... -Pesa is mVisa, a partnership between Visa Inc. and two other Kenyan banks. With US$400 million in 2016 revenues at stake, Safaricom -- M-Pesa’s parent company -- are likely to focus on defending its ...More
EJ Insight2016-10-14
... s relaxed visa rules. But interestingly, the number of Hong Kong visitors to Bangkok has been declining. That's based on chats with well-travelled friends who are now opting for Tokyo or Taipei, inste ...More
EJ Insight2016-10-06
... nge for a visa to visit the island. His offer was eventually declined by Taiwanese authorities. Chen appears to have mastered the art of pulling publicity stunts in order to burnish his reputation and ...More
EJ Insight2016-09-26
... o discuss visa policies for Chinese immigrants in Hong Kong. That said, the New People's Party is proud of its good relations with the Liaison Office as it gives the impression that the party can stan ...More
EJ Insight2016-09-13
Imperial Pacific International Holdings (01076.HK) is trying to get the United States government to ease the visa limits for overseas workers in Saipan as the firm seeks to boost the staff strength at ...More
EJ Insight2016-09-12
... ks to its visa-free policy for Chinese tourists, who are visiting Saipan by the hundreds and thousands. The majority of Saipan people are pretty satisfied with their current political status and there ...More
EJ Insight2016-08-30
... even our visa policies. The "One Country Two Systems" principle is really proving to be something of a joke. Well, what else can we say as we learn that a prominent Taiwanese politician has been barr ...More
EJ Insight2016-08-24
... 00 to 400 visa applications every day. By comparison, Myanmar's consulates in other cities could have the luxury of two or three business days for verifying a visa application. But the Hong Kong bran ...More
EJ Insight2016-08-19
Travel agencies in Hong Kong have complained that the Guangdong government caught them off guard by abruptly suspending the popular "144-hour convenience visa" regime for some tourists. Apple Daily ci ...More
EJ Insight2016-08-10
... gle entry visa scheme for tourists who arrive at the international airport and sea passenger terminal of Vladivostok may kick off from October. Chinese investors The free port has so far received 104 ...More
EJ Insight2016-08-08
... t Chinese visa authorities “are demanding Canadians of Chinese descent apply as Chinese nationals when traveling to China”. The author, Cal Wong, described himself as a Hong Kong-born Australian and s ...More
EJ Insight2016-08-02
... ls need a visa to visit the city. The New York Times once revealed that Beijing sells, through Hong Kong, arms worth US$500 million to Pyongyang every year. Hong Kong maintains far closer economic and ...More
EJ Insight2016-07-29
... ng denied visa-free access to the US. Hong Kong refused to extradite Snowden, who was wanted by Washington for leaking classified information from the US National Security Agency, after former spy cam ...More
EJ Insight2016-07-20
... g relaxed visa restrictions to other tourist destinations and a decreasing overall number of tourists to Hong Kong, are the parks themselves really to blame? Global brand and marketing consultancy Pro ...More
EJ Insight2016-07-18
... countries visa-free after Britain leaves the EU. Many universities in Britain are also worried that they might need to carry out drastic budget cuts in the days ahead as a lot of them have been heavil ...More
EJ Insight2016-07-18
... bringing visa-free access to dozens of desired countries. But not since June 23, when a majority of citizens voted to leave the European Union after 42 years. This means that British people will no l ...More
EJ Insight2016-07-04
