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		<title>The Rise of Alternative Payments</title>
		<link>http://paystone.wordpress.com/2008/10/13/the-rise-of-alternative-payments/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Oct 2008 15:00:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>mniring</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In the next five years, online transactions will more than double, reaching $355.2 billion, reports a consumer study in the U.S. from Javelin Research and Strategy.  According to the findings, by 2012, 30% of Americans will use alternative payment solutions for internet transactions instead of relying on their credit cards. In 2007, alternative payments accounted [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=paystone.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4522109&amp;post=266&amp;subd=paystone&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Globalization &#8211; How It Will Affect Your International Shipping</title>
		<link>http://paystone.wordpress.com/2008/10/10/globalization-how-it-will-affect-your-international-shipping/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Oct 2008 23:11:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>paystone</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Online Merchants]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sell to China]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[China inbound logistics]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here at Paystone we solve a key problem for online merchants selling their goods into the Chinese market &#8211; getting the RMB money from China and delivering it to the merchant&#8217;s bank account here in North America in US or Canadian dollars.  Receiving and converting the money is a major challenge &#8211; but it is [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=paystone.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4522109&amp;post=383&amp;subd=paystone&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Real China Miracle</title>
		<link>http://paystone.wordpress.com/2008/10/09/the-real-china-miracle/</link>
		<comments>http://paystone.wordpress.com/2008/10/09/the-real-china-miracle/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Oct 2008 21:43:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>mniring</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Online Merchants]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sell to China]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Chinese consumer demand]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[E-commerce in China]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Retail market in China]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Shopping trends in China]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://paystone.wordpress.com/?p=310</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Reposted from: The Motley Fool By: Paul Elliot Want to see my &#8220;China credentials&#8221;? Fair enough. How&#8217;s this? I might be the only American you meet all year who learned to use chopsticks in China. Of course, I was 42 years old at the time. I&#8217;m just saying … Don&#8217;t write me off as some [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=paystone.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4522109&amp;post=310&amp;subd=paystone&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>7 Ways To Improve International E-Commerce Usability</title>
		<link>http://paystone.wordpress.com/2008/10/08/7-ways-to-improve-international-e-commerce-usability/</link>
		<comments>http://paystone.wordpress.com/2008/10/08/7-ways-to-improve-international-e-commerce-usability/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Oct 2008 18:46:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>mniring</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Online Merchants]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sell to China]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Shipping]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[E-commerce usability]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[International E-commerce]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[International Shipping]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://paystone.wordpress.com/?p=344</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Reposted from: Palmer Web Marketing The following guest post comes courtesy of Linda Bustos from the Get Elastic Ecommerce Blog. When you run an ecommerce website, you have the potential to sell products to people around the world — even from your own basement. But many online retailers expect to make international sales without doing [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=paystone.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4522109&amp;post=344&amp;subd=paystone&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Canadian Thanksgiving Holiday &#8211; October 13th</title>
		<link>http://paystone.wordpress.com/2008/10/07/canadian-thanksgiving-holiday-october-13th/</link>
		<comments>http://paystone.wordpress.com/2008/10/07/canadian-thanksgiving-holiday-october-13th/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Oct 2008 18:23:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>mniring</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Send Money]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Paystone Representatives]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Send money overseas]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Send money to China]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Send money to Mexico]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Send money to Philippines]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Monday, October 13th, 2008 is a National Holiday in Canada for the celebration of Thanksgiving. Paystone will be closed for the holiday, as will all Canadian banks. In-person transactions at the bank and Paystone customer service assistance will be unavailable on this day. All online money transfers from Canada and the U.S. can still be [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=paystone.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4522109&amp;post=337&amp;subd=paystone&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Alibaba Leader Highlights Success in China</title>
		<link>http://paystone.wordpress.com/2008/10/06/alibaba-leader-highlights-success-in-china/</link>
		<comments>http://paystone.wordpress.com/2008/10/06/alibaba-leader-highlights-success-in-china/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Oct 2008 21:22:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>mniring</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Online Merchants]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sell to China]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Alibaba]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Alipay]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[E-commerce in China]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jack Ma]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Merchant Account]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Retail market in China]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://paystone.wordpress.com/?p=284</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[In March of this year Jack Ma, the CEO and Chairman of the  Alibaba Group, the largest e-commerce company in China, spoke in London about his company&#8217;s achievements and growth. He also highlighted the success of Alipay, the most popular online payment gateway in China. As the lead founder of Alibaba, Ma spoke passionately about [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=paystone.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4522109&amp;post=284&amp;subd=paystone&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>China: Ten Things You Should Know About an Online Superpower</title>
		<link>http://paystone.wordpress.com/2008/10/03/china-ten-things-you-should-know-about-an-online-superpower/</link>
		<comments>http://paystone.wordpress.com/2008/10/03/china-ten-things-you-should-know-about-an-online-superpower/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 04 Oct 2008 00:24:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>mniring</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Online Merchants]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sell to China]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[China stats]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Chinese consumers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[E-commerce in China]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Retail market in China]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Reposted from: SEOmoz.org China. Even in this day and age, sensitive information rarely leaks out of the Great Internet Firewall. Fortunately for Western pundits, China toots its horn every six months with the release of a half yearly report on Chinese internet development. The July 2008 edition was recently released in English, but to save [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=paystone.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4522109&amp;post=270&amp;subd=paystone&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Alipay Reaches 100 Million Mark</title>
		<link>http://paystone.wordpress.com/2008/10/01/alipay-reaches-100-million-mark/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Oct 2008 00:08:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>mniring</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Sell to China]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Alipay]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[China stats]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[E-commerce in China]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[eCommerce]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Merchant Account]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Payment Solution]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://paystone.wordpress.com/?p=233</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Alipay, China&#8217;s most popular online payment platform, reached 100 million registered users at the end of August.  Alipay is now the second largest payment platform in the world, right after PayPal, with its 180 million users. Alipay currently boasts a 76% share of the online payment processing market in China. What is particularly notable about [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=paystone.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4522109&amp;post=233&amp;subd=paystone&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>US Postal Service &#8211; Made Easier for Online Retailers</title>
		<link>http://paystone.wordpress.com/2008/09/29/us-postal-service-made-easier-for-online-retailers/</link>
		<comments>http://paystone.wordpress.com/2008/09/29/us-postal-service-made-easier-for-online-retailers/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Sep 2008 22:26:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>mniring</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Online Merchants]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sell to China]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Shipping methods]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Shipping Overseas]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Shipping to China]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://paystone.wordpress.com/?p=186</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The United States Postal Service (USPS) has redesigned its website to improve customer satisfaction and increase ease of use. It is now easier for retailers to find shipping information and services for both domestic and international needs. “We are committed to making USPS.com one of the best government web sites, and one of the best [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=paystone.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4522109&amp;post=186&amp;subd=paystone&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>National Day Holiday in China &#8211; October 1st</title>
		<link>http://paystone.wordpress.com/2008/09/26/national-day-holiday-in-china-october-1st/</link>
		<comments>http://paystone.wordpress.com/2008/09/26/national-day-holiday-in-china-october-1st/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Sep 2008 22:10:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>mniring</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Send money to China]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[October 1st is the National Holiday for the People&#8217;s Republic of China. Banks, including Paystone&#8217;s partner bank SPDB, will be closed for the holiday from Wednesday, October 1st to Friday October 3rd. You can send your remittance from Canada and the U.S. as usual. When sending money to China, please note that cash pickups from [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=paystone.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4522109&amp;post=179&amp;subd=paystone&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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