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On its company blog PayPal announced that is improving user experience with an online payment option Bill Me Later. Now it is easier to see which listings offer Bill Me Later on eBay. Besides, shoppers will be provided with associated offers on the View Item page. This way consumers will be able to use Bill Me Later to buy the items they want now and pay for them later.

Bill Me Later will also appear on the Review Your Purchase page along with a direct link to Bill Me Later’s easy application and checkout process.

AdSense users in more countries now may avail themselves of Western Union cash payment option as the money transfer company has announced the expansion of the previously launched service available only in a limited number of states. Now Western Union payment option is available in 30 countries including China, Morocco, Jamaica, Philippines and Ecuador. The companies have recently added six new payout countries including the UAE, Lebanon, Croatia, Moldova, Slovenia and Tunisia and expect to add additional countries later this year.

Chase, the consumer and commercial banking division of JPMorgan Chase, has upgraded its iPhone application adding remote cheque deposit and person-to-person payment feature.

In order to make a deposit a customer needs to enter first the account details and payment amount and after that add photos of the front and back of the cheque taken with their iPhone or iPod camera.

Besides, Chase has also added P2P QuickPay to the latest version of its free app, enabling payments to be made to anyone as long as the customer has their e-mail address.

asknet AG, recently ranked as one of Germany's fastest-growing technology companies in Deloitte's "Technology Fast 50" report, reported that now it is offering Alipay as an online payment option to customers in China.

"With Alipay, asknet expands its global eCommerce payment portfolio. We are proud to work with China's leading online payment service. This cooperation will greatly ease our customers' entry into the Chinese digital product market and provide additional value to our existing offering to sell online in China", says Michael Konrad, CFO of asknet.

Users of Vindicia’s CashBox™ service have now more options to bank online. Recently the company added PayPal Express Checkout and PayPal’s enhanced recurring billing solution, known as “reference transactions” to the list of its payment methods.

Visa launched a new promotion program called I Go with Visa Debit for consumers in Brazil and Mexico. The program is meant to educate young adults on why debit is faster, more convenient and secure than cash. I Go with Visa Debit is a unique campaign that engages consumers through online and social media networks and allows them to participate in a creative contest.

An Internet textbook retailer eCampus.com which offers used textbooks, textbook rentals, etextbooks, new textbooks online, partnered with PayPal to offer it as a payment option to customers. Now eCampus buyers can use PayPal for more than 6 million textbooks, books, and DVDs.

With PayPal, eCampus customers can now pay for items through account balances, bank accounts, debit cards, or credit cards without sharing their financial information.

A payment service provider for local e-payments GlobalCollect have entered into the strategic partnership with Varien, the Magento company, to provide Magento’s clients with access to an unrivaled portfolio of local, alternative, and international payment methods in over 200 countries and for 170 currencies.

 Chinese leading online payment service Alipay has established a partnership with Avangate, full service provider of electronic software distribution and reseller management solutions for software vendors, to enable enable Avangate vendors to accept Alipay for China domestic payments in Chinese Renminbi (RMB).

The partnership allows software vendors to engage in a more focused market approach and position themselves better to serve the growing software market in China.

 PokerStars.com, the world’s largest poker site, announced that it had extended its deal with Ukash for providing secure online payments to consumers in South Africa. Their partnership allows players in South Africa to place bets safely online using cash. 

Now hundreds of thousands of PokerStars.com users in the country will be able to choose Ukash as their preferred payment method; which enables consumers to pay online securely and anonymously using cash, instead of having to use credit or debit cards.

 Following the results of its survey that showed Canadian customers welcome more choice in debit market Visa Canada decided to launch Visa Debit product. Its study showed that 74% of respondents said they would be interested in a debit card that offers enhanced features and 66% believe that consumers should have more choice when it comes to direct debit payments in Canada.