Elon Musk Contemplates a Twitter Super App
Much has been written about the so-called “Super Apps” in China such as WeChat and Alipay, including in Mercator member ...
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Alipay and WeChat Install e-CNY Wallet Function
Recent trends in China highlight the convergence of digital currency and super apps in potential public/private partnerships. Coco Feng reports ...
AliPay’s Days of Payments Dominance May Be Ending
The Chinese government may be on the verge of breaking up AliPay and making way for increased competition in China’s ...
Contactless Credit Card Payments: Hitting the Tipping Point Through Wallets
Apple’s Tim Cook says that Apple and the COVID pandemic helped push contactless payments into the payments mainstream, according to ...
Can Facial Pay Work in China?
Not too long ago, there was a significant amount of press given to the idea of paying via facial recognition. ...
Apple Eyes Mobeewave Deal For Mobile POS Payment Play
Add another potential piece to Apple’s payments toolbox. That would be its reported acquisition of Canadian tech firm Mobeewave, whose ...
Credit Cards In China: QR Codes Bring Transactions, But Social Interactions Bring Sales
Smart Brief quotes eMarketer regarding e-commerce sales in China surging 7.5 % this year, surpassing $5 trillion (and US e-commerce), ...
Leading Digital Gifting Platform Swych Partners with Leading Cross-Border Financial Services Firm Travelex to Introduce ‘Travelex Pay’, a WeChat Pay Powered Service
Travelex Pay, a unique new service within leading global mobile messaging app WeChat, launched today in the U.S. market. Travelex ...
New Safety Upgrades for Asia Payment Apps
Mega payment and P2P apps AliPay and WeChat Pay have launched new fraud and loss prevention capabilities for their respective ...
WeChat Pay Looks To U.S. Growth Despite Tariffs
The East is coming West—that would be two Asian mobile pay apps. Alipay and WeChat Pay are the dominant mobile ...
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