Cards & Payments
This is how banks can win Asia’s credit card clash
DBS, CIMB, and RCBC reveal their trade secrets in the credit card business.
Korean overseas card spending up 4.2% in Q3
A rising number of outbound travelers.
Maybank Philippines launches credit card
2.2 million and growing cardholder base.
MasterCard is first int'l electronic payment card in Myanmar
Travelers can now withdraw at ATMs.
Thailand's KTB to offer more bundled products
The bundled-product principle.
Vietnam's biggest card unions to merge
Better card services in Vietnam.
Maximizing benefits of card networks
MasterCard reveals pieces of advice for companies on getting the pros and hedging the cons on key banking trends.
Reserve Bank of India’s payment system gambit
While the world was engrossed in watching the LIBOR scandal unfold recently and banks across the world were reviewing every index with palpitation...
Insights from central bankers at SIBOS 2012
I was at SIBOS, Osaka, Japan, last week, and it was a pleasure to meet several bankers across the world. Moreover, as the event was held in the Asia...
Mandiri seeks to benefit Indonesians through payment system
Best service to 110 million Indonesians.
StanChart Singapore, MasterCard launch first ever interactive payment card
The card has touch-sensitive buttons!
Bank Islam attracts 1 million debit card users
A million customers within a year.
Thai credit card firms want more money
Milk them dry.
RHB Bank eyes 15% credit card market share
RHB Bank hopes to boost its share of the credit card market from 6 percent to 15 percent by 2017.
Myanmar opens door to foreign credit cards
Myanmar has granted permission to Visa, MasterCard, China UnionPay and Japan Credit Bureau to do business in the country.
CIMB hopes to double debit cards market share next year
CIMB Bank expects to raise its market share for debit cards from the current 5.7 percent to 10 percent next year.
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