Articles on Payment

Nokia, Visa turn phones into digital wallets - Jan 12, 2007

Crave Credit card giant Visa and Finnish mobile maker Nokia have signed a deal to launch a worldwide system that will turn mobile phones into digital wallets for making electronic payment. All ... Read story »

New Singapore land transport e-payment systems: Will it improve on a dangerous situation? - Jul 14, 2008

Blogs Two years ago, I blogged that the Electronic Road Pricing's (ERP) requirement for prepaid cards was a danger to motorists as there are idiots who would just stop in the middle ... Read story »

Indian railway in Sify iWay - Sep 26, 2006

Blogs India's leading Internet service provider and cybercafe chain Sify has announced a tie-up with Indian Railways to enable customers to book rail tickets online against cash payment. Indian Railways is the ... Read story »

Top-up ez-link card from home - Aug 31, 2006

Blogs Now, there's a neater way for Singaporeans to top up thier ez-link stored value card. Through the Internet. Instead of queueing up at top-up kiosks and counters, it can now be ... Read story »

Withdraw your PayPal funds to your Indonesian account - Jan 30, 2008

Blogs It's good news for Indonesian PayPal users. My fellow countrymen can finally conveniently withdraw funds from their PayPal accounts to their local bank accounts! Prior to this eBay's online payment division's ... Read story »

Land Authority sues StreetDirectory.com for copyright infringement - Nov 24, 2006

Blogs In what might well be a case of bad karma, Virtual Map, the guys behind www.streetdirectory.com, has been taken to the courts by the Singapore Land Authority. According to a report ... Read story »

WiFi Pay Terminal - Jul 14, 2006

Crave We thought we'd seen it all in Japan, but the Taiwanese aren't letting their neighbors enjoy all the fun. Enter the WiFi Pay Terminal by Tongya Telecommunication Industry. What gives this ... Read story »

How to pay with music - Dec 19, 2005

Crave You are at the boarding gate and the sweetheart in blue is asking for your ticket. You grin. She smiles. You whip out your iPod and the smile gets wider. You ... Read story »

UNDERSTAND A CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT - Jun 4, 2008

Blogs   Constructing a house is a cumbersome process. Many people prefer to construct a house rather than purchase a built house. A plot is purchased and the house is constructed according to ... Read story »

At world's end - Jul 15, 2006

Blogs Sometimes, life in Indonesia feels like the Twilight Zone. Granted, we still get the latest electronics, computers and other booty, but some products are rather lacking. Software for example. A friend ... Read story »

Online Shopping in India - Nov 2, 2007

Blogs E-commerce is seeing a steep rise according to Assocham (Associated Chambers of Commerce & Industry of India). Two metros (Delhi and Mumbai) are driving this growth with each contributing 24% and ... Read story »

Meet the Blonde Bimbo of the Smart Card Universe - Oct 25, 2007

Blogs Everytime I visit Hong Kong, I can't get over how ubiquitous the use of the Octopus card is. You can use Octopus for practically everything--from entering the Hong Kong Jockey Club ... Read story »

Mobile banking in Korea - Oct 4, 2007

Blogs The Payments System Research group of the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City has published a research briefing titled "Mobile payments in Japan, South Korea, and the United States" by Terri ... Read story »

Paying for content - Jun 7, 2006

Blogs It finally arrived. After nearly three weeks of waiting, my order of Schlock Mercenary: Under New Management landed on my desk, ending what could have been a frustrating odyssey. You would ... Read story »

Automated fast food - Jan 4, 2008

Crave Forget the sluggish Slow Food movement. True geeks are in a rush to spend their cash on the latest electronics, not snobby epicure. So when we spotted a fast food restaurant ... Read story »

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