Mobile Payments
17 E-Wallets in The Philippines You Should Know
“A way to carry your money inside your cellphone”. This is perhaps the simplest meaning of an e-wallet as defined by Philippine-based mobile money service GCash. For the past few years, different companies such as telcos, banks, fintech startups, financial
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UOB Joins the Mobile Cross-Border Remittance Bandwagon with UOB Mighty
It appears that Grab is not the only one that is honing in their focus on mobile cross-border remittances, incumbents seems to be unwilling to be left out of the game. UOB announced that they have successfully completed a cross
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Grab to Launch International Wallet-to-Wallet Remittance in 2019
Grab just announced its wallet-to-wallet remittance function slated for a 2019 launch, as part of its Grab Financial arm, and putting the company one step closer towards its dream of becoming an all-encompassing app. Rather than the usual underserved or
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Vietnam Messaging App Zalo: A Super App which might be bought by Facebook in 2020
Following on the lead of other “super apps,” Zalo has been integrating new functions into its app, including a payment platform called Zalo Pay, which was introduced last year. Launched in 2012, Zalo is Vietnam’s premier chatting platform, with more
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Singapore and Thailand QR Payments Will Soon Be Standardised
Thanks to a partnership signed between NETS and ITMX, Thailand’s interbank payment infrastructure, Thai mobile wallet users will soon be able to scan the NETS QR Code and NETS Pay Users in turn will also be able to scan the
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Visa and Stripe to Launch Instant Payments on Stripe Connect
Visa, has teamed up with Stripe, a fintech company focusing on online payment processing, to enable its real-time push payment solution on Stripe Connect, the company’s solution for multi- sided marketplaces and platforms. Visa Direct offers real-time push payment capabilities
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Grab To Have UOB’s Digital Banking Service Integrated into Its App
United Overseas Bank Limited (UOB) and Grab today announced they have entered into a strategic alliance to accelerate the use of digital services among ASEAN’s growing base of digital consumers. Interestingly, this announcement comes shortly after Go-Jek’s partnership announcement with
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Razer Pay To Be Accepted in NETS Terminals in 2019
Razer, a global lifestyle brand for gamers, today announced that it is working with NETS Group to enable Razer Pay acceptance on NETS unified POS terminals, with the goal of enabling full interoperability by the time Razer Pay launches in
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DBS and GO-JEK Teams Up in a Fight Against Grab in South East Asia
DBS Bank and GO-JEK today announced that the two parties have entered into a regional strategic partnership. The partnership will see the two companies work together on payment services ahead of GO-JEK’s arrival in Singapore and this will soon extend
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GrabPay Inks Thailand Partnership with Kasikorn Bank — Cements Presence in All 6 ASEAN Countries
Grab is ramping up its fintech ambitions, the company announced today that they have secured a strategic partnership with Kasikorn Bank, a major banking group in Thailand. In this partnership both parties will jointly introduce a co-branded mobile wallet dubbed
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