Posts Tagged ‘credit card’
U.S. Payments Start-up Teams With Alipay, WeChat To Reach Chinese Consumers
September 12th, 2017
Silicon Valley start-up company Stripe has reached deals with Chinese digital payment service providers Alipay and WeChat payment to enable …
Huawei Teams With WorldRemit To Offer Mobile Payments In Africa
August 19th, 2017
Chinese telecom device maker Huawei and digital transfer services provider WorldRemit reached a deal to offer international transfer services to …
Here’s Where You Can Use Apple Pay In Hong Kong
July 22nd, 2016
Hong Kong consumers who have long relied on the contactless Octopus payment service now have an alternative. Apple Pay launched …
Samsung Links Online Payments With China’s Alipay
May 26th, 2016
Samsung’s payment service Samsung Pay and Alibaba’s payment service Alipay announced an interoperability deal that allows users to complete payments …
Most Chinese Still Don’t Use Mobiles For Online Financial Info
February 15th, 2016
Fintech companies hoping to capture share in China’s booming mobile market still need to focus on traditional computing. About 80% …
Alipay.com Teams With Chinese Banks For Convenient Internet Payments
April 22nd, 2011
Alipay.com, the Internet payment subsidiary of the Chinese e-commerce group Alibaba, has announced that it has launched a new convenient Internet payment service. The online payment company is cooperating with ten banks, including Bank of China, Industrial and Commercial Bank of China, China Construction Bank, Agricultural Bank of China, Ping’an Bank, Bank of Beijing, Shanghai […]
Alibaba Plans To Open Physical Banks In China
October 20th, 2010
Rumors on the Internet revealed that the Chinese B2B e-commerce group Alibaba has set up a commercial bank subsidiary, which has gained the approvals of the People’s Bank of China and China Banking Regulatory Commission. The new subsidiary is reportedly jointly invested by Alibaba Group, the people’s government of Zhejiang, Softbank, and CDH Investments. Jack […]
Card Fraud: IBM Employee Information Disclosed By Supplier In China
August 27th, 2009
According to South Metropolitan Daily newspaper, the personal data of more than 1000 employees of IBM Shenzhen has been disclosed and used to apply for credit cards.
Employees of IBM Shenzhen found that their personal information had been disclosed and this data was used to apply for credit cards without their knowledge with a Bank of […]
VTech Data Breach Highlights IoT Failings
November 29th, 2015
VTech Holdings Limited, the Hong Kong maker of baby monitors and electronic toys, announced that its customer database was hacked two weeks ago. The company says an unauthorized party accessed VTech customer data housed in its Learning Lodge app store database on November 14, 2015. Learning Lodge gives its customers the ability to download apps, […]