This month, the Taiwan Cooperative Bank (TCB) and Visa have implemented what both call Taiwan’s first standardized and EMV-compliant QR code payment. Part of Financial Information Service Co.’s “Standardized QR Code Solutions,” the new EMV solution will be…
After it introduced the first Quick Response (QR) code payments via app in the Philippines last May, PayMaya Philippines has announced that the scan-to-pay technology is now available across the country, with Smart Stores and select merchants in key cities…
QR-code payments have the potential to replace any other form of mobile payment according to new research. More than 1000 Chinese consumers and 60 decision-makers from global merchant companies were surveyed by mobile payments specialist Cancan and financial…
Mastercard has detailed plans to expand its QR-based payment programs, starting this month. The company will broaden its solutions to offer QR codes that can be scanned by either consumers or merchants under a common set of global specifications. Mastercard…
OCBC Bank has launched its first standalone mobile payments app which makes QR code cashless payments available at close to 2,500 NETS terminals. The new standalone OCBC Pay Anyone app brings together all OCBC Pay Anyone services and enhancements –…
Top payment card companies Mastercard, UnionPay International and Visa have jointly introduced a standardized QR code for mobile payments in Thailand. The new standardized code allows merchants to easily accept electronic payments without the need to invest…
Visa will soon be expanding its QR-based mobile payment service to ten more markets, including Indonesia, Pakistan and Vietnam. The service, named mVisa, is now live in India, Kenya and Rwanda, and will soon be available to merchants and consumers in the…
Some 25,000 retail locations in Singapore are expected to accept a new mobile payment service within the next 12 months. Liquid Pay enables consumers to make payments by scanning a QR code at the point of sale, and compare merchant discounts and rewards from…