| Mar 1993 |
Established in Hong Kong |
| Nov 1994 |
Established the company's 1st subsidiary and Application Development Centre in Taipei, Taiwan |
| Jul 1995 |
Established offices in Shenzhen and Shanghai, China |
| Aug 1995 |
Achieved certified POS solution partner of Industrial & Commercial Bank of China - became one of the very few approved partners of the bank |
| Nov 1995 |
Achieved certified POS solution partner of Agricultural Bank of China - became one of the very few approved manufacturers of the bank |
| Apr 1996 |
Implemented Asia's 1st commercial EMV (Europay, MasterCard and VISA) compliance loyalty program using MasterCard |
| Jul 1996 |
Established offices in Beijing, China |
| Sep 1996 |
Being Standard Chartered Bank's dedicated partner, implemented Hong Kong's 1st Maestro card network |
| Oct 1997 |
Achieved certified POS solution partner of China Construction Bank - one of the four approved partners of the bank |
| Jan 1998 |
Established Technical Development Centre in Shanghai, China |
| Mar 1998 |
Established offices in Taichung, Taiwan |
| Jun 1998 |
Being Standard Chartered Bank's dedicated partner, implemented the world's 1st JAVA card POS solution |
| Jun 1999 |
Established office in Kaoshung, Taiwan |
| Oct 1999 |
Sold the 1st 100,000 units of S9000 series POS Terminal |
| Jan 2000 |
Further expanded and moved Technical Development Centre to Shenzhen, China |
| Aug 2001 |
Being Dao Hang Bank's 1st dedicated partner, realized Hong Kong's pioneering VEP (VISA Express Payment) System |
| Apr 2002 |
Established office in Macau |
| Jan 2003 |
Being HSBC dedicated partner, implemented the Installment Program POS solution |
| Jan 2004 |
Being one of BOC's dedicated partners in China UnionPay project, installed more than 2,000 units of S9010 terminal to accept CUP card |
| Apr 2004 |
To prepare for 1st May 'Golden Week', SPECTRA installed S9090 terminals for CUP member banks in Hong Kong to provide CUP RMB card acceptance service |
| Nov 2004 |
Established office in Chongqing |
| Dec 2006 |
Established office in Tainan and Taoyuan of Taiwan |
| May 2007 |
Octopus selects SPECTRA CREON POS Terminal accepting retail payment |
| Jul 2007 |
Achieved Guangzhou CUP 2007 certified procurement vendor for SPECTRA S9090 and CREON POS terminals |
