline bill payments.

Bank of China and ICBC to offer PayNow

There are now nine banks using the service.

DBS integrates PayNow into API system to reduce cheque usage

They aim to reduce corporate cheque payments by 30% in 2020.

Citi launches rewards card with first API partnership

Cardholders can offset purchases using their accumulated points.