Payments
Using Payment Data to Increase E-Commerce Revenue
If extracted effectively and used properly, payment data hold immense value, allowing businesses to make smarter decisions to optimize authorization rates and increase revenue, according to a whitepaper by payment fintech Checkout.com. The paper, titled Optimizing authorization rates with access
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Mox Card Now Allows Users to Flip Between Debit and Credit Spending
Hong Kong virtual bank Mox and Mastercard announced a smart new feature called “Flip” on the all-in-one numberless Mox Card which enables customers to flip freely between spending on their debit and credit accounts. The virtual bank had previously rolled
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Livi Bank First in Hong Kong to Roll Out Mastercard’s Tokenised Payments
Hong Kong virtual bank livi announced an expansion of its collaboration with Mastercard as it became the first bank in Hong Kong to launch Mastercard Token Connect. This is a payment innovation that integrates tokenisation technology with livi’s debit card
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WeLab Bank Now Supports Apple Pay for Safe and Secure Transactions
WeLab Bank, a homegrown virtual bank authorised by the Hong Kong Monetary Authority, has integrated the use of Apple Pay into its platform. Apple Pay is a safe, secure and private way to pay that helps customers avoid handing their
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Airwallex Launches Online Card Payment Acceptance Solution in Hong Kong
Airwallex, a cross border payment company, announced the launch of its online card payment acceptance solution in Hong Kong, allowing local merchants to accept online card payments made around the world using Visa and Mastercard. As a principal member of
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Livi Bank Hops on the BNPL Bandwagon With the Launch of Livi PayLater
livi bank, one of Hong Kong’s eight virtual banks, has introduced a new Buy Now, Pay Later (BNPL) solution with the launch of livi PayLater that offers an instant instalment service with a virtual Mastercard debit card. The livi PayLater
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Payoneer Ties up With eBay for E-Commerce Deal in China
Payoneer, the global payment and commerce-enabling platform, announced that it is collaborating with eBay to manage payouts for sellers in select countries including China on the latter’s core marketplace. eBay has teamed up with Payoneer to modernise its marketplace, remove
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HKMA Partners Bank of Japan to Unveil Cross-Border Delivery-Versus-Payment Link
The Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) announced the launch of the delivery-versus-payment (DvP) link for cross-currency securities transactions between the Hong Kong dollar (HKD) CHATS and the Bank of Japan Financial Network System for Japanese Government Bond (BOJ-NET JGB) Services.
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Accuity: Four Digital Payment Trends in 2021 for Banks and Payment Service Providers
We are experiencing more change in the payments space than we have over the past thirty years. This is an exciting time to be involved in payments. As we begin 2021, Accuity’s payments specialists look ahead to identify four digital payment
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Payoneer vs Wise – Which International Payment Solution Is For You?
If you are selling internationally then you need a method of accepting and making payments that works and doesn’t cost the earth. There are so many difficulties in accepting cross-border payments that getting it right is super-important. Having an efficient
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