Asia Pacific

Mobile Wallet Provider Citcon Adds 100+ New Payment Methods
Mobile Wallet Provider Citcon Adds 100+ New Payment Methods
March 18, 2021  |  Payment Methods

CITCON, a mobile wallet company, has added the most popular mobile wallets and local payment methods in Latin America (LATAM) and Asia Pacific (APAC) on...

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Lightspeed To Acquire Retail Management Software Company Vend
Lightspeed To Acquire Retail Management Software Company Vend
March 11, 2021  |  Partnerships / Acquisitions

Cloud-based omnichannel commerce provider Lightspeed will be acquiring Vend, a cloud-based retail management software company, according to a press release. “Lightspeed will acquire Vend for...

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Today In B2B: Mastercard Collaborates With SAP Concur; E2open Goes Public
Today In B2B: Mastercard Collaborates With SAP Concur; E2open Goes Public
February 08, 2021  |  B2B Payments

Today in B2B payments, Mastercard collaborates with SAP Concur in the Asia-Pacific region, while the U.S.’s “Buy American” procurement strategy raises questions. Plus, the U.K....

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Mastercard, SAP Concur Team On APAC Expense, Invoice Management
Mastercard, SAP Concur Team On APAC Expense, Invoice Management
February 07, 2021  |  B2B Payments

Payments heavyweight Mastercard and longtime expense management player SAP Concur are jointly offering an expense and payments management package to companies operating in the Asia-Pacific...

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Helping APAC Merchants Manage The Risk And Reward Of Mobile Wallet Acceptance
Helping APAC Merchants Manage The Risk And Reward Of Mobile Wallet Acceptance
September 24, 2020  |  Mobile Wallets

In the great digital shift, the mobile device is the point of sale — especially in Asia’s fast-growing markets. In a Masterclass interview with PYMNTS,...

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Global Remittances May Fall By $109B In 2020
Global Remittances May Fall By $109B In 2020
August 03, 2020  |  Cross-border Payments

If it takes a year to contain the COVID-19 pandemic and reopen economies, global payments could fall by as much as $108.6 billion this year,...

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Bitcoin Daily: US DOJ Wants To Hire Crypto Lawyer To Fight Cybercrimes; Centra Tech Co-Founder Pleads In ICO Fraud Case
Bitcoin Daily: US DOJ Wants To Hire Crypto Lawyer To Fight Cybercrimes; Centra Tech Co-Founder...
July 20, 2020  |  Bitcoin

Sohrab Sharma, the third co-founder of Centra Tech, has pled guilty to an initial coin offering fraud, according to CoinDesk. Sharma’s confession confirms that he,...

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Mastercard, EedenBull Extend Into Asia Pacific
Mastercard, EedenBull Extend Into Asia Pacific
June 29, 2020  |  Mastercard

Mastercard and Norwegian financial technology (FinTech) company EedenBull have agreed to expand their partnership to the Asia Pacific region, the firms announced Monday (June 29)....

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Mastercard Expands Global Commitment To Connect 1B People 
Mastercard Expands Global Commitment To Connect 1B People 
May 11, 2020  |  Mastercard

As the coronavirus pandemic continues to disrupt worldwide economies and everyday life, Mastercard vows to connect 1 billion people and 50 million micro-businesses to the...

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