After an upgrade, Apple changed the terms of use of its App Store in China and has started accepting Yuan-denominated settlement in the country.

Alipay.com, the Internet payment subsidiary of the Chinese e-commerce group Alibaba, has announced that it has launched a new convenient Internet payment service.

Alipay.com, the Chinese third-party Internet payment platform and a subsidiary of the B2B e-commerce group Alibaba, has launched a joint security and risk control program with major Chinese banks.

China Construction Bank and Microsoft China have signed a strategic cooperation memorandum and the two parties will jointly establish a new generation of online banking based on Microsoft's technology platform to improve the security and convenience of online banking applications.

Microsoft China and China Financial Certification Authority have jointly announced that several Chinese banks, including China Construction Bank; Industrial and Commercial Bank of China; China Merchants Bank; and Shanghai Pudong Development Bank have achieved the seamless compatibility of their online banking systems with the Windows 7 operating system.

Alipay, the Internet payment subsidiary of the Chinese e-commerce group Alibaba, has announced that it will lift the limit on large credit card payments.

Chinese B2B e-commerce giant Alibaba plans to help Chinese small and medium enterprises gain CNY6 billion in loans from banks in 2009 to help them overcome the impact of the global financial crisis.

Formed by Chinese banks, securities institutions, e-commerce websites and domain name management and service organizations, the China Anti-phishing Website Alliance has been founded to fight phishing websites through better management of domain names and domain name servers.

Beijing Data Center of Centrin, one of the largest and the most advanced professional data center in China, has been unveiled and put into operation in Beijing's Yizhuang Economic-Technological Development Zone.

During discussions at the Strategic Economic Dialogue between China and the United States, Cisco (CSCO) China has signed separate cooperation agreements with China Mobile and China Construction Bank.

Chinese e-commerce provider Alibaba has announced an initiative to launch an online platform to help small and medium enterprises in China solve their difficulties in receiving financing.