Cards & Payments
DoCoMo, MasterCard announce e-commerce alliance
DoCoMo, MasterCard announce e-commerce alliance
NTT DoCoMo has partnered with MasterCard Worldwide to enable its smartphone users to make contactless electronic payments in other countries.
Krung Thai Cards prioritizes Laos in regional expansion
Krung Thai Card will expand its business into neighbouring countries next year.
Low loan demand has Vietnam banks turning to credit cards
Vietnamese banks are focusing at smaller sources of income such as credit card service fees and interest rates on card payments due to sluggish...
Indonesia's Bank Permata offers supermarket credit card
Bank Permata introduced a co-branded credit card with Hero Supermarket, which provides shopping benefits to holders of the card.
Indonesia's Bank Mandiri to sell airline tickets
Bank Mandiri will sell AirAsia airline tickets through its credit cards.
Card-free ATMs now used in Japan
A regional bank in Gifu Prefecture now allows customers to withdraw cash, make deposits and check account balances through simple palm scans.
Thailand's BAY offers alternative to card readers
Bank of Ayudhya has launched a mobile credit-card-payment service for small merchants that does away from using expensive card readers.
Korean banks fight new mobile phone scam
Korean banks are intensifying its warnings to customers about a new kind of financial fraud via mobile text messages.
Thailand's KBank targets better-paying credit card users
Kasikornbank is pushing for more credit cards transactions for revolving credit, aiming to raise their proportion 55 to 60 percent in two years.
Chinese stores urge for less bank card-swipe fees
The China Chain Store and Franchise Association urged the government to cut bank card-swipe fees charged to merchants.
China UnionPay expands business in Nepal
China UnionPay cards will now be accepted in by all automatic teller machines and point-of-sales machines owned by Nepal's Himalayan Bank.
CIMB expands SE Asian ATM Link
CIMB Thai's ATM network will be linked to CIMB in the Philippines, the sixth country of the CIMB ATM Regional Link.
SBI Cards plans to double its credit card base by March 2015
SBI Cards aims to more than double its credit cards in circulation over the next three years.
Foreign inflows positive for Sri Lanka: central bank
Sri Lanka's Central Bank reported that foreign inflows including workers' remittances continued to hold up.
Bank Mandiri, Merpati Airlines team up on credit cards
Mandiri credit card holders will be able to buy three Merpati tickets for the price of two at the airline’s sales office in a promotion that will...
India's HDFC Bank launches 10,000th ATM
HDFC Bank launched its 10,000th ATM in India near Ajmer Sharif Dargah, a sacred shrine revered by people of all faith.
Pakistan Post offers electronic money order service
Pakistan Post has launched an Electronic Money Order service at seventeen centres in ten districts of the country.
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