Mobile Payments
Singtel’s Dash App Launches Insurance Savings Plan Underwitten by Etiqa Insurance
Singtel has launched an insurance savings solution for consumers looking to start their savings journey. It is offered exclusively through Singtel’s Dash app and underwritten by Etiqa Insurance. This adds to their existing financial services which currently provides payments, mobile data
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Liquid Group Expands QR Payment Network in Korea with NICE Payments
Liquid Group, a regional mobile payment services group headquartered in Singapore, will partner with NICE Payments (“NICE”) as its merchant acquirer in Korea. Nice Payments, a subsidiary of NICE Information & technology, is the payment specialist of NICE Group, is
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Huawei Launches Huawei Pay Mobile Payment in Thailand
Huawei Mobile Services (HMS) collaborates with UnionPay to launch the Huawei Pay in Thailand. Huawei Pay is a mobile payment tool that provides contactless, cashless payment service for HUAWEI device users. In Thailand, Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (Thai)
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UnionBank Extends Its Free Instapay Transfers
Union Bank of the Philippines (UnionBank) announced that it has extended its free Instapay transfers or instant transfers between accounts of participating central bank-supervised banks and non-bank e-money issuers in the Philippines until the end of the year. The bank
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NETS Group Appoints New CEO
Network for Electronic Transfers (NETS) announced today that Lawrence Chan has been appointed Group Chief Executive Officer, with effect from 22 June 2020. Chan joins the NETS team with over two decades of payments experience, and a strong track record
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Visa Shares Key Findings on How COVID-19 Reshaped Consumer Payments
Visa today announced key findings on how the spending habits and behaviours of Singaporean consumers are changing as operating in the ‘new normal’ takes shape across the globe. These findings come from a Visa survey of consumers from across 40
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GBCI Ventures Pours US$11 Million into Its Own Fintech Startup
GBCI Ventures announced an US$11 Million investment into Fincy a fintech startup led by Douglas Gan, Vannesa Koh and Lim Ming Wang who are all from GBCI Ventures. In a media statement, they shared that Fincy is the venture capital
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Rapyd Research Identifies Rising Digital Payments Winners Across Asia Pacific
Rapyd, a global Fintech as a Service company, has released its 2020 Asia Pacific eCommerce and Payment Study. The study analysed the financial habits, payment methods, considerations, and preferences of consumers in seven Asia Pacific countries, uncovering how consumer buying
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TransferWise Reaches £2 Billion Milestone in Their Multi Currency Account
TransferWise, announced today that its customers are currently holding £2 billion in deposits in the multi-currency accounts. TransferWise’s account has seen rapid adoption year-on-year by millions of expats, travellers, freelancers and businesses across the world looking for a cheaper, faster,
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Grab Launches a Fully Digital GrabPay Card in Philippines
Grab announced today the launch of the GrabPay Card in the Philippines, a fully digital prepaid card powered by Mastercard that extends GrabPay’s reach globally with unparalleled card security, hassle-free online payments and expanded rewards ecosystem to bring the convenience
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