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Retail Asia11/10/2022

It has been months since Hai Van last checked her purse, since she makes almost all payments by scanning QR codes with her phone. The media company in Hanoi’s Cau Giay District says: “Whether it is having breakfast and lunch at the office, making supermarket trips in the evening or hanging out with friends at […]

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Retail Asia02/08/2022

Some stores accept payment in cryptocurrency Pi but only partially and require buyers to pay mainly in cash. “I saw a post selling a used iPhone 11 and thought I could buy it with a dozen Pi tokens,” Thanh Son of HCMC said. But it turned out he could only pay 10 percent with Pi […]

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Retail Asia04/02/2022

The Swiss Bitcoin Association recommends the first technical standards for simplified payment verification (SPV) using digital currencies, eliminating the need to download entire the blockchain for transactions. Switzerland’s Bitcoin SV Technical Standards Committee today recommended its first digital currency standard for simplified payment verification (SPV), enabling transactions to occur without having to download the entire blockchain. This standardized […]

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Retail Asia26/01/2022

Samsung has announced the S3B512C security chip, its new fingerprint security chip developed in partnership with Mastercard, designed primarily for payment cards. According to the company, the chip is the ‘industry’s first all-in-one security chip solution’ and would be able to provide faster and safer interactions while making purchases. Because Samsung’s chip uses biometric authentication, the chip […]

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Retail Asia12/01/2022

The first of its kind, a law preventing app market operators—the likes of Apple and Google—from necessitating app developers to use specific payment systems were imposed by Korea’s National Assembly in September 2021. Today, on January 11, 2022, Apple has agreed to the regulation and will allow payment systems different from its own in the App Store. Apple […]

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Retail Asia01/12/2021

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The regional neighbors aim to boost cross-border collaborations that will strengthen Asean regional payments and provide financial inclusivity to Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs) and micro-small-to-medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs). The central banks of Singapore and the Philippines have signed an agreement at the World Fintech Festival Philippines to boost payments cooperation, which includes the linkage of the two countries’ […]

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Retail Asia30/11/2021

Singapore-based YouTrip aims to scale its product offerings, including venturing into the B2B payments space, and accelerate its expansion across Southeast Asia. YouTrip has raised $30 million in a Series A funding round driven by returning investors from major Asian family offices and prominent financial technology investors, bringing its total funding since launch to $60 million, […]

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Retail Asia07/10/2021

Antitrust investigations from the European Commission on tech giants such as Apple, Google, and Facebook have been going strong in the past couple of years, and tech giants have already faced fines from the EC on some dubbed ‘anticompetitive’ behaviors. Fines for anticompetitive behavior with Apple Pay and NFC against Apple are being finalized. The investigation has […]

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Retail Asia23/09/2021

The Singapore-based startup has secured one of the largest Series A funding rounds to date in the country, which will allow it to expand in Southeast Asia. Spenmo has announced a $34 million raise in a Series A investment round led by New York-based private equity and venture capital firm Insight Partners, according to a statement […]

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Retail Asia16/09/2021

The regional partnership will support thousands of merchants across Southeast Asia, as competition in the Buy Now Pay Later (BNPL) space heats up. Global payments platform 2C2P is partnering Buy Now Pay Later (BNPL) brand Atome, which will allow its network of online and offline merchants across the region to offer BNPL as an alternative […]

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Retail Asia25/08/2021

South Korea is likely to bar Google and Apple from requiring software developers to use their payment systems, effectively stopping them from charging commissions on in-app purchases, the first such curbs on the tech companies by a major economy. An amendment of the Telecommunications Business Act, dubbed the “Anti-Google law,” that takes aim at app […]

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Retail Asia24/06/2021

Bitcoin remains the most popular cryptocurrency playing a role as an investment vehicle and also a payment medium. However, scammers are exploring the payment aspect to defraud victims resulting in losses of millions of dollars. According to data compiled by cryptocurrency trading simulator Crypto Parrot, Australians lost an equivalent of AUD 26.65 million in scams […]

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Retail Asia16/06/2021

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The country’s finance regulator is banning licensed digital asset exchanges from trading meme coins, fan-based tokens, NFTs, and social coins as part of its ongoing regulatory action against crypto trading. The Thai Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is prohibiting exchanges in the country from providing services related to utility tokens or cryptocurrencies to ensure customer protection […]

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Retail Asia15/06/2021

Citi has hired a former partner from Ernst & Young to lead the upcoming launch of a new digital payment solution in the region. James Lloyd joins the treasury and trade solutions (TTS) unit as its Asia Pacific head of Spring by Citi – upcoming digital payments offering – according to an internal memo. In […]

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Retail Asia10/06/2021

By using Flypay, Coles customers will no longer need to enter their payment and delivery information separately when shopping at Coles group retailers online. Once customers set up their Flypay account, all they do is select ‘Flypay’ when completing the transaction. This new way to pay also includes the Flybuys reward card, so customers can […]

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Retail Asia24/02/2021

Afterpay the leader in “Buy Now, Pay Later,” today announced a partnership with Stripe, the technology company building economic infrastructure for the internet. The two companies are joining forces to offer Afterpay’s payment service to Stripe merchants through an easy and seamless integration. The partnership allows both new and existing Stripe merchants to easily offer Afterpay […]

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Retail Asia25/01/2021

The latest draft rules proposed by the People’s Bank of China signals even more regulatory tightening against the mainland fintech sector including the potential to even break up non-bank institutions deemed to hinder payment development. The People’s Bank of China (PBoC) proposed this week that it could advise the state council’s antitrust committee to take […]

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Retail Asia03/12/2020

VNPay has become the second unicorn startup in Vietnam and one of 12 companies in Southeast Asia with a valuation of $1 billion. The payment company was listed as a unicorn in the recent “e-Conomy SEA 2020” report by Google and its partners, alongside well known firms like Indonesia’s ride-hailing firm Gojek and Singapore’s e-commerce […]

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Retail Asia06/11/2020

Google Pay is pretty big in the US, and starting this week it will get even bigger. Currently, thousands of banks and financial institutions offer customers support for Google Pay, so the 89 names added this week will probably feel like a grain in the sand. The list of 89 banks that now support Google Pay […]

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Retail Asia04/11/2020

Statrys, a Hong Kong-based digital payment services platform, has recently accepted a USD $5M funding round to help kick off its newest products to a rapidly growing market. This round was led via a closed-door funding arrangement with an angel investor in the region with the expectation for Statrys to carve out market share in […]

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