Cards & Payments

Citibank to utilize JCB credit cards in 9 Asian countries

Citi will add JCB credit card merchants in nine countries and territories throughout Asia.

Citibank to utilize JCB credit cards in 9 Asian countries

Citi will add JCB credit card merchants in nine countries and territories throughout Asia.

Sri Lanka Etisalat in mobile banking

Dubai-based Etisalat's Sri Lanka unit said it had inked a deal with with OpenArc, a Colombo-based information technology company to provide a mobile...

Company starts Japan-Nepal money transfer business

Japan Money Express has formally started its operation to provide reliable service to the Nepalese people working in Japan through its 400 agents in...

HDFC Bank plans offering more credit cards to non-account holders

Rising demand for recently released Infinia card prompted the lender to come out with variants.

Vietnam's Smartlink expands connection for nine more banks

Nine commercial joint stock banks have joined the Smarlink connection in July.

ACB becomes first Vietnamese bank to offer money transfer via ATMs

Asia Commercial Bank has launched a new service that allows its cardholders to transfer money to other banks through automatic teller machines.

Malaysian Mastercard holders spend US$68 M in one weekend of shopping

Malaysian MasterCard holders spent US$76.5 million in 909,518 transactions during the first weekend of the 1Malaysia Mega Sale Carnival 2011 from...

HDFC Bank unveils credit card for ultra rich

Infinia aimed to be issued to the by-invitation only to 5000 individuals that comes without spending limits.

MasterCard campaigns for contactless payments in the Philippines

The card’s debit purchase volume in the Philippines up 47% as it posed a 46% rise in e-commerce transactions in the Southeast and South Asia markets...

Mobile payments to achieve mainstream status soon

More than 80% of the 150 major banks and corporate companies are studying how to harness m-payments.

Overseas remittances through Vietnam Banks soar

Overseas remittance via Vietnam banks is up.

Ficombank signs remittance deal with Remit2Vietnam

Ficombank inked a deal with  Remit2Vietnam in transferring remittances from overseas to Vietnam.

Banco de Oro starts offering China UnionPay services

GFG Group enables the lender to harness China UnionPay transactions using its Cadencie platform.

Half of Vietnam's ATM cards remain unused, says VBCA

As many as 50% of issued ATMs in Vietnam are unused, according to statistics from the Vietnam Bank Card Association.

Visa and ANZ mobile payment project hits snag

Despite a successful trial, Visa and ANZ wait for technology to evolve to fully replace credit cards with mobile phone payments in Australia.

China UnionPay and MasterCard inks Payment Gateway Service pact

The MOU between the companies will enable them to work together towards exploring mutually beneficial solutions to innovative payment businesses.

China UnionPay and CCB ink mobile payment pact

The companies will develop payment systems for online and mobile phone transactions.