Cards & Payments

Low loan demand has Vietnam banks turning to credit cards

Vietnamese banks are focusing at smaller sources of income such as credit card service fees and interest rates on card payments due to sluggish...

Low loan demand has Vietnam banks turning to credit cards

Vietnamese banks are focusing at smaller sources of income such as credit card service fees and interest rates on card payments due to sluggish...

Indonesia's Bank Permata offers supermarket credit card

Bank Permata introduced a co-branded credit card with Hero Supermarket, which provides shopping benefits to holders of the card.

Indonesia's Bank Mandiri to sell airline tickets

Bank Mandiri will sell AirAsia airline tickets through its credit cards.

Card-free ATMs now used in Japan

A regional bank in Gifu Prefecture now allows customers to withdraw cash, make deposits and check account balances through simple palm scans.

Thailand's BAY offers alternative to card readers

Bank of Ayudhya has launched a mobile credit-card-payment service for small merchants that does away from using expensive card readers.

Korean banks fight new mobile phone scam

Korean banks are intensifying its warnings to customers about a new kind of financial fraud via mobile text messages.

Thailand's KBank targets better-paying credit card users

Kasikornbank is pushing for more credit cards transactions for revolving credit, aiming to raise their proportion 55 to 60 percent in two years.

Chinese stores urge for less bank card-swipe fees

The China Chain Store and Franchise Association urged the government to cut bank card-swipe fees charged to merchants.

China UnionPay expands business in Nepal

China UnionPay cards will now be accepted in by all automatic teller machines and point-of-sales machines owned by Nepal's Himalayan Bank.

CIMB expands SE Asian ATM Link

CIMB Thai's ATM network will be linked to CIMB in the Philippines, the sixth country of the CIMB ATM Regional Link.

SBI Cards plans to double its credit card base by March 2015

SBI Cards aims to more than double its credit cards in circulation over the next three years.

Foreign inflows positive for Sri Lanka: central bank

Sri Lanka's Central Bank reported that foreign inflows including workers' remittances continued to hold up.

Bank Mandiri, Merpati Airlines team up on credit cards

Mandiri credit card holders will be able to buy three Merpati tickets for the price of two at the airline’s sales office in a promotion that will...

India's HDFC Bank launches 10,000th ATM

HDFC Bank launched its 10,000th ATM in India near Ajmer Sharif Dargah, a sacred shrine revered by people of all faith.

Pakistan Post offers electronic money order service

Pakistan Post has launched an Electronic Money Order service at seventeen centres in ten districts of the country.

BTN to boost remittance business with new partner

PT Bank Tabungan Negara inked a deal to improve Telkom’s Delima remittance business.

Indonesia's BJB to cooperate with Malaysian remittance company

Bank BJB has signed an agreement with PT iAsia Sakatama, a Malaysian remittance company, to cooperate in remittance business.