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Retail Asia05/03/2021
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Samsung and Mastercard have partnered up to develop a fingerprint-authenticated payment card. Yes, we’re talking about an actual, physical card with a built-in fingerprint scanner. This innovation will increase the security of contactless payments and give users another layer of safety – while looking pretty darn cool. The card will work with every in-store (POS) […]

Retail Asia06/12/2018
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Visa, the world’s leader in digital payments, has today launched its Future of Security Roadmap for Thailand, outlining a robust approach for strengthening payments security in the country over the next 3 years. Visa’s Roadmap focuses on a number of key initiatives which will enable security to evolve at the same pace as the technologies changing […]

Retail Asia12/04/2018
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New Zealand retail spending on electronic cards rebounded in March on the back of increased grocery and liquor spending. Seasonally adjusted total retail spending on credit and debit cards increased 1 per cent in March, Statistics New Zealand. Economists had expected a lift of 0.5 per cent, according to a Bloomberg poll. Core retail spending, […]

Retail Asia07/12/2016
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Credit-card use in Singapore is set to fall by 40 per cent in less than five years, according to new research from global payment company Worldpay. For its Global Payments Report 2016, Worldpay analysed 30 eCommerce markets including Australia, China, Hong Kong, India, Malaysia, Singapore, South Korea and Taiwan. For Singapore, Worldpay found that although […]

Retail Asia28/06/2016
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Mr. Suripong Tantiyanon (second from left), Visa Country Manager, Thailand and Mr. Wiboon Nimitrwanich (second from right), Executive Director, Tourism Investment Department, Tourism Authority of Thailand presided over the launch of the Amazing Thailand Grand Sale 2016 campaign. More than 15,000 shops in 110 department stores and shopping centres in seven major tourist destinations of […]

Retail Asia24/05/2016
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JCB International Co., Ltd, (JCBI) the international operations subsidiary of JCB Co., Ltd., and Network For Electronic Transfers (Singapore) Pte Ltd (NETS) today announced a new partnership to accept JCB cards in Singapore. Receiving an average of 15 million visitors annually and with Singapore Changi Airport operating as a regional aviation hub for over 100 […]

Retail Asia11/05/2016
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Online fraud is expected to reach $25.6 billion in value by 2020, up from $107.7 billion last year, according to new research. This means that by the end of the decade, $4 in every $1000 of online payments will be fraudulent, says a new study from UK company Juniper Research. Online Payment Fraud: Key Vertical […]

Retail Asia05/04/2016
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HSBC Holdings Plc winning approval to start a credit-card business in China’s $1 trillion market offers Chief Executive Officer Stuart Gulliver added flexibility in his push into the nation’s retail banking and wealth-management industries. The approval from Chinese authorities came as HSBC ended a card venture with Bank of Communications Co., the bank’s Asia-Pacific head […]

Retail Asia30/07/2015
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MasterCard has just launched yet another prepaid card in Myanmar, this time with Myanma Apex Bank Limited (MAB Bank). Its launch comes exactly three years on from the lifting of sanctions in Myanmar and affirms MasterCard’s commitment to  provide safer and easier ways for Myanmar residents to pay for their travels. The new prepaid card is also […]

Retail Asia03/06/2015
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Luxurious division retailer Nordstrom has agreed to promote its bank card portfolio to Canada’s Toronto-Dominion Financial institution. The deal covers Nordstrom’s branded Visa bank card and personal label bank card portfolios within the US. The financial institution may even grow to be Nordstrom’s unique shopper credit score companion. Toronto-Dominion Financial institution is Canada’s second-largest lender […]


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