Cards & Payments

Chart of the Week: Check out mobile wallet adoption across Asia

The value of non-cash transactions in China hit 50% in 2016.

Chart of the Week: Check out mobile wallet adoption across Asia

The value of non-cash transactions in China hit 50% in 2016.

HSBC to lift PayMe e-wallet top-up limit

The move aims to ease individual money transfer and purchases.

NETSPay integrates OCBC and UOB cards

Users can now make NETS payments via their mobile phones.

E-wallets to snap up 6% of Philippine payments by 2022

However, the country is still miles behind China and India.

Vietnam banks speed up transition to chip cards

The shift from magnetic is expected to provide better cardholder protection.

OCBC ties up with telco firm Starhub to develop loyalty programme

Consumers will be able to exchange, consolidate, and redeem loyalty reward points across industries.

Ten Chinese banks onboard SWIFT gpi for faster cross-border payments

Three of the country’s Big 4 lenders are already live on the payments initiative.

Chinese banks thrive on mobile payments as millennials drive cashless push

Lenders handled a whopping $11.1t in mobile payments in the first quarter alone.

Chart of the Week: Singapore banks bear the burden of growing credit card debt

Bad credit card debt that was "written-off" jumped 16% to $20.74m in March.

HSBC integrates personal information vault into credit card application process

Applicants won’t need to provide supporting documents anymore.

MUFG to roll out blockchain-powered payments platform

The platform can process a million transactions per second.

Alternative payment providers position for growth in Indonesia

When it comes to growth opportunities for digital payments, Indonesia is in a league of its own. The prospect of tens of millions of new digital...

China's payment giants try to conquer Asia's banking scene

Alipay's aggresive Southeast Asian foray is making banks nervous.

Maybank joins GrabPay mobile wallet platform

Users will be able to use their e-wallets at Maybank’s key merchants.

Bank of China Singapore ties up with online retailer to launch co-brand credit card

The partnership means that cardholders can enjoy up to 20% rebate on Qoo10 spend.

New Zealand's ASB enables contactless purchases via smartwatch

A partnership with wearable firm Garmin is set to provide on-the-go customers with the digital option.

Citi links credit card to Apple Pay's system

The service was launched in Singapore, Australia and Hong Kong and will be rolled out to Taiwan later this year.