Valora offers MoneyGram money transfer service in Liechtenste
MoneyGram yesterday announced that it has expanded its international money transfer service to Liechtenste through Valora, a market leader in small outlet convenience retail shops through a network of kiosks and railway-station bookstores in Switzerland. Currently, MoneyGram only allows consumers to send money to friends and family from its Valora location in Schaan and will add more locations and service options including the ability...
Western Union offers its global money transfer services in Mexico through Banorte
The Western Union Company has signed 5-year agreement with Banorte, one of the largest financial institutions in Mexico, allowing Banorte to offer its global money transfer services at more than 1,300 locations nationwide.
Apple to organize its Worldwide Developers Conference in San Francisco coming June
Apple just announced that it will hold its annual Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) at San Francisco’s Moscone West, started from June 10, 2013 until June 14, 2013. Through the five-day conference, developers able to learn about the future of iOS and OS X and enabling them to create incredible new apps with innovative features. WWDC will also feature more than 100 technical sessions presented by over 1,000 Apple engineers,...
Alibaba teams up with China government and law enforcement agencies to battle counterfeit goods
Alibaba, via its statement announced it has formed up partnership with five key government and law enforcement agencies in China to against counterfeit goods. The five parties are Ministry of Public Security, State Administration for Industry & Commerce, General Administration of Quality Supervision, State Intellectual Property Office and General Administration of Press and Publication. Through the partnership, Alibaba aims to...
Food Panda Malaysia expands its food delivery service to Penang
The local food delivery e-commerce website, Food Panda Malaysia (foodpanda.my) finally extended their delivery service to Penang, starting with ten restaurants including The Chicken Rice Shop, Gem’s Restaurant and Sakana Sushi Bar and Cuisine. In conjunction the service launched, Food Panda Malaysia currently offers free delivery service in Penang. For Klang Valley, Foodpanda.my just recently started to offer delivery service to...
MasterCard launches its Priceless program in Madrid and Stockholm
MasterCard yesterday launched Priceless Madrid in Spain, a program allowing city residents of Madrid and visitors to the Spanish capital to enjoy special and unique way by offering cardholders privileged access to the best of Madrid in gastronomy, culture and arts, entertainment, shopping, sports and travel. At the same day, MasterCard introduced the similar program in Sweden namely Priceless Stockholm for its cardholders in the...
Visa survey reveals global travellers plan to increase their travel budget in future
According to Visa’s latest Global Travel Intentions Study 2013 among 12,631 travellers from 25 countries, the average global travel budget of RM7,257.24 (US$2,390) per trip is set to increase to RM7,594.29 (US$2,501). The survey shows top spenders abroad in the past were the Saudi Arabians, spending an average of RM20,244.61 (US$6,666) per trip followed by Australian – RM12,506.36 (US$4,118) and Chinese travellers – RM11,613.48...
Cross-border payments service provider Earthport introduce new payments route into India
Earthport, the cross-border payments service provider recently introduced a new payments route into India, allowing its clients to expand their payment services in the region and quickly launch retail and corporate payment products into India. The expansion into India is just a part of Earthport’s global network of more than 50 countries with local payment clearing capabilities.
Alcatel One Touch partners with Marvel’s Iron Man 3
MALAYSIA: TCL Communication, designer and manufacturer of ALCATEL ONE TOUCH mobile devices is celebrating the 20th anniversary of the ALCATEL brand this year. For the past 20 years ALCATEL has been bringing innovation and quality in mobile technology to people across the world with simple and accessible devices focused on enabling users to do more. ALCATEL ONE TOUCH phones are designed around real peoples’ lifestyles and the usage and...
Many major torrent sites now accept donations via Bitcoin payment
The Pirate Bay, one of the famous torrent site in the world has implemented Bitcoin payment on the front page of the portal to collect donation. The initiative quickly influenced other major torrent sites to follow and started to use Bitcoin for donation including EZTV, OpenBitTorrent and PublicBitTorrent.
