On November 1, VISA International and the Singapore subsidiary of Eastcompeace jointly announced a partnership, which will provide all card issuers in the Asia-Pacific region with cost-effective JCES dual-interface chip cards, which are based on the Java TM platform and fully meet VISA's requirements for African Contact payment technology requirements to provide complete and secure contactless transaction payment services to all VISA customers.

"In Asia Pacific, consumers, banks and merchants are increasingly concerned about the convenience of contactless transactions, so our demand for contactless payments is also growing, and currently 28% of face-to-face transactions in Asia Pacific are non-contact transactions. Contactless transactions.” said Rajiv Ramanathan, Head of Product, VISA Asia Pacific, “Our partners have played a key role in accelerating the pace of contactless payments in the region. The issuer offers contactless cards.”

Mr. Andy Chew, Executive Director of Eastcom Peace (Singapore) Co., Ltd., said: "Eastcom Peace is very honored to work with VISA to deploy the contactless transaction plan in the Asia-Pacific region. The advanced production level can provide all customers with various system solutions of contactless payment technology. As a long-term partner of VISA, we will also make unremitting efforts to provide customers with better products and services.”

For more product information, please contact vincentgoh@eastcompeace.com.sg