As digital money grows in popularity, banks and credit card companies are facing increased competition from technology companies…
Mobile Payment
Stay informed on Hong Kong fintech mobile payment news, covering the rise of digital wallets and mobile transactions in the region’s fintech ecosystem.
LINE Pay Corporation, operator of the LINE Pay mobile money transfer and payment service available on the LINE…
In July, Tencent’s super-app WeChat ran a trial that enabled passengers of two Spring Airlines flights between Shanghai…
New data from Juniper Research has found that the volume of domestic money transfers via mobiles will exceed 203…
Octopus cards will soon be usable virtually via an iPhone, according to the city’s e-payments giant. With the…
South Koreans are increasingly going cashless as more people turn to e-wallets in South Korea for both online…
Xero, the global small business platform announced a partnership with Stripe to develop new innovations that help small…
In his recently published e-book, George Harrap co-founder of Hong Kong based blockchain remittance startup Bitspark, pointed fingers…
Hong Kong is expected to see a boost in fintech activity after a relatively disappointing year in 2018…
In their quarterly results announcement, Tencent revealed that its fintech and cloud services generated RMB21.8 billion (US$ 3.1…
WeChat Pay, one of China’s most popular e-wallet providers, has just updated its payment policy to ban cryptocurrency…
While Sweden is trialling inserting microchips into its citizens as a new way to pay, China is opting…
TNG Fintech Group has just teamed up with Visa to launch TNG Wallet-integrated solutions into six markets across…
HSBC’s PayMe announced the launch of a beta test programme for PayMe for Business, a new person-to-merchant (P2M)…
Apple Pay have emerged as the most popular mobile wallet in Hong Kong with about 29% of residents…
Mobile payments is rapidly becoming a dynamic market in Japan as the government pushes to increase cashless payments…
With the Chinese New Year (CNY) period fast approaching, outbound travel from China is expected to see strong…
70% of Hongkongers said they have never paid for something using their smartphone, revealed a survey conducted by…
Geoswift, UnionPay International and Western Union have recently offered a joint tuition payment promotion available to Chinese students…
According to the World Payments Report 2018 produced by Capgemini and BNP Paribas, global non-cash transaction volumes grew…