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REGION SURVEY - SOUTH-EAST ASIA: Technology drives South-East Asia.

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(From Electronic Payments International)

With Asia's economic growth surging ahead, several countries in the South-East Asia region are experiencing rapid development in electronic payment services and infrastructure. However, in some cases, cash and cheques still dominate. Victoria Conroy reports When it comes to charting Asia's economic strength, China, India and Japan grab the headlines. However, the region's smaller countries - Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia and Singapore - have much to boast about. In the space of a decade, the use of electronic payments in all these countries has grown phenomenally, thanks to inward investment in payment infrastructures, ...

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