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02-May-19 Foreign remittances to Asian countries hit USD300 bn for the first time in 2018, underscoring the ever-rising importance of overseas employment for the region. Major recipients such as Pakistan and the Philippines have GDPs only slightly bigger than that. [image: World Bank staff estimates, World Development Indicators, IMF Balance of Payments Statistics / Asia Times]
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14-Mar-19 Alipay and Barclaycard - which processes half the UK's card transactions - have collaborated to allow UK retailers to accept Alipay. 483,000 Chinese tourists will spend USD1.33 bn in 2019. The UK also has about 493,000 Chinese residents and students. [image: Alizila]
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26-Feb-19 Pinduoduo, an e-commerce platform allowing users to participate in group buying deals, is expanding into China’s booming cross-border e-commerce business. The expansion comes as Chinese e-commerce giants are raising their globalization initiatives, to bring in more imported products. [image: Jill Shen / TechNode]
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13-Feb-19 Ripple, a real-time settlement system, currency exchange and remittance network, is extending its Asia and Middle East networks via two Emirates-based remittance businesses, UAE Exchange and Unimoni, that will link with Thailand's Siam Commercial Bank using Ripple’s blockchain-led platform. [image: Ripple]
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06-Dec-18 China’s UnionPay has partnered with Portugal's private bank Millennium bcp to issue UnionPay Portugal cards. Millennium will issue both consumer and commercial cards. Millennium becomes the first local institution in Europe to provide the cards. [image: Cards International]
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