Citcon eyes European Alipay, WeChat Pay opportunity

US-based Citcon, which provides retail platforms enabling payments to be made using major Chinese mobile …

Wallet providers ink European interoperability pact

Seven mobile wallet providers agreed a collaboration to develop and promote a payment interoperability network …

Nepal blocks dominant Chinese payment players

Nepal slapped a ban on the use of Chinese mobile payment platforms WeChat Pay and …

Alipay gains traction in Japan

Alipay announced users can access its payments service at more than 300,000 merchants in Japan, …

Mobile payment user numbers surge in China

More than 580 million people made at least one mobile payment in China during 2018, …

Apple looks to loans to boost iPhone in China

Apple teamed with payment giant Alipay to offer consumers in China interest-free financing for its …

Telenor bank launches blockchain remittances

Telenor Microfinance Bank (TMB) revealed it will offer remittances between Pakistan and Malaysia using blockchain …

China clamps down on retailers refusing cash

China’s central bank executed a nationwide campaign against retailers refusing to take physical cash during …

AlipayHK to launch m-payment at HK train stations

Hong Kong’s MTR Corp awarded a contract to AlipayHK, the local mobile payment unit of …

Ant Financial underlines global goal with UEFA deal

Ant Financial signed a sponsorship deal with European football authority UEFA, as the China-based payments …