Visa and Tencent partnered to launch a pay-by-palm solution, first in Singapore and then in other markets. The collaboration brings together Tencent’s palm recognition technology...
PayPay, a QR payments operator in Japan, is expanding its partnership with Alipay+ to widen its merchant coverage network across Japan. More than 3 million...
Mastercard debuted a service that lets consumers make card-based payments via local digital wallets. With Pay Local, Mastercard cardholders link their credit or debit cards...
Mastercard launched a new card-based bill-pay solution for merchants, acquirers, payment facilitators and payment service providers. The new Bill Qkr is live and available globally,...
HungryPanda raised $55 million to help expand its Asian food delivery service in the United States. The refinancing and fundraise will help the company “explore...
Visa and the Korea Trade-Investment Promotion Agency (KOTRA) have partnered to launch a card payment platform for trade settlements in South Korea. The new Global Trade...
Global investment organization EQT plans to acquire PropertyGuru Group Limited, a PropTech company operating in Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand and Vietnam. The companies entered into an...
Axis Bank has partnered with Visa to launch an “ultra-premium” credit card in India. The new card, Primus, will be offered by invitation only and will...
Apple has reportedly cut the prices of iPhones in India after the country reduced its basic customs duty on mobile phones. This is the first time...