Payments Research

Nov

Did American Express just crack the code on China’s domestic clearing market?

China’s bank card market is large. Over 9 billion domestic payment cards will be in use by the end of 2018, a nearly 35% increase from the 6.7 billion in 2016. Even though the market is replete with card providers, the clearing business has been always dominated by the only…

Oct

Asia Payments Research

Singapore adopts new standardised national QR code – the final piece of the mobile wallet puzzle?

On September 18th 2018 the MAS launched the Singapore Quick Response Code (SGQR). Within the next year, 27 different mobile wallet providers including PayNow, NETS, GrabPay, Liquid Pay, and Singtel Dash will incorporate the new standardised code. The SGQR is the first of its kind globally and represents a significant…

Sep

China Payments Research

Alipay ups its security to prevent scams

During the Internet Security Summit in Beijing on August 21st, Ant Financial announced the official upgrade for the security control of its digital payment platform – Alipay. The more secured process is achieved through what is called a ‘Delayed Payment’ (DP) function.

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