GAME-LIKE: The M+ app allows users to fill red envelopes and hold prize drawings in group chats, which drew excited participation among employees during internal testing
Taipei Times
Date: Dec 29, 2017
By: Ted Chen / Staff reporter
Taipei Fubon Commercial Bank (台北富邦銀行) and Taiwan Mobile Co (台灣大哥大)
Fubon president Roman Cheng, left, and Taiwan Mobile president James Jeng dress up as the god of prosperity at a news conference held yesterday to announce the new digital red envelope feature on the M+ Messenger app. Photo: Wang Yi-hung, Taipei Times
yesterday introduced a digital red envelope feature to the M+ Messenger app, marking a first for the local market.
The new feature expands the app’s peer-to-peer payment functions and lets users send cash gifts to a single or multiple recipients, the companies said.
The transactions are limited to NT$50,000 each or a total of NT$100,000 daily, they added.
Digital red envelopes have over the past few years gained popularity in China, Fubon president Roman Cheng (程耀輝) said, adding that M+ has enhanced security, as users must register their identity and account at the lender. [FULL STORY]