Tag: China

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Japan Doesn’t Want to Be Late with a Digital Currency

by Tim Sloane

December 24, 2020

Japan is mounting an effort to create a digital currency to remain competitive with other countries: “‘China has prompted moves ...

Australia Plans to Combine its Primary Payment Networks

by Sarah Grotta

December 14, 2020

Admittedly, this is not new news, but in researching a report regarding debit payments in Asia, an article in ITNews ...

Credit Cards, Ant Financial, and Jack Ma: Sour Grapes or e-Yuan?

by Brian Riley

December 3, 2020

Anyone can feel empathic about a bride left at the altar, so imagine how Jack Ma feels after Chinese regulators ...

Ant Financial: A Victim of Its Success, Or Are Chinese Regulators Jealous?

by Brian Riley

November 3, 2020

As the NY Times reports, the largest IPO in history is on hold as Chinese regulators call Jack Ma to ...

How WeChat & Alipay Networks Make Transactions Free

by PaymentsJournal

September 8, 2020

Don’t miss another episode of Truth In Data! Click on the red bell in the lower-left corner of your screen ...

Alipay & WeChat Embedded Apps Drive Transaction Volume

by PaymentsJournal

September 4, 2020

As anyone who has ever tried to pay for something with a mobile app can attest, mobile payments can be ...

Quantifying Alipay & WeChat Pay’s Phenomenal Growth:

by PaymentsJournal

September 3, 2020

Don’t miss another episode of Truth In Data! Click on the red bell in the lower-left corner of your screen ...

China’s Crypto, China Trade Deal, Ripple China expansion

China’s Crypto Play Evaluated from a Geo-Political Perspective

by Tim Sloane

August 28, 2020

This article from Forbes considers how the digital Yuan can be used to push China's trading partners to use its ...

Will Central Banks Replace Cryptocurrencies?

More on China’s Central Bank Digital Currency Implementation

by Tim Sloane

August 10, 2020

This article from Forbes suggests that China’s tight alignment and coordination between technology providers, financial institutions, and the state may ...