Payments Research

Jan

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…

Jan

China Payments Research

China’s PBOC revokes yet another prepaid card company license

In January 2015, Chang-Go, one of the more successful prepaid card companies operating in China, was ordered by China’s Central Bank to stop operations. According to the bank, the company was not giving customers refunds in a full manner, misappropriated reserve deposits and even forged financial documents.

Dec

China Payments Research

How China’s mobile payment regulations fit into the broader strategy for the financial industry

On the 28th of December, China promulgated the next set of mobile payment regulations. Although some of the regulation was expected, how will the rest impact the mobile payment industry development in 2016?

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