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Facial payment for Android models is coming

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30-Jun-18 Consumers will complete mobile payment using upgraded facial recognition technologies on China-branded Android phones as early as Jul-18. Oppo will partner with Alibaba to kick off facial recognition authorization on AliPay using its new technology called FaceKey 3D. [image: Shine]

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American Asian supermarket chain adopts Alipay

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29-Jun-18 One of the largest Asian supermarket chains in the United States, New York-based 99 Ranch Market, will soon begin accepting mobile payments via Alipay, a third-party mobile and online payment platform developed and owned by China-based Ant Financial. [image: Progressive Grocer]

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Japan's Line Pay throws down gauntlet to Alipay

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28-Jun-18 Japanese chat app operator Line unveiled a new service aimed at spreading mobile payment across Japan, in the most potent challenge yet by a Japanese operator to the dominant Chinese mobile payment platform, Alipay. [image: Keiichiro Sato / Nikkei Asian Review]

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In China - no-one has any money!

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28-Jun-18 In China, everybody was still using cash. In 2016, China's mobile payments reached USD5.5 tn, roughly 50 times America's market. Mobile payments - mainly via WeChat - are now a default way of life. [image: Pulse LinkedIn]

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E-payments boom in Vietnam with new service providers

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26-Jun-18 E-payments in Vietnam grew 22% in 2017 to USD6.14 bn and will double to USD12.33 bn by 2022. E-payments have grown in the country due to more options becoming available, increases in Internet usage and smartphone ownership. [image: Vietnam Business TV]

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