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Mar

China’s mobile giant Huawei teams up with Bank of China on E-wallet payment

China’s mobile giant Huawei held a signing ceremony in Huawei’s Shenzhen headquarters with Bank of China to co-develop next mobile based payment system Huawei Pay. This announcement was just released after Apple Pay and Samsung Pay claimed to make its entry in to China.

Mar

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How UnionPay pushes its foreign cardholders to use their cards online

Although UnionPay is known for its control of the domestic Chinese payment market, it also has over 50 million cards issued overseas. So in other words, a China UnionPay branded card issued by a foreign bank in a foreign country and a foreign currency. In its international push, UnionPay would…

Mar

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Is Meituan a payments provider without a license?

Recently a lawyer in China caused a stir in the payments industry by filing a complaint with the People’s Bank of China (PBOC) on Meituan, China’s major O2O platform which is worth tens of USD billions. The complaint alleged that Meituan is engaged in payment settlement without having a required…

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