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01-Feb-19 Indonesian ride-hailing company Go-Jek has now raised more than USD1 bn with the close of its Series F funding round. Investors included tech giants Google and Tencent as well as Chinese e-commerce player JD.com and Japan's Mitsubishi Corp. [image: afif c. kusuma / iStock Editorial / Getty Image]
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21-Dec-18 JCB International has introduced a QR Code Payment service in Taiwan and Vietnam, that will enable cardholders to make payments by scanning the QR Code at the merchant point-of-sale. [Image: JCB]
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21-Jan-19 As Chinese consumers increasingly vacation overseas, their mobile-payment apps are following them, and offering a new way for merchants to attract customers. More than half of businesses saw an increase in foot traffic and transaction size after adopting Alipay. [image: Nielsen / Alizila]
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14-Jan-19 Malaysian consumers can now conduct instant P2P payments using just the recipient's mobile phone, passport or identity card number, with the go-live of the country's Real Time Payments platform Payments Network Malaysia (PayNet), powered by ACI Worldwide. [image: Finextra]
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10-Jan-19 Worldwide users of Alipay, China’s leading online payment platform, have exceeded one billion. Alipay’s Ant Financial Services Group said it had cooperated with nearly ten major overseas smart payment companies, which contributed to its growth in user numbers. [image: Alipay]
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