Cards & Payments

DBS introduces new card design

DBS introduces new card design

The bank releases a new card design featuring Singapore’s skyline.

Bank of Shanghai strikes deal with China Mobile

Agreement will enable Bank of Shanghai to promote China Mobile's mobile payment services.

MasterCard collaborates with Bank of China for MoneySend

Tie-up brings product to China to make money transfer simpler and more efficient for their cardholders.

EMV standards body to host annual user meeting

Forum to provide update on technical advances of the EMV standard and future developments.

DBS, JCB International ink merchant acquiring services deal

JCB cardmembers enjoy wider card acceptance in Hong Kong, Macau while DBS provides merchant acquiring services.

SBI selects 2 US firms for POS terminals

Lender picks Visa International and Elavon to distribute 600,000 POS terminals over the next 5 years.

ATM suppliers in Asia note brisk sales despite global crisis

Consumers want more from their ATMs aside from cash.

NCR named global leader in multivendor ATM software

Firm’s comprehensive software portfolio and services capabilities have helped more lenders reduce costs and grow revenue.

Maybank eyes 60% debit card transactions growth

71% jump in debit billings over past 6 months encouraged lender to target $733mln transactions.

ICBC posts 33% growth in credit cards issued

ICBC card spending grew 76% in 2009 that made it world's fourth largest credit card issuer.

Siam Commercial retains strict requirement on personal loans

Minimum monthly income of $452 is still required by lender for personal loans and credit cards.

Mandiri partners with Indian bank for remittance operations

Tie-up between Mandiri and SBI Indonesian unit aimed to capitalise on numerous Indians working overseas.

Krung Thai Bank launches E-Cheque service

Krung Thai Bank has developed electronic money transfer innovation for payment of goods. 

Bank of China forms agreement with MoneyGram International

Deal will skyrocket MoneyGram's China presence as its services will be available in lender's 10,000 branches.

ICICI Bank, First Data forge partnership

The two firms synergize resources to form ICICI Merchant Services, a merchant acquiring alliance.

Card gives Thais same perks as Chinese

Bangkok Bank collaborated with China UnionPay to create a credit card widely accepted in China, Hong Kong, Macau and 31 other countries worldwide...

StanChart Malaysia continues cost-efficient improvements

Addition of Global Payments Solutions breaks barriers in cross-border transactions with 80 percent savings in transaction costs.