Consumer buying behaviours have changed dramatically over the past years due to pandemic lockdowns and prolonged movement controls. As online shopping becomes mainstream, fraud has correspondingly mig…
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Visa launches Where You Shop Matters to help SMEs survive and thrive
Visa’s Where You Shop Matters initiative champions and enables small businesses owners while encouraging consumers to support their local small businesses. …
Korea cancels short-term visas
South Korea said it invalidates short-term visas for all foreign nationals starting on 13th April.…
Mainland China travel ban effects Taiwanese duty free business
Taiwanese duty free retailers are set to be hit after the Peoples Republic of China banned individual tourists from visiting the island, effective 1 August, 2019. …
Google’s Android Pay arrives in Hong Kong
Android Pay, Google’s mobile payments service for phones running the OS, arrived in Hong Kong on Wednesday, 19 October 2016.…
China’s UnionPay launches mobile payment service in Canada
One of China’s biggest financial networks, UnionPay, has launched its mobile payments service in North America beginning with Canada.…