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Dear Web Payments Working Group,

I had planned to send this Monday after Chairs review. My mistake; I sent it to the wrong list. 

I now welcome your feedback! :)

Ian


> On Sep 13, 2018, at 7:35 PM, Ian Jacobs <ij@w3.org> wrote:
> 
> Hi Nick and Adrian,
> 
> After discussion with Michel Weksler, we propose to send this message to the Working Group,
> then do some individual outreach to get some people to prepare.
> 
> Are you ok with this email?
> 
> Ian
> 
> ========
> 
> Subject: Web Payments In Asia discussion at TPAC?
> 
> Dear Web Payments Working Group,
> 
> tl;dr: if you would like to discuss Payments in Asia at TPAC, please let us know
> on this thread. If you would like to present at or help organize the session, 
> please reach out to Ian and Michel.
> 
> --
> 
> Michel Weksler and I were chatting recently about the TPAC 2018 agenda [1].
> 
> We noted that in Lisbon at TPAC 2016 the Web Payments interest Group
> held a session on Payments in China [2] where we heard from Alibaba (about Alipay), 
> Baidu, Qihoo360, and Tencent (about WeChat).
> 
> Now, two years later Payment Request API is specified in detail and
> gaining traction, but we've not heard a lot about Payment Request use cases 
> or adoption in Asia, especially in China and India.
> 
> Michel and I thought that could be a fine topic for TPAC discussion
> and wanted to see if (1) other Working Group participants agree and
> (2) anyone would like to take the lead on organizing a session at TPAC
> to address topics such as:
> 
> * What are the primary use cases in ASIA where Payment Request API
>  would be of value? For example, is the primary use case that
>  someone might want to make a mobile payment when shopping at a
>  merchant site that can only be reached through the Web? What
>  is the importance of this use case in various markets in Asia?
> 
>  Other example might be a similar use case, but when people are
>  traveling to locations outside their home country.
> 
> * Are there payment methods in countries in Asia that we need to
>  be paying more attention to?
> 
> * Are there authentication methods in countries in Asia that we need
>  to be paying more attention to? What is the relationship of those
>  authentication methods to Web Authentication?
> 
> Please respond to this email (on the list or privately) to let Michel
> and me know whether you are interested in this topic, if you would like
> to speak about this topic at TPAC, and whether you'd like to help
> organize and lead this session.
> 
> Thank you,
> 
> Ian
> 
> [1] https://github.com/w3c/webpayments/wiki/FTF-Oct2018
> [2] https://www.w3.org/2016/09/22-wpay-minutes#item09

Ian Jacobs <ij@w3.org>
https://www.w3.org/People/Jacobs/
Tel: +1 718 260 9447

Received on Friday, 14 September 2018 18:07:12 UTC