Taishin International Bank clippings file • NFCW

Samsung Pay goes live in Taiwan with seven banks

By Rian Boden • 23 May 2017

Samsung Pay has been launched across Taiwan with support from Visa and Mastercard along with seven major banks including Citibank, Cathay United Bank, E.Sun Commercial Bank, Taishin International Bank, Fubon Bank, Union Bank of Taiwan and Standard Chartered. The service supports iris scan authentication for those with Samsung Galaxy S8 and S8+ devices. More

What's New in Payments

Samsung Pay previews in Taiwan

By Rian Boden • 5 May 2017 • Updated 9 January 2024

Samsung Pay has launched in pilot in Taiwan ahead of an official roll-out expected on 23 May... More

What's New in Payments

Apple Pay goes live in Taiwan with support from seven banks

By Rian Boden • 29 March 2017 • Updated 29 March 2023

Apple Pay has launched in Taiwan with support from Mastercard, Visa and seven banks including Taipei Fubon Commercial Bank, Cathay United Bank, E.Sun Commercial Bank, Taishin International Bank, CTBC Bank, Standard Chartered Bank and Union Bank of Taiwan. More

What's New in Payments

Apple Pay to launch in Taiwan on March 29?

By Rian Boden • 28 March 2017

Apple Pay will launch in Taiwan on March 29 with support from Cathay United Bank, CTBC Bank, E Sun Commercial Bank, Standard Chartered Bank, Taipei Fubon Commercial Bank, Taishin International Bank and Union Bank of Taiwan, according to Focus Taiwan... More

What's New in Payments

Taiwan banks get Apple Pay approval

By Rian Boden • 6 March 2017

Seven banks in Taiwan have been granted permission by the Financial Supervisory Commission (FSC) to support Apple Pay, Focus Taiwan reports... More

What's New in Payments

Apple Pay triples users in 2016 and prepares to launch in Taiwan

By Rian Boden • 1 February 2017

The number of Apple Pay users has more than tripled over the past year, with transaction volume up 500% year-over-year, Apple CEO Tim Cook revealed during the company’s first quarter earnings call. The mobile payment service is also expected to launch in Taiwan “soon”. More

What's New in Payments

Chunghwa Telecom goes live with NFC payments in Taiwan

By Sarah Clark • 2 October 2014 • Updated 2 October 2014

Subscribers to Chunghwa Telecom with accounts at any of four Taiwanese banks will be able to download a virtual version of their credit card to their SIM card and use it to make NFC payments from 16 October, the carrier has announced... More

NFC World

Far EasTone to pilot NFC payments in Taiwan

By Rian Boden • 13 June 2013 • Updated 19 January 2023

Far EasTone, Taiwan’s third largest mobile network operator, is to begin testing NFC mobile payments during the third quarter of 2013, in cooperation with Far Eastern International Bank and MasterCard... More

NFC World

Chunghwa launches NFC payments in Taiwan

By Rian Boden • 29 May 2013

Taiwan’s largest mobile network operator’s NFC payment service has gone live and four banks will now begin the roll-out of Chunghwa Telecom’s mobile credit card service, which enables Mastercard PayPass credit cards to be issued over-the-air to customers’ NFC-enabled SIMs, starting with Cathay United Bank... More

NFCW

At the heart of the contactless ecosystem since 2008

Taishin International Bank

Nine news stories.

Samsung Pay goes live in Taiwan with seven banks

Samsung Pay previews in Taiwan

Apple Pay goes live in Taiwan with support from seven banks

Apple Pay to launch in Taiwan on March 29?

Taiwan banks get Apple Pay approval

Apple Pay triples users in 2016 and prepares to launch in Taiwan

Chunghwa Telecom goes live with NFC payments in Taiwan

Far EasTone to pilot NFC payments in Taiwan

Chunghwa launches NFC payments in Taiwan