Cards & Payments

Chart of the Week: Australia’s card payments to rise 8% in 2024

Debit cards rise with Australians reluctant to take on credit card-related debt.

Chart of the Week: Australia’s card payments to rise 8% in 2024

Debit cards rise with Australians reluctant to take on credit card-related debt.

DCS Card Centre secures add’l $100m upsize in asset-backed notes

The funds will be allocated to finance DCS's receivables from retail and corporate customers.

Ant Group raises transaction limits in China for foreign users 

Ten partner wallets can now enjoy the increased limits.

China raises annual mobile payment limit of foreign visitors to $50,000

The single transaction limit has also been raised to $5,000.

JCB offers 10% cashback to Skyliner ticket

Members with a JCB card issued outside of Japan can avail of the cashback.

South Koreans’ card spending up 32% to $19.22b in 2023: report

The number of Koreans who traveled overseas tripled in 2023.

Digido has served 1 million customers

Over 3 in 4 of the loans disbursed in 2023 were from repeat customers.

Tiger Brokers introduces debit card that gives fractional shares as rewards

It can be added to Apple Pay or Google Pay wallets for contactless payments. 

Malaysia, Cambodia float plans to link domestic payment systems

They are also aiming to eventually enable cross-border QR payments between the two countries.

MAS investigating Samlit for allegedly failing to remit money to China

The money changer is suspected of failing to comply with obligations as a licensed payment service provider.

Visa reopens Singapore Innovtion Centre

Amongst those displayed is a pay-by-palm tech where you pay by scanning your palm.

Hong Kong’s credit card issuers advised to seek more merchant deals

Most issuers focus more on onboarding card users, the study found.

Maybank Singapore merchant terminals now accept JCB cards

JCB cards have over 156 million cardmembers worldwide.

HDFC Bank unveils business credit cards with 55-days interest free

The cards offer up to ten times rewards points on business spends.

Alipay+ adds 9 int’l e-wallets to Thai ecosystem ahead of CNY

A large number of the 1 million tourists visiting Thailand for the holidays are from China.

PH central bank optimistic it’ll achieve digital payment targets

The country aimed to have 50% of all retail payments be digital by end-2023.

India’s Paytm meets with central bank following suspension of deposits: report

Paytm is reportedly seeking to extend the RBI’s 29 February deadline, a source said.