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15-Jan-18 ASEAN nations are widely expected to adopt QR systems as a leading method of payment. However, they still a long way from emulating China and Japan’s adoption of the codes, as they lack standardisation and acceptance by banks. [image: ASEAN Today]
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12-Jan-18 Line, the company behind a messaging application of the same name, is stepping up promotion of its Line Pay mobile platform to vendors across Japan, seeking to make it available at 1 million locations by 2020. [image: Nikkei Asian Review]
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08-Jan-18 Sprint has come up with a battery-powered payment card which functions as a debit, credit, prepaid, multi-currency or loyalty card. Partnered banks Emirates NBD, Japan’s Sumitomo, Canada’s CIBC and India’s IndusInd are expected to launch the card in 2018. [image: Dynamics Inc]
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08-Jan-18 As the global Healthcare industry considers the possibilities - and challenges - of the year ahead, here's a look back at 12 of our most popular Healthcare and Medical Tourism growth markets stories from 2017, month-by-month.
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05-Jan-18 Store owners in Japan may soon be able to accept payments using JCB's new palm scanning payment app. Advances in 'empty-hand payments', requiring neither phone nor wallet, could push Japan forward in the move away from cash. [image: Nikkei Asian Review]
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