Alibaba Group Holding says this year’s Singles’ Day campaign has seen strong demand in four product categories – home appliances, consumer electronics, beauty and apparel – in a sign of consumer-spending recovery on the mainland, as the world’s largest online shopping festival drew to a close on Monday.

Fashion retailer Tom Tailor is using 7Learnings’ AI-based solution to optimise pricing, initially in its online store.

Visa will provide a range of digital wallets to help Asia-Pacific QR code payment providers to accept these payment methods to scan and pay at the point-of-sale.

Global payment acceptance service Ingenico has agreed a new partnership with Crypto.com to enable crypto payments on its payment terminals.

Deliveroo has launched 'Deliveroo Shopping', a new online retail arm in Singapore, aiming to provide consumers with a variety of on-demand retail options.

Tencent announced a strategic partnership with Visa to introduce its palm recognition technology for digital payments in international markets.

OCBC Bank has launched a new service allowing customers to send money instantly to users of WeChat Pay and Alipay in China.

Holland & Barrett has opened its first ever food and drink innovation kitchen in London.