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East & Partners

Sector: Payments

(27 June 2018 – India) WhatsApp announced it is updating its terms of service and privacy policy to reflect the...

(11 June 2018 – New Zealand) Bank of New Zealand has become the first big bank in either Australia or...

(6 June 2018 – China) Ten Chinese banks have signed on to SWIFT’s global payment initiative (gpi), including three of...

(5 June 2018 – UK) Citibank has become the first corporate bank to join the UK’s Open Banking framework to...

(31 May 2018 – China) Chinese lenders handled $11.1t in mobile payments in the first quarter, as the country accelerates...

(25 May 2018 – Japan) MUFG is partnering with US cloud software company Akamai to develop a blockchain service with...

(16 May 2018 – Asia) Mitsubishi Corporation, MUFG Bank, Bank of Ayudhya and Standard Chartered have jointly launched a cross-border...

(2 May 2018 – Singapore) Standard Chartered is set to extend its cross-border payments network across the Ripple system over...

(26 April 2018 – UK) PayPal has partnered with Barclays to reduce digital payments friction for UK and US customers....

(19 April 2018 – Japan) JCB Co., is set to conduct a pilot trial in Japan of its contactless payment...