Cards & Payments
India’s largest bank invests in payment services provider Cashfree
India’s largest bank invests in payment services provider Cashfree
                                                                                                 
                        
                          Cashfree processes $20b worth of transactions annually.
                    
                                        
                    
                Maybank introduces two new designs for Family & Friends Card
                                                                                                 
                        
                          New customers may choose between the original black, as well as the new lilac and silver designs.
                    
                                        
                    
                Pandemic accelerates Singapore’s cashless push by four years: Visa study
                                                                                                 
                        
                          About 31% of locals pick contactless cards as their most preferred payment options.
                    
                                        
                    
                Chart of the Week: Hong Kong card payments value to grow 4.4% in 2021
                                                                                                 
                        
                          This comes after two years of decelerating growth due to trade tensions, protests, and the pandemic.
                    
                                        
                    
                Citi appoints new Singapore head of credit cards and personal loans
                                                                                                 
                        
                          Serene Gay will oversee credit cards and unsecured lending covering Citi branded cards.
                    
                                        
                    
                China to account for half of mobile payments worldwide by 2023
                                                                                                 
                        
                          The country’s mobile payment transaction value is expected to hit $1.3t this year.
                    
                                        
                    
                Chart of the Week: Card payments in China to rebound 21.3% in 2021
                                                                                                 
                        
                          Card payments are set to rise as economic activities gathers pace.
                    
                                        
                    
                China’s digital currency fails to excite locals: report
                                                                                                 
                        
                          Chinese people showed little interest in switching from mobile payment systems of Ant, Tencent.
                    
                                        
                    
                Singapore, Thailand launch real time cross-border payments system
                                                                                                 
                        
                          Participating banks’ clients will be able to transfer up to S$1,000 or THB25,000 daily.
                    
                                        
                    
                Chart of the Week: Singapore’s card payments market to grow 10.2% in 2021
                                                                                                 
                        
                          Business reopenings and ongoing COVID vaccination program will support spending.
                    
                                        
                    
                DBS, J.P. Morgan, Temasek launch open platform for interbank payments
                                                                                                 
                        
                          The three banks are building up on projects from their participation in Project Ubin.
                    
                                        
                    
                Olympics, improving economy to push Japan card payments up by 9.5%
                                                                                                 
                        
                          Card payments in Japan are expected to reach $1.1t by 2024.
                    
                                        
                    
                Thai payment service provider GB Prime Pay now accepts JCB
                                                                                                 
                        
                          The partnership expands the online merchant payment network in Thailand.
                    
                                        
                    
                India's new digital payment licenses to increase competition, innovation
                                                                                                 
                        
                          The NUE licensing has attracted the likes of Google, Amazon, and Facebook.
                    
                                        
                    
                Indonesia upturns payments market with new foreign-friendly rules
                                                                                                 
                        
                          The new regulations reduce the number of licenses and makes clinching foreign capital easier.
                    
                                        
                    
                Indonesia upturns payments market with new foreign-friendly rules
                                                                                                 
                        
                          The new regulations reduce the number of licenses and makes clinching foreign capital easier.
                    
                                        
                    
                India’s new digital payment licenses to increase competition, innovation
                                                                                                 
                        
                          The NUE licensing has attracted the likes of Google, Amazon, and Facebook.