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06-Feb-18 Standard Bank has inked a deal with Chinese payment company UnionPay to accept its cards in African markets by the end of 2018. The deal will open China's e-commerce marketplace to the bank's customers in 20 African countries. [image: IT Web Africa]
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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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02-Feb-18 Walmart has teamed up with Rakuten for a new delivery service to be rolled out across Japan in the second half of 2018. Dubbed ‘Rakuten Seiyu Netsuper’, the new service allows orders to be placed on Rakuten’s online marketplace. [image: Retail In Asia / Shutterstock]
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02-Feb-18 The Seven & i Holdings, parent company of 7-Eleven, reported a store count of 20,033 in Japan, up by 54 from the end of Dec-17. By comparison, Japan has about 24,000 post offices. [image: Nikkei Asian Review]
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