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05-Feb-18 For the first time, non-Chinese shoppers in greater China will be able to use China’s mobile payment platform WeChat Pay, following an update that allows users to link accounts with non-Chinese credit cards issued by Visa, Mastercard and JCB. [image: Power Retail]
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03-Feb-18 The Chinese mainland market for mobile payment transactions, which reached USD5.5 tn in 2016, is poised for further expansion as many consumers and businesses go cashless in more than 600,000 villages across China. [image: EPA]
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31-Jan-18 Chinese national statistics show the rise of mobile payments in China slowed in 2017, with the proportion of Internet users that pay with their phones rising from 50% to 65%, and most new users coming from rural areas. [image: TechNode]
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22-Jan-18 Amid a dire economic crisis in Venezuela a payment innovation is taking hold. Hyperinflation has resulted in a short supply of cash and mobile payments have come to fill the void. [image: Reuters]
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22-Jan-18 A UnionPay survey confirmed m-payments fraud in China is on the rise. Of those surveyed, 60% had been hit with a security threat related to mobile payments, including everything from information leaks to full attacks on systems. [image: UnionPay]
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