Independent EFTPOS and payment provider Smartpay Holding has signed a deal with Chinese payment provider Alipay that will give up to 25,000 Australian and New Zealand Smartpay merchants the ability to access what is China's preferred payment method.

Taxi fleet operator Cabcharge attributes significant technology initiatives to contributing to the company’s growth over the half year to the end of December and delivery of $90 million in revenue.

Local taxi payment vendor Cabcharge has tied up with Chinese payment platform Alipay to try and attract the ever growing number of Chinese tourists into using taxis and using a payment method which is familiar to them.