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Retail Asia24/01/2019

Recently, Australia fintech company AirPay Financial Technologies announced its regional collaboration with China leading mobile payment technology company SwiftPass to form a new lifestyle brand “AirPass”. Connecting Australian merchants directly with Chinese consumers, AirPass lets local retailers accept WeChat Pay and Alipay both online and offline, as well as reach overseas markets to make the […]

Retail Asia31/12/2018

Chow Tai Fook Jewellery Group has signed a memorandum of understanding with Chinese online platform Tencent to allow jewellery purchases using WeChat Pay. In a move to promote “seamless cross-border intelligent consumption”, the agreement allows Hong Kong WeChat users to use the platform’s digital payment solution to make purchases at specified Chow Tai Fook jewellery […]

Retail Asia27/12/2018

Nuwemaru Street in Yeon-dong, Jeju City, was known as Baojian street until it was renamed in April. The street had been called Baojian from 2011 when the Chinese pharmaceutical company of the same name sent 12,000 employees to the southern tourist island as a reward. Despite the sharp drop of visitors since 2017 – when […]

Retail Asia19/11/2018

Gaming and chat specialist Tencent has reported a strong third-quarter profit despite ongoing issues with Mainland China regulatory authorities over its gaming software. Tencent’s share price has fallen by about one third this year, shedding US$165 billion off its value, although last year its share price doubled. In September the company announced a restructuring program […]

Retail Asia26/10/2018

Customers of 7-Eleven, Cold Storage and Guardian stores in Singapore will soon be able to pay for purchases using WeChat Pay. The owner of the two retail chains, Dairy Farm Group, has worked with NETS to enable visitors from China and Chinese nationals based in Singapore to use the service from November 1. WeChat Pay […]

Retail Asia02/10/2018

Mobile payment platform WeChat Pay has announced its first mall partner in Singapore. WeChat Pay is rolling out cashless payment services across retail and F&B outlets in the popular Bugis Junction and Bugis+ malls, centrally located in Singapore’s Civic and Cultural District. GM Ivy Ang said the malls are particularly popular with young Chinese tourists. […]

Retail Asia13/07/2018

Centara Hotels & Resorts, Thailand’s leading hotel operator, has announced that it is now accepting WeChat Pay transactions on its websites for online room reservations. This is in addition to the 15 hotels that already deploy nearly 100 EDC devices for QR code scanning on WeChat Pay, making it the largest hotel group in Thailand […]

Retail Asia28/05/2018

Bui Mai Phuong is an avid online shopper, ordering anything from clothing to personal-care products from her smartphone. But she prefers to pay with cash. She is among hundreds of millions of people whom firms such as Softbank Group-backed Grab and China’s Tencent want to win over as they try to tap into Southeast Asia’s […]

Retail Asia21/02/2018

WeChat Pay, a popular mobile payment method among Chinese consumers, will be available in several European airport retail destinations, as part of the travel retail industry’s attempts to appeal to large visitor numbers from China. Lagardère Travel Retail, which operates retail, foodservice, and duty-free premises at airports around the globe, has first launched the payment […]

Retail Asia19/02/2018

Chinese tourists are helping drive the growth of cashless payments using Tencent’s WeChat in the Philippines, according to its Filipino partner, Asia United Bank. Chinese tourist arrivals are projected to hit 1 million. Staying in the country for 8 days on average, WeChat Pay in the Philippines can generate up to P48 billion in revenue, […]

Retail Asia07/02/2018

Tencent’s WeChat Pay is now linking to non-Chinese credit cards for mobile payments. This means expats in China and foreign residents of Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan can now bind and activate WeChat Pay accounts with credit-card services provided by JCB, MasterCard and Visa. Tencent says it is the first time WeChat Pay users do […]

Retail Asia29/11/2017

China’s unmanned convenience-store brand BingoBox plans to introduce its cashierless concept to Hong Kong next year, targeting neighbourhoods and suburbs. “With unmanned stores the labour cost is eliminated, making them far more cost-effective, even in expensive cities like Hong Kong,” says BingoBox chief executive Chen Zilin. South Korea already has an unmanned 7-Eleven outlet, termed […]

Retail Asia24/11/2017

In the middle of London’s Camden Market, a trader from China hands red-bean cakes to a group of tourists from Sweden, as tattooed locals dressed in black leather weave their way between food stalls cooking up dishes including barbecued meat and fish and chips. The market, which has been at the heart of London’s punk […]

Retail Asia11/07/2017

Silicon Valley startup Stripe has partnered with digital payment providers Alipay and WeChat Pay to enable merchants using its platform globally to accept payments from hundreds of millions of Chinese consumers. Starting Sunday, the partnerships will allow online merchants using Stripe to integrate the ability for Chinese users to pay with Alipay and WeChat Pay on their websites, the […]

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AirPass helps Aussie retailers woo Chinese shoppers

Chow Tai Fook Jewellery Group, WeChat signed agreement deal

Chinese QR payments booming

Tencent finished Q3 with strong result despite regulation

WeChat Pay to be ready in 7-Eleven, Guardian Singapore

WeChat Pay embarks on first mall partnership in Singapore

Centara Makes Life Easier for Chinese Travelers by Accepting WeChat Pay for Online Bookings

Mobile payment firms struggle to dethrone cash in Southeast Asia

WeChat Pay available at European airport retailers

Chinese tourists drive WeChat Pay growth in Philippines

WeChat Pay Now Links to Non-Chinese Cards

BingoBox to bring unmanned stores to Hong Kong

Digital wallet WeChat Pay launches in UK

Stripe strikes global partnerships with China’s Alipay, WeChat Pay