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Indonesian Payments Firm Xendit Minted as Unicorn With US$150 Million Fundraise

Indonesian payments firm Xendit is now a unicorn with the closing of its US$150 million Series C funding round. The round was led by Tiger Global Management with participation from existing investor Accel, Amasia, and Justin Kan’s Goat Capital. With

India Payments

Singapore’s PayNow to Link Up With India’s UPI for Real-Time Payments by 2022

The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) and the Reserve Bank of India announced plans to link Singapore’s PayNow and India’s Unified Payments Interface (UPI) real-time payment systems by July 2022. The PayNow-UPI linkage will enable users to make instant, low

Payments Sponsored Post

Empowering SMEs to Take the Friction Out of Card Payments With Suppliers

Cash is king. Every business owner knows these three words by heart, and for good reason. Cash is the lifeblood of every business: more cash means better access to working capital, which means more flexibility in business operations, and a

E-commerce Payments Security

In Southeast Asia, New Digital Habits Boost Digital Payments and Consequently Fraud

COVID-19 has sparked a global spike in e-commerce sales and online businesses as lockdowns force consumers to turn to online channels to shop. As everyone embraces e-commerce, cashless payment methods including cards and digital wallets have surged, bringing with it

Payments Security Sponsored Post

Payment Transaction Authentication Methods, Which Is the Best?

Nowadays the usual user authentication methods to portals, enterprise systems, VPNs and so on, are familiar to us all. We all know about authentication factors (what you know, what you have, and what you are), two-factor authentication, multi-factor authentication, how

Blockchain/Bitcoin Payments

Digital Payment Token Services Among Three New Licenses Granted to FOMO Pay

FOMO Pay, a QR code payment solution provider in Singapore, has been granted new licenses from the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) to operate three new regulated activities. Starting today, merchants can now leverage on FOMO Pay services to accept

E-commerce Payments

APAC E-Commerce Customers Embrace Digital Wallets and Buy Now, Pay Later

In Asia Pacific (APAC), customers are embracing new payment methods such as digital wallets and buy now pay later (BNPL) arrangements for their online purchases, found a new research by Stripe in partnership with Edgar, Dunn & Company. A survey

Payments Regtech

Napier Provides AML Controls for Cross-Border Payments Specialist ONEPIP

Napier, provider of advanced anti-financial crime compliance solutions, has announced that cross-border payment specialist ONEPIP will be using its technology as part of the latter’s upgraded anti-money laundering (AML) controls. The regtech firm’s AI-led transaction monitoring, client activity review and

Payments Thailand

Rapyd Powers PromptPay Acceptance on Google Play Thailand

Global Fintech-as-a-Service platform Rapyd enables PromptPay, Thailand’s national payment service with 55.1 million registered users with 20 million transactions a day, as a payment option on Google Play. Rapyd supports local payments for Google in the country through its collaboration with

Cloud Payments

ACI Worldwide Expands Partnership With Microsoft To Offer Cloud Payments Platform

ACI Worldwide, a global provider of real-time payments and digital payment software solutions, announced an expanded multi-year strategic alliance with Microsoft to deliver payments solutions in the cloud. The alliance will accelerate and expand ACI’s cloud payments offerings in Microsoft