Personal Data Protection Act 2010 Helps to Reduce SMS Spams
Nov 30, 2013 (Sat): The implementation of Personal Data Protection Act 2010 (Act 709) on Nov 15 requires data users to register with Personal Data Protection Department by Fed 15, 2014, the Star reports. The annual fee is RM100 for sole proprietors, RM200 for partnership businesses, RM300 for private companies and RM400 for public companies. According to Communication and Multimedia Minister Datuk Seri Ahamd Shabery Cheek, those...
Boku Becomes The Largest Direct Carrier Billing Provider in India
Nov 29, 2013 (Fri): The global online mobile payments provider Boku has announced its acquisition of India’s leading direct carrier billing company, Qubecell. The acquisition allows Boku to access India’s four largest carrier networks as well as access to many key local merchants.
Social Selling App Soldsie Now Supports Instagram
Nov 29, 2013 (Fri): Soldsie, a sales platform that turns your Facebook Page into a virtual storefront has announced that its service now working on the favorite photo-sharing app, Instagram. The users just need to log in to their Soldsie dashboard and connect it with their Instagram account at the setting page.
AsiaPay Bags Red Herring’s 2013 Top 100 Global Award
Nov 29, 2013 (Fri): AsiaPay, a payment solution provider in Asia has announced its receiving the Red Herring’s 2013 Top 100 Global Award, a prestigious list honoring the year’s most audacious and far reaching private technology companies and entrepreneurs from across the globe. Red Herring is a global media company uniting the world’s best high technology innovators. “We are honored to receive this celebrated...
MOLPay Enables Merchants to Issue BCARD Reward Points
Nov 29, 2013 (Fri): MOLPay has formed a partnership with BCARD allowing its online merchants join the BCARD reward programme automatically without any joining fee. BCARD is Malaysia’s premier lifestyle and brand-focused multi-partners loyalty programme. BCARD’s membership is free. Members collect BPoints when they spend at any of the participating outlets nationwide. With over 800,000 members and 20,000 new members every month,...
Threadless Enters Malaysia Through Partnership with ZALORA
Nov 29, 2013 (Fri): ZALORA, Malaysia’s leading online fashion destination, has announced the launch of a retail partnership with Threadless, the funky design graphic tee brand, known for making unknown designs popular. Threadless makes its first breakthrough in Malaysia through localized pure-play e-commerce on ZALORA. A Chicago-based creative community, Threadless helps unknown artists make their designs popular, and creates,...
What Will Christmas Bring? Experts Rredict Mass Attacks on Online Banking Users
Nov 28, 2013 (Thu): Kaspersky Lab has recorded several thousand attempts to infect computers used for online banking with a malicious program that its creator’s claim can attack “any bank in any country”. The Neverquest Trojan banker supports just about every possible trick used to bypass online banking security systems: web injection, remote system access, social engineering, and so on. In light of the Trojan’s self-replication...
MasterCard Collaborates with Ogone to Deploy MasterPass in Europe
Nov 28, 2013 (Thu): MasterCard has formed a strategic partnership with Ogone, a leading global online payment provider to deploy its future of digital transactions MasterPass in Belgium, The Netherlands, France, United Kingdom, Germany and Spain. “On top of our portfolio of over 80 international payment methods, we are pleased to include and provide MasterPass to our clients. As online cross border sales opportunities grow, simplicity...
Shopify Stores Now Able to Accept Bitcoin
Nov 28, 2013 (Thu): Shopify has announced its integration with BitPay to enable all of their 75,000 merchants can now start accepting Bitcoin. This payment option can used along with other payment options such as Shopify Payments and PayPal. BitPay is the world’s largest payment processor for Bitcoin, a virtual currency.
eCommerce Market in South Korea Grows 5.3% in Q3 2013
Nov 27, 2013 (Wed): South Korea’s e-commerce sales reached 292 trillion won (RM886 billion) in third quarter this year. It grew 5.3 percent on-year amid increasing demand for online transactions in the country, Yonhap News Agency reports. The report showed that 92.7 per cent of the sales contributed by business-to-business (B2B) transactions. Business-to-government (B2G) deals reported grew 11.6 per cent to 11.93 trillion won...
