China mobile payment gains fuelled by pandemic
Mobile payment transaction numbers in China grew in 2020 as people looked to reduce contact …
ByteDance steps into mobile payments
ByteDance launched a mobile payment service under the Chinese version of its TikTok brand, South …
Consortium swoops for TerraPay, pledges cash injection
A group of investors acquired payment infrastructure company TerraPay from Comviva for an undisclosed sum, …
T-Mobile extends money offer to Puerto Rico
T-Mobile US extended its mobile banking proposition to the Caribbean island of Puerto Rico, nine …
Payment start-up PalmPay expands to Nigeria
Payment start-up PalmPay launched in Nigeria, part of an ambitious goal to become the largest …
SoftBank mobile payments JV reaches 15M users
Japanese mobile payments company PayPay announced its user base has reached 15 million registered accounts, …
China plots regulation for biometric payments
Chinese authorities planned a crackdown on the use of facial recognition to authorise payments, as …
Fraudsters exploit 7Pay security hole
Criminals raided JPY55 million ($506,201) from the bank accounts of consumers using 7Pay, the Japanese …
Docomo Digital looks to localise as it goes global
INTERVIEW: Filippo Giachi, MD for Asia Pacific at Docomo Digital (pictured), the mobile payment arm …
Mobile payment user numbers surge in China
More than 580 million people made at least one mobile payment in China during 2018, …
