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Retail Asia25/10/2021

Starbucks has been the subject of growing speculation as a number of Korean banks express their concerns over the US coffeehouse chain’s potential move into the competitive financial services industry. The global chain itself has not announced its plans to edge into financial services, but the booming success of the company’s prepaid gift card and […]

Retail Asia21/03/2019

Telenor Myanmar has expanded its unlimited international data roaming service to Malaysia and Singapore, one month after the launch of the new service in Thailand. The company’s non-stop data roaming pack offers unlimited data in the three international markets for total fees of 999 kyats ($0.65) for three days of service. Speeds are uncapped for the […]

Retail Asia01/12/2016

Thailand’s National Broadcasting and Telecommunications Commission (NBTC) has revealed plans to require all mobile operators to introduce an online fingerprint ID system for prepaid and postpaid mobile SIM registrations. The regulator has given a tentative deadline of February for operators to support mandatory fingerprint ID registration. NBTC officials told the publication that the system is […]

Retail Asia30/11/2016

The Indian government has made a special exception to temporarily allow demonetized 500 rupee notes for the purchase of prepaid top ups in response to a sharp decline in purchases. The government enacted legislation earlier this month to declare the use of 500 rupee and 1000 rupee banknotes invalid as part of a crackdown on […]

Retail Asia17/11/2016

For the first time, cash is no longer king in India’s online shopping scene. In a post-Diwali media release, India’s online marketplace Snapdeal reported that customers across India were willing to pay at the time of making the purchase instead of opting for cash on delivery. “This was in part driven by Snapdeal’s partnerships with […]

Retail Asia14/07/2016

ISP and MVNO Internet Initiative Japan (IIJ) has arranged to sell a prepaid SIM card for Taiwanese visitors planning to visit Japan at all Taiwan 7-Eleven locations. The ready-to-use, data only Japan Travel SIM offers 1GB of data for 30 days for TW$780 ($24), with additional data packs purchasable at select locations in Japan. The […]

Retail Asia10/06/2016

Thailand’s Dtac has announced a major prepaid brand revamp and introduced new promotional tariff plans as part of efforts to attract at least 1 million digital consumers to its prepaid subscriber base. As part of the revamp, Dtac will replace its Happy prepaid brand as it moves to bring all its prepaid brands under the […]

Retail Asia25/05/2016

Thailand’s AIS has launched the nation’s first prepaid fixed broadband service, introducing a 15Mbps speed plan for a 500 baht ($14) monthly top-up fee. AIS has set a target of becoming Thailand’s second largest broadband player by 2019, citing comments from a senior executive at the company. The operator launched commercial fixed broadband services in April […]

Retail Asia25/03/2016

India’s Bharti Airtel has introduced an innovative new service allowing post-paid business customers to top up their data allocations with prepaid credit. The operator will allow customers to recharge their accounts through retail or online credit purchases or mobile wallets. The new Prepaid on Postpaid feature has been introduced to give business customers more flexibility […]

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Starbucks Korea faces probe over US$153 million in prepaid card takings

Telenor Myanmar extends non-stop roaming to Malaysia, Singapore

Thailand to adopt fingerprint registration for SIMs

India grants demonetization exemption for prepaid credit

Prepaid purchases gaining traction in India

IIJ to sell prepaid data roaming SIMs in Taiwan

Dtac plans major prepaid brand revamp

Thailand’s AIS launches prepaid broadband

Airtel to allow prepaid data top-ups for postpaid plans