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Apple has announced a brand new service: Apple Card. Starting this summer in the US, users will be able to sign up for a real Apple credit card that’s going to reside within the Wallet app. Requesting a virtual Apple Card living in your iPhone will be very…
Recently, Ms. Saranya Pipoppinyo (5th from left), Vice President Marketing of AEON Thana Sinsap (Thailand) Public Company Limited awarded prizes to the lucky winners of the “AEON Happy Pay” campaign. The grand giveaway comprises of three prizes of gold bars,…
Cashmaster Asia today announced the Introduction of Cashmaster QR-Connect, a QR code application providing enhanced software functionality for its Cashmaster One range of count-by-weight cash counting devices that offers an innovative, simple solution to…
The Australian dollar has slipped a little further against its US counterpart as the spat between the US and China over trade hurts commodities and commodity currencies, including the Aussie. At 0635 AEST on Monday, the Australian dollar was worth 74.46 US…
Australian consumers are accelerating their shift towards digital payments and away from cash and cheques, with new figures showing paying by card has surged while people make fewer trips to the ATM for cash. Consumers made more than 8.3 billion card payments…
Bitcoin has been in a bull market like few the world has ever seen. At the beginning of the year, the price of a Bitcoin was below $1,000. It hit $5,000 in October, then doubled by late November. And on Thursday, less than two weeks later, the price of a…
Cashmaster, one of the leading companies in the global cash-management sector, is demonstrating the transformational cost and time savings that retailers can enjoy when using its latest range of cash-counting scales, Cashmaster One, at Retail Asia Expo (RAE).…
There is a new regulation issued by Bank Indonesia (BI) on the carrying of foreign banknotes into and outside the country. This regulation is set forth in Bank Indonesia Regulation (PBI) No 197/7 / PBI / 2017 dated May 5, 2017. This regulation arranges that…
Cash as a mode of payment has declined in the country by 2 per cent in the past six years, from 14.02 per cent in 2010 to the current 12 per cent. As per the State Bank of Việt Nam’s report released this week, the country currently has around 67.4 million…
With online sales booming in the country of 93 million, it’s time for shoppers to embrace e-commerce. Vietnam is trying to convince at least 70 percent of its citizens aged 15 and over to open bank accounts and about 50 percent of urban residents to switch to…
Malaysia’s central bank, Bank Negara Malaysia, has approved the offshore loans that AirAsia‘s founders Tony Fernandes and Kamarudin Meranun will use to inject over MYR1 billion ($247 million) of new equity into the airline. As a result of the approval, the…
Saranya Pipoppinyo (right), Vice President Marketing of AEON Thana Sinsap (Thailand) Public Company Limited, hands over keys to a Nissan March, valued at 451,000 baht, to Suthit Saisuwan from Sisaket, the lucky winner of the grand prize from the AEON…
Demand for cash in Indonesia is expected to rise by 14.5 percent to Rp160.5 trillion during Ramadan and post-fasting holiday of Lebaran this year, a central bank official said here on Monday. “There are several factors that would make cash demand to increase…
Whenever she needs to use money – whether to take the subway, buy a drink from a vending machine or pay for lunch at a restaurant – Ms Kim Mee So, 29, will whip out her debit card. It is the only card the teacher carries with her in her bag, and the only one…
Hong Kong International Airport (HKG) is running a double promotion to travellers, which includes instant rebates in the form of coupons worth up to HK$5,000/$645, as well as a free delivery service. From 1-11 April travellers spending more than HK$20,000 and…
Thailand has become the latest country where Uber taxi drivers can take cash from a passenger instead of a credit card. Uber tested its cash payment scheme in Bangkok on Wednesday as an alternative to the credit card option. Passengers have to tell the firm…
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