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20-Apr-18 Apple will allow Siri to support voice commands for Alibaba's Alipay, meaning users will be able to tell Siri to open the Alipay payment screen directly - an acknowledgement that Chinese players are miles ahead on payments. [image: South China Morning Post]
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19-Apr-18 The People's Bank of China has issued an Announcement allowing qualified foreign-invested enterprises to apply for payment business licences under the existing legal regime applicable to domestically-owned entities. [image: TMTPost]
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19-Apr-18 While the Indian central bank continues to assert there is no cash shortage, experts say the cash shortfall in the system is a whopping USD10.6 bn, a third of the monthly withdrawals normally made at ATMs. [image: Reuters]
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16-Apr-18 The cashierless Amazon Go concept is inspiring fear in traditional US retailers, but the idea is already mainstream in China. Beginning in 2016, a cashierless chain called BingoBox has already grown to 300 locations and 30 cities. [image: PaymentsSource]
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15-Apr-18 Gemalto, is supplying its Visa biometric contactless EMV bank card to areeba, a fintech company that provides payment solutions for banks, governments and merchants in the Middle East, introducing contactless biometric cards to the MENA region. [image: gemalto / arreba]
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