Tag: card

Retail Asia27/06/2017
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Hong Kong’s Octopus Cards has launched a new mobile app designed to let customers manage their Octopus cards and Octopus O! ePay accounts via a single location. The new Octopus App can display card balances and transaction histories viewable through NFC-enabled Android smartphones, or iOS devices paired up with an Octopus Mobile Reader. The app’s O! EPay function supports […]

Retail Asia26/06/2017
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JCB International, the international operations subsidiary of JCB, announced the launch of the J/Speedy JCB card in the Philippines with BDO Unibank (BDO), the largest bank in the Philippines in terms of consolidated resources, customer loans, deposits, assets under management and capital, as well as branch and ATM network nationwide. Card issuance has started this […]

Retail Asia09/03/2017
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Mr. Kiyoyasu Asanuma (left), Managing Director of AEON Thana Sinsap (Thailand) Public Company Limited, together with Mr. Nuntawat Chotvijit (right), Director of Marketing, AEON Thana Sinsap (Thailand) Public Company Limited, presided over the recent launch of “365 Days… Enjoy Shopping with AEON Credit Card” campaign. The campaign offers a range of special privileges to AEON […]

Retail Asia24/01/2017
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State-owned PT Bank Negara Indonesia (BNI) will be launching Indonesia-Hong Kong Worker Card (KPIH), a multi-function card for Indonesian employees in Hong Kong. The Bank had previously launched Indonesia-Singapore Worker Card (KPIS) in November 2016. The dissemination and soft launching event of the card was carried out in the presence of 500 Indonesian migrant workers […]

Retail Asia08/12/2016
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Going digital is part of HSBC’s strategy as technology and mobility are changing how customers do banking. The customers will be given a discount for every Apple Pay transaction until Januar 15. HSBC Singapore is treating its HSBC Visa and MasterCard credit cardholders with Apple Pay, according to a statement sent on Monday. Customers using […]

Retail Asia06/12/2016
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MasterCard and CB Bank have announced their first payment product in the country – a prepaid travel card for locals called the CB Bank EASI Travel Prepaid MasterCard card. The reloadable prepaid card will be made available to Myanmar residents for when they travel outside of the country. It is the first such card product […]

Retail Asia01/12/2016
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Co-Operative Bank (CB Bank), a major commercial bank in the Republic of the Union of Myanmar (Myanmar), Myanmar Payment Union Public Co.,Ltd (MPU), and JCB International Co. Ltd. (JCBI), the international operations subsidiary of JCB Co., Ltd., today announced that CB Bank will start to issue JCB debit card in December 2016. The CB MPU-JCB […]

Retail Asia23/11/2016
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PT Bank Rakyat Indonesia (Persero) Tbk. (BRI) and PT JCB International Indonesia, a subsidiary of JCB International Co., Ltd., the international operations subsidiary of JCB Co., Ltd. (collectively “JCB”), today announced the launch of the BRI JCB Platinum Credit Card in the BRI JCB Indonesia Open 2016. The card will be ready in the market […]

Retail Asia23/11/2016
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Starbucks recently launched a mobile application in Indonesia to allow customers to pay for in-store purchases at the coffee marker’s more than 260 stores across the country. Building on the cashless payment system Starbucks Indonesia introduced in 2013 with Starbucks Card, the move is part of the broader plan to expand the company’s digital ecosystem. […]

Retail Asia15/10/2016
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JCB International Co., Ltd. (JCBI), the international operations subsidiary of JCB Co., Ltd. announced that Bank Saint Petersburg (BSPB), the leading bank in North-West Russia, started accepting JCB cards at POS terminals and ATMs. The bank network includes 7,100 POS terminals and 700 ATMs located not only in Saint Petersburg but also throughout the Leningrad […]

Retail Asia11/10/2016
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Now he will also be in charge of encouraging the implementation of digital payment technology. Previously based in Kuala Lumpur, Khan and his division will now be headquartered in Jakarta. Mastercard considers this a move towards recognition of Southeast Asia’s developing countries, whose economy has been predicted to be worth billions of dollars. The move was also triggered by […]

Retail Asia27/09/2016
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JCB International Co., Ltd. (JCBI), international operations subsidiary of JCB Co., Ltd., and Bank of Bhutan Ltd. (BOBL), the first and largest scale commercial bank in Bhutan, today announced that BOBL started accepting JCB cards at the bank’s merchants. Bhutan is popular destination for people in Asia Pacific. According to Tourism Council of Bhutan, over […]

Retail Asia01/06/2016
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CIMB Bank Bhd’s newly-launched Corporate Card Solutions is expected to gain significant growth momentum, given that it is a gamechanger in the market. In collaboration with MasterCard, the CIMB Corporate Card Solutions offers convenience, control and transparency for business operational expenditure, through its corporate card, purchasing card and virtual card solutions. “We are very excited […]

Retail Asia29/10/2015
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 Since the first Starbucks Card launched in 2001, designers have created hundreds of varieties of these collectible cards. One of this year’s new designs, available at participating Starbucks stores in Asia, is a Starbucks Card adorned with Swarovski crystals. The premium mini Starbucks Card – small enough to fit on your keyring – will be available […]


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