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Thailand, Hong Kong launch cross-border QR payments

By Chayut Setboonsarng

BANGKOK (Reuters) – Thailand’s central bank and the Hong Kong Monetary Authority on Monday launched a link for cross-border QR payments, they said in a joint statement.

“Through this linkage, travellers from Thailand and Hong Kong will be able to make retail payments by using their mobile payment applications,” they said.

Thailand, Hong Kong launch cross-border QR payments
FILE PHOTO: A woman wears a protective face mask as she looks at her mobile phone amid the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Bangkok, Thailand September 30, 2020. REUTERS/Soe Zeya Tun/File Photo