china

China, officially the People's Republic of China, is a country in East Asia and the world's most populous country, with a population of around 1.404 billion in 2017. Covering approximately 9,600,000 square kilometers, it is the third or fourth largest country by total area.

Fake Invoicing Returns To Haunt Chinese Trade Sector
Fake Invoicing Returns To Haunt Chinese Trade Sector
October 14, 2014  |  B2B Payments

What initially seemed like an accomplishment, Hong Kong overtook the U.S. as the top destination for Chinese goods and materials.  Now it seems like that...

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China QR Code Ban Could Soon Be Lifted
China QR Code Ban Could Soon Be Lifted
October 06, 2014  |  International

Back in March, China bans using QR Code for payments, but that may end shortly, according to a report in Mobile Commerce News. The initial...

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Samsung And Union Pay Partner Up For Payments
Samsung And Union Pay Partner Up For Payments
October 06, 2014  |  Mobile

Samsung is making its NFC payment move in China, in a deal with UnionPay, China’s largest payment card firm. “The Shanghai-based card company said UnionPay’s...

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iPhone6 Sales Greenlighted In China
iPhone6 Sales Greenlighted In China
October 01, 2014  |  International

The Chinese government is officially allowing Apple to start selling the iPhone 6/6 Plus in China after extracting a privacy promise from Apple “that it...

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Alipay Makes A U.S. Site Appearance
Alipay Makes A U.S. Site Appearance
September 30, 2014  |  Mobile

Home rental firm Airbnb is now accepting Alipay, the huge Chinese Internet payment offering, on its site, reports ReCode. This isn’t necessarily the beginning of...

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Counterfeit Invoicing Damages China’s Trade Growth
Counterfeit Invoicing Damages China’s Trade Growth
September 18, 2014  |  B2B Payments

Fake invoiving and inflated export figures that it yielded have lead to slower growth rates in China’s trada data this year, which means Beijing is...

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China’s Biometric Payment Scheme
China’s Biometric Payment Scheme
September 15, 2014  |  Mobile

The Chinese Academy of Sciences has endorsed an E-Commerce biometric authentication program based on the shopper transmitting a selfie. Dubbed “face swapping,” officials described a...

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Amex, China Mobile, Make Mobile Payments Move
Amex, China Mobile, Make Mobile Payments Move
September 15, 2014  |  Mobile

With soaring mobile purchases in China as a backdrop, American Express and China Mobile (China’s largest telecom) to jointly support an NFC mobile payment system...

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