QR code payments

It showed the fastest growth amongst six Southeast Asian markets.

It supports payments from China’s Alipay and UnionPay and four other markets.

Chinese users can use their UnionPay app, Alipay, and banking pps.

Borderless QR lets tourists pay in home wallets with local settlement.

Customers will see rates in real-time before making a transaction.

Users can receive packages from Pos Malaysia with cashless payments.

It will connect to mada, Saudi Arabia’s national payment scheme.

Koreans using the Paybooc app can now make QR payments in the country.

Increasing use of QR and NFCC payments are supporting this growth.

Bakong system users can pay using JPQR, and Japanese users can eventually pay through the KHQR.

Ant Group said that it is investing CNY10b to grow the Alipay Tap! ecosystem.

Standardisation of national QR schemes and Apple’s NFC are key factors that will influence this space.

Both parties also reaffirmed their commitment to connect retail payments using QR codes.

It also partnered with QR payment providers across the region for cross-border payments.Visa has introduced several new products and services aimed at enhancing payment flexibility and security in Asia Pacific.

Ten mobile wallets and bank apps can now pay using NEPALPAY QR.

BillEase customers can now pay at over 600,000 QRPh-accepting merchants.