WeChat Pay Makes Plans for an Instalment Option
FACTS Tencent would be planning to add an instalment service in China by the end of the year. This option, called “Fen Fu” for now, should...
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WeChat Pay Values Data Analytics for Credit Scoring
Photo credits: TechNode FACTS The Chinese telecom leader Tencent recently started testing WeChat Pay Points: a new scoring tool using da...
WeChat Opens an Autonomous Pop-Up Store
After the introduction of BingoBox autonomous outlets which already rely on Tencent’s mobile payment solution, WeChat takes another step towards ...
WeChat ID for Identifying Customers
An additional use case is being tested for Tencent’s instant messaging service. WeChat started addressing the payment sector, and could soon be a...
Mobile Payment: WeChat Pay Accepted at BHV Marais
FACTS Tencent, the Chinese Web giant behind the messaging service WeChat teams up with BHV Marais, their mobile payment service will be mad...
SimbaPay and Family Bank Team Up to Streamline Micro-Companies’ Money Transfers
FACTS The London-based FinTech SimbaPay and the Kenyan bank Family Bank teamed up to introduce an instant money transfer solution for custo...
Carrefour Opens a Connected Supermarket
The French retailer materialises their partnership with the Chinese tech company Tencent as they present a new concept of high-tech store in Shan...
Tencent Invests in Wanda, Challenges Alibaba
Competition keeps growing on the e-payment market. Alibaba and Tencent have been undertaking considerable efforts to attract more mobile app user...
ADN’co Payments Insight – July 2017
Players’ strategies – Amazon, Alibaba, Tencent… ambitions made even clearer UNITED STATES – Amazon unveils Amazon Pay Places: enabling thei...
ADN’co Payments Insight – November 2017
Credit transfer – Instant Payment has become effective EUROPE – Instant Payment officially started being enforced. Much work remains for al...
ADN’co Payments Insight – April 2016
POS checkout – Small revolution in France FRANCE – Franprix starts an innovative experiment and equips its staff with payment rings and apr...
News in Brief – June 2019
Players’ Strategy EUROPE – China UnionPay partners with the British start-up Tribe Payments on launching their services in Europe. In addit...
News in Brief – May 2018
Players’ Strategy EUROPE – Five months after they failed to purchase the card manufacturer Gemalto, Atos buys out Swiss exchange operator S...
Tencent Selling Loans through Video-Streaming Platform
FACTS WeBank, digital bank by Tencent, introduces a new lending offer available from their video-streaming platform.
Safaricom Combines Chat and Money Transfer
Just a few days after a partnership was announced enabling Kenyan citizens to easily transfer money between their M-Pesa and PayPal accounts, Saf...
Lydia Announces another Funding Round, Attracts Tencent
FACTS The Paris-based mobile payment FinTech Lydia announces a €40 million financing round.
Tinkoff Pushing Back the Limits of Banking with a “Super App”
FACTS The Russian bank Tinkoff launches an extra-banking app building on conventional financial features as well as services relevant to th...
Alipay Aims for 10 Million Merchants in Europe
FACTS During the Global Summit held in London, Alibaba’s payment platform unveiled their strategic plan to European merchants.
Société Générale acquires PayXpert
Societe Generale has announced its acquisition of a new British FinTech, PayXpert. The move will give the French bank a new base of payment solut...
The Chinese TikTok launches a payment solution
FACTS The Chinese company ByteDance is known worldwide for launching the social network TikTok. It also offers a Chinese version of...
