Asia Payments Research

Feb

Samsung Pay extends its global presence to allow South Koreans to make mobile payments in China and the US

The global payments market has seen a variety of challenges that have restricted payment systems from either successfully expanding overseas or gaining significant market share. Samsung Pay seems to have maneuvered itself around many of the challenges that overseas expansion brings, and has taken steps to increase its global merchant…

Jan

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The Perfect Partnership? India’s Paytm and Alibaba’s cloud computing arm enter into a commercial agreement

Many commercial partnerships result in a broader pool of knowledge, increased resources and the prospect for rapid market growth. This is certainly the case for India’s largest payment startup Paytm and Alibaba’s cloud computing division Aliyun who have just signed an agreement that should be a tremendous opportunity for both…

Nov

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Tencent’s WeChat Pay ramps up international expansion; will directly challenge western incumbents

In a world where everything seems to be made in China there are still markets where China is no where to be found, but Western companies still dominate. One of those is the cashless payments market, with giant companies such as Visa, MasterCard and American Express owning the market for…

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