Cards & Payments
Stanchart provides debit card for Malaysia's SMEs
Stanchart provides debit card for Malaysia's SMEs
Standard Chartered Bank Malaysia is now offering a business debit card for SMEs in Malaysia. Through the launch of the SME Business Debit Card, the...
Vietcombank now accepts insurance premiums online from Liberty customers
Liberty Insurance's customers can now pay their insurance premium online by registering for Vietcombank's internet banking service.
Citibank to utilize JCB credit cards in 9 Asian countries
Citi will add JCB credit card merchants in nine countries and territories throughout Asia.
Sri Lanka Etisalat in mobile banking
Dubai-based Etisalat's Sri Lanka unit said it had inked a deal with with OpenArc, a Colombo-based information technology company to provide a mobile...
Company starts Japan-Nepal money transfer business
Japan Money Express has formally started its operation to provide reliable service to the Nepalese people working in Japan through its 400 agents in...
HDFC Bank plans offering more credit cards to non-account holders
Rising demand for recently released Infinia card prompted the lender to come out with variants.
Vietnam's Smartlink expands connection for nine more banks
Nine commercial joint stock banks have joined the Smarlink connection in July.
ACB becomes first Vietnamese bank to offer money transfer via ATMs
Asia Commercial Bank has launched a new service that allows its cardholders to transfer money to other banks through automatic teller machines.
Malaysian Mastercard holders spend US$68 M in one weekend of shopping
Malaysian MasterCard holders spent US$76.5 million in 909,518 transactions during the first weekend of the 1Malaysia Mega Sale Carnival 2011 from...
HDFC Bank unveils credit card for ultra rich
Infinia aimed to be issued to the by-invitation only to 5000 individuals that comes without spending limits.
MasterCard campaigns for contactless payments in the Philippines
The card’s debit purchase volume in the Philippines up 47% as it posed a 46% rise in e-commerce transactions in the Southeast and South Asia markets...
Mobile payments to achieve mainstream status soon
More than 80% of the 150 major banks and corporate companies are studying how to harness m-payments.
Overseas remittances through Vietnam Banks soar
Overseas remittance via Vietnam banks is up.
Ficombank signs remittance deal with Remit2Vietnam
Ficombank inked a deal with Remit2Vietnam in transferring remittances from overseas to Vietnam.
Banco de Oro starts offering China UnionPay services
GFG Group enables the lender to harness China UnionPay transactions using its Cadencie platform.
Half of Vietnam's ATM cards remain unused, says VBCA
As many as 50% of issued ATMs in Vietnam are unused, according to statistics from the Vietnam Bank Card Association.
Visa and ANZ mobile payment project hits snag
Despite a successful trial, Visa and ANZ wait for technology to evolve to fully replace credit cards with mobile phone payments in Australia.