News & Reviews:   Alipay

Earlier today, Payments Network Malaysia Sdn Bhd (PayNet) and Ant Group signed an agreement to provide seamless digital payments for travellers. The two companies want to expand cross-border payments in the region. This agreement will give travellers access to digital payments at over 1.8 million merchants across Malaysia.

A few weeks ago, we reported that the India Government was looking into banning several mobile apps from China due to security reasons. They have already banned TikTok in their country and now with the latest update - a total of 118 mobile apps are blocked.

Facial recognition is deemed to be one of the secure ways to carry out identity verification. These days, many security checkpoints, airports, and even smartphones have started leaning toward the technology for identification. However, is the technology that reliable? Researchers at Krenon, an AI company, have announced they were able to trick some of the facial recognition systems with a 3D mask they made. 

China is turning into a cashless society as most of the transactions are paid with the e-wallet system such as Alipay and WeChat Pay. Although it makes daily transactions more convenient to the locals, it does give pain to the tourists in the country. Thankfully, there’s a new Tour Pass that lets you add funds from an international credit or debit card within Alipay now.

As many of you already know, Sunway has introduced a new integrated license plate recognition system and although it's not officially launched yet, the system will be online in the first quarter of 2020 at Sunway City first. It will be Malaysia's first smart parking system, but which e-wallet payment can it support and how do you register? We got you covered.