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08-Mar-18 Mobile payments are far less common in Hong Kong than in China, but Hong Kong is catching up. WeChat Pay claimed a 44% increase in users in Feb-18 alone, following promotions including red packets for registered users. [image: iStock / Asia Times]
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07-Mar-18 Amazon is planning to enter the Vietnamese market and will kick off a co-operation programme to support Vietnamese SMEs to sell and export goods through its ecosystem. [image: Wall Street Nation]
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07-Mar-18 In order to prevent Xiaomi Redmi Note 5 Pro phones being sold out within seconds to people buying them for resale, the manufacturer has removed the Cash on Delivery payment option for sales on Mi.com and Flipkart in India. [image: xda]
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06-Mar-18 Standard Chartered Bank is set to launch the first fully digital retail bank in West Africa's Côte d’Ivoire. [image: Standard Chartered Bank]
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28-Feb-18 Mastercard, Ecobank and Facebook Messenger will partner to offer small businesses in Africa and Asia a Facebook Messenger-based payment app, dubbed the Ecobank Masterpass QR, enabling users to receive instant payments. [image: Pymnts.com]
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