Payments Research

Oct

Swatch moves into payment-enabled smartwatches with a NFC watch

Earlier this week at The Swatch Art Peace Hotel on the Shanghai Bund, Swatch launched a new smartwatch called the Swatch Bellamy. The Swiss based company announced that it is teaming up with China UnionPay and the Bank of Communications to allow the device to be used for mobile payments…

Sep

Asia Payments Research

Facing dampened consumer spending and low investor sentiment, Alibaba and JD.com seek to grow E-Commerce through rural consumption

Delivery of online orders to the rural parts of China is becoming more prevalent now that rural consumers’ wealth increases and they gain access to internet connected devices. But how will delivery teams navigate the challenging tight pathways, rice paddies and unmarked housing to make successful deliveries?

Sep

China Payments Research

Tencent expands WeChat payment services overseas to capitalise on the growing mobile payments industry

As mobile payments become increasingly abundant among global transactions and an increasing preference for mobile payments amongst Chinese consumers continues to develop both in China and overseas, it was only a matter of time for which mobile payment platform providers would see the opportunity to capitalize on the growing overseas…

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