United Overseas Bank (UOB) has announced that ride-hailing app Grab will now offer UOB Cards solutions and privileges directly on its mobile app as part …
Mizuho Bank to launch digital currency J-Coin Pay February 22, 2019 
Western Union introduces digital money transfer service in South Korea
Western Union has rolled its digital money transfer service in South Korea in collaboration with local mobile-first bank kakaobank. Western Union’s cross-border functionalities has been …
InstaReM, Visa partner to make international money transfers easier
Singapore-headquartered digital cross-border payments company InstaReM has joined Visa’s fintech fast-track programme in the Asia Pacific region. This programme is designed to makes it quicker …
Mastercard Q4 profit almost triples to $899m
Mastercard Q4 results show a net income of $899m for the fourth quarter of 2018, a surge of almost 300% compared to $277m a year …
first direct introduces social media payments service in UK
first direct, a division of HSBC Bank, has launched a new service that enables customers to make peer to peer (P2P) payments through social media …
CBA launches Alipay in Australia
Commonwealth Bank of Australia (CBA) has introduced Alipay app in its Albert touchscreen devices. Following the launch, all CBA customers can utilise the app through …
Wirecard facilitates digital payments through mBills in Slovenia
Payments technology firm Wirecard has enabled digital payments through the mobile wallet app mBills, which is owned by Slovenian energy company Petrol. The mobile wallet …
Norway’s Vipps taps Inside Secure to secure mobile contactless payments
Vipps, the provider of Norway’s national payment system BankAxept, has selected Inside Secure in a bid to protect its mobile contactless payments. Under the collaboration, …
Fitbit partners Mastercard to launch Fitbit Pay in Thailand
Wearable technology devices manufacturer Fitbit has teamed up with Mastercard, Siam Commercial Bank and Krungthai Card to launch Fitbit Pay in Thailand. Customers can add …
Western Union introduces high-value account-to-account transfer service from UK
Western Union has launched a high-value account-to-account money transfer service, which will enable its UK customers to transfer funds to any bank account across the …