... payWave, MasterCard Contactless and UnionPay QuickPass as new tap-to-pay systems will be installed. The rollout will be done in stages over a year until July 2018. Starting from July 23, Shing Mun Tu ...More
EJ Insight2017-07-14
... Inc. and MasterCard Inc. have yet to be independently licensed to clear transactions in China, despite a 2012 WTO ruling mandating that Beijing open the sector. -- Contact us at [email protected] CG ...More
EJ Insight2017-05-12
... he latest Mastercard Well-Being Index, Ming Pao Daily reported. Hong Kong ranked No. 11 with a score of 58.6, behind China, which was in the fifth place, but ahead of Taiwan, which was No. 16, and Jap ...More
EJ Insight2017-03-31
... ted news, MasterCard has launched the Mastercard Index of Women Entrepreneurs. The report places Hong Kong at the third place with 82.2 percent, trailing Singapore (83.3 percent) and New Zealand (82.6 ...More
EJ Insight2017-03-08
... he latest MasterCard survey, mainland Chinese topped the list in Valentine's Day budgets, planning to splurge US$310 on average, followed by people from Hong Kong (US$282) and Taiwan (US$271). That c ...More
EJ Insight2017-02-15
... d company MasterCard, Hong Kong people planned to spend US$282 (roughly HK$2,200) on average to mark the day of love, next only to mainland Chinese who indicated they would spend US$310. In a survey c ...More
EJ Insight2017-02-14
... Inc. and MasterCard Inc, WSJ says. Alipay was created in 2004 to support transactions on Alibaba’s Taobao online-shopping site and grew alongside the e-commerce business. It was later separated from ...More
EJ Insight2016-11-01
... he latest Mastercard Global Destinations Cities Index. According to the study, the Thai capital is projected to receive 21.47 million international overnight visitors this year, compared with 19.88 mi ...More
EJ Insight2016-10-06
... it cards, MasterCard in the United States concluded a market trial for PayPass in Orlando, Florida in September 2003, and has begun issuing MasterCard Paypass contactless credit cards through major fi ...More
EJ Insight2016-08-26
MasterCard Inc. is teaming up with Japan's SoftBank Corp. and its robot Pepper to offer payment services in Asia. The move is part of a plan to gradually allow customers to pay from different gadgets ...More
EJ Insight2016-05-25
... ding to a MasterCard survey. It trailed behind Bangkok (21.9 million), Singapore (11.8 million), Tokyo (11.8 million), Kuala Lumpur (11.3 million), Phuket (9.3 million) and Seoul (9.2 million). In 20 ...More
EJ Insight2016-02-17
... rd giants MasterCard (MA.US) and Visa (V.US). By comparison, at least the big state-run banks had to compete with each other for business. UnionPay not only had no competitors in its home market due t ...More
EJ Insight2015-12-15
... est rival MasterCard Inc. By value of payments, Visa Europe had a 52.2 percent share of the European card market in 2013. Visa said it would pay 16.5 billion euros (US$18.2 billion) up front in cash a ...More
EJ Insight2015-11-03
... Visa and MasterCard. However, a senior executive in Shanghai Commercial Bank was quoted as saying the penetration rate of the iPhone in Hong Kong is high and mobile payments are a trend that can't be ...More
EJ Insight2015-10-29
... PayWave), MasterCard (PayPass), American Express or JCB card. In tests conducted by reporters, Banking Card Reader could retrieve cardholder information in one second, while Cardtest could do the same ...More
EJ Insight2015-10-13
... ard firms MasterCard Inc. and Visa Inc. He was dismissed when a New York court ruled that FIFA had "lied repeatedly" during World Cup sponsorship negotiations with MasterCard, but eight months later h ...More
EJ Insight2015-09-18
... Services, MasterCard and Visa as well as cards issued by banks such as Bank of America and US Bank. Google said Citigroup and Wells Fargo would also be added to the list in the next few days. As part ...More
EJ Insight2015-09-11
... Inc. and MasterCard Inc. This latest move is part of a larger new tie-up between Marriott and Alipay, which is part of the Alibaba-affiliated but separately owned Ant Financial. The tie-up is mostly ...More
EJ Insight2015-09-08
