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Tag: Mobile payments

Vietnam's currency is rich with zeros. Photo: iStock
Posted inOpinion

Time is right for Vietnam’s digital transformation

by Minh Ha Truong October 7, 2021October 7, 2021

It’s a bold vision for a digital future: Vietnam is aiming for its digital economy to account for 30% of GDP by 2030. To make this a reality, the government has embarked on an ambitious program for businesses to ramp up their digital transformation. The program will help enterprises, cooperatives and household businesses with their digital efforts […]

A mobile payment being made using the QR barcode system. Photo: Wikimedia Commons
Posted inOpinion

Pakistan joins race toward digital transformation

by Ahson Saeed January 22, 2021January 24, 2021
Posted inOpinion

European fintech must follow Asia’s lead

by Richard Ambrose September 9, 2020September 9, 2020
Posted inAT Finance, Singapore

Singapore imagines a brave new fintech future

by Nile Bowie November 15, 2019February 18, 2020
Photo: Reuters
Posted inChina, World

Why Chinese mobile payment apps have US banks terrified

by Asia Times staff May 24, 2018February 18, 2020
An Alipay logo is seen at a cashier in Shanghai on January 12, 2017.  Photo: Reuters/Ali Song
Posted inChina, World

China’s mobile payments skyrocket in 2017

by Asia Times staff February 21, 2018February 18, 2020
Jack Ma gave Alipay a miss when paying for his bill in a bar. Photo: iStock / Flickr
Posted inChina, Chongqing, Hong Kong, World

Alipay founder Jack Ma creates media stir by using credit card

by Ben Kwok January 14, 2018February 18, 2020
Mobile payment is said to be available for prostitution in China. Photo: iStock
Posted inBeijing, China, Hong Kong

Pro-China professor under fire for mobile payment remarks

by Ben Kwok November 7, 2017February 18, 2020
Turkcell Chairman of the Board of Directors Mr Ahmet Akça and Huawei Senior Vice President Mr Tian Feng in May. Photo: Business Wire
Posted inChina, Middle East, Turkey, World

Turkish market not out of woods yet, but big things are happening

by David P. Goldman October 17, 2017February 18, 2020
Source: Boston Consulting Group / Technode
Posted inChina, India, South Asia, World

Growing at breakneck pace, Chinese unicorns set to leave US counterparts in the dust

by Asia Unhedged September 21, 2017February 18, 2020
Advertisements for the mobile payment service Alipay of Alibaba Group are seen at a free market in Wenzhou city, east China's Zhejiang. Photo: AFP
Posted inChina

Volume of cashless payments in China up 32.3% YOY in Q2

by Asia Unhedged September 6, 2017February 18, 2020
A woman walks past the People's Bank of China (PBOC). Photo: Reuters/Jason Lee
Posted inChina

New policy to radically change Chinese mobile payment landscape

by Asia Unhedged August 12, 2017February 18, 2020
Logos of China UnionPay are seen on bank cards. Photo: Reuters/Barry Huang
Posted inChina

UnionPay struggles as Tencent and Alibaba dominate payments

by Asia Unhedged August 1, 2017February 18, 2020
Photo: dpa/Lukas Schulze
Posted inChina

Baidu, PayPal team up to battle Tencent, Alibaba

by Asia Unhedged July 28, 2017February 18, 2020
A man talks on his mobile phone while walking on a road in Kolkata, India. Photo: Reuters
Posted inUncategorized

Indian government asks local handset makers for cheap phones

by Ben Richardson January 9, 2017

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