Jkopay Co (街口電子支付) has partnered with a Hong Kong-based insurance technology company to enable its users to buy insurance policies online via its electronic payment tool, the company said yesterday.
In cooperation with Bolttech Management Ltd, Jkopay is offering three vaccine insurance policies from Fubon Insurance Co (富邦產險) on its platform and would provide customers with reward points, it said.
“Although it is not the first time that an e-payment company is cooperating with an insurer to sell insurance products, our service is more convenient,” Jkopay said.
Jkopay said its users do not need to register as members of Fubon Insurance to buy
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E-payment across systems might start next quarter
By Kao Shih-ching / Staff reporter
Users of different electronic payment services, such as those by Jkopay Co (街口支付) and Line Pay Money, would from next quarter be able to transfer money across systems via a new platform, the Financial Supervisory Commission said on Thursday.
The commission announced that amendments to the Act Governing Electronic Payment Institutions (電子支付機構管理條例) are to take effect from July 1, allowing money transfers across different e-payment providers.
The commission has assigned the Financial Information Service Co (財金公司) to set up a virtual platform to enable the transfer, with state-run Taiwan Cooperative Bank (合庫銀行) assigned to address the flow of funds between different e-payment companies, it said.
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