mobile payment

Retail Asia19/05/2016

Online payment gateway provider iPay88 has seen a sharp rise in mobile traffic with its total online payment transactions representing close to 70% of the Malaysian market. Chan Kok Long, executive director of iPay88 said this was refelctive of the growth of mCommerce in the market. In year 2015, iPay88 recorded that 3.7 million online […]

Retail Asia09/05/2016

Vodafone has announced that its M-Pesa mobile money service now has more than 25 million active customers. Across the M-Pesa footprint in Africa, Asia and Europe, active M-Pesa customers increased by 27.1% to 25.4 million for the 12 months ending in March. Vodafone offers M-Pesa in 11 countries, having most recently launched in Albania and […]

Retail Asia22/04/2016

Singapore’s StarHub has introduced the ability for its customers to use Apple Pay for secure mobile payments. When customers use a credit or debit card with Apple Pay, the actual card numbers are not stored on the device, nor on Apple servers. Instead, a unique Device Account Number is assigned, encrypted and securely stored in the […]

Retail Asia29/03/2016

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It’s likely only a matter of time before mobile payment apps become more popular among consumers, and there are some people very excited: restaurant waitstaff and bartenders. Both mobile payment app providers and restaurants have noticed an uptick in tips if consumers use their smartphones to make payments for food and drinks. Customers may need […]

Retail Asia25/03/2016

Mobile money interoperability in the Philippines took a step forward with the successful integration of the digital payments mobile app of PLDT and Smart Communications’ Paymaya Philippines with Globe Telecom’s mobile money service GCash. The interoperability agreement is part of an initiative of the GSM Association (GSMA) and the Philippine Central Bank in making mobile […]

Retail Asia16/02/2016

Black Friday, the day after the Thanksgiving holiday in the US (celebrated on the fourth Thursday in November), and Cyber Monday, the first Monday after Thanksgiving, mark the start of the year-end holiday shopping season. Figures from the United States National Retail Federation shows that over 151 million consumers made purchases online and in physical […]

Retail Asia09/07/2015

Samsung has launched a short, live beta test of its new mobile payment service. Samsung Pay, developed by Samsung Electronics, will soon be launched in its home market soon as a beta service for a 36 day trial period. Samsung Card says it will recruit beta testers for Samsung Pay until July 10. The testers […]

Retail Asia06/07/2015

South Korean heavyweights ranging from Internet to retail to tech companies are all paying keen attention to preoccupy the mobile payment system market, which hasn’t yet taken off. Since Daum Kakao first ignited the competition by rolling out its mobile payment Kakao Pay last year with its 4 million subscribers. Korea’s largest portal operator Naver […]

Tag: mobile payment

The rise of mCommerce in Malaysia

Vodafone’s M-Pesa surpasses 25m active users

Singapore’s StarHub adds support for Apple Pay

Seems customers leave bigger tips if they use mobile payment apps

Philippines’ mobile wallet providers announce interoperability

Cross-border deals, connected shoppers, and mobile payments

Samsung tests mobile payment service

Who will dominate Korea’s mobile payment market?