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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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29-Jan-18 Cash is still king in Japan, and that means the central bank doesn’t see a need to mint a digital currency for now, according to the head of the FinTech Center at the Bank of Japan. [image: Bloomberg]
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29-Jan-18 Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte will visit the UAE to launch the new Overseas Filipino Bank, offering deposits, loans, investments and remittance and payment services to cater for the needs of overseas Filipino workers. [image: iStock / Asia Times]
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27-Jan-18 Korea’s leading online shopping companies Tmon and WeMakePrice are discussing the introduction of virtual currency payment options. WeMakePrice is considering a way to use virtual currencies in conjunction with its own payment service, Wonder Pay. [Image: Business Korea]
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