Payments
3 Southeast Asian Startups Make World’s Top 100 Fintech Firms List
Three fintech startups from Southeast Asia have been named among the world’s largest and most successful financial technology companies, recognized for their scale, growth and ingenuity. The Financial Technology Report has released its selection of the world’s Top 100 Financial
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Primer Raises Funds from Tencent for Global Expansion, Product Innovation
Primer, a unified infrastructure for global payments and commerce, announced that it has raised funds from Chinese internet giant Tencent. Details of the fundraise was not disclosed. The company said that it would use the fresh funds to focus on
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JCB and Stripe Expand Partnership to Singapore, Hong Kong
Japanese credit card company JCB International and Stripe, a financial infrastructure platform for businesses, are expanding their partnership to Singapore, Hong Kong, and Europe. This collaboration will allow JCB cardmembers in those regions to make online payments with Stripe merchants.
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Fave to Participate in MAS-Led SGQR+ Pilot
Fave, a fintech platform providing QR payments to restaurants and retailers in Southeast Asia and India, will be a part of the SGQR+ pilot led by the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS). SGQR+ is a more interoperable version of the
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Grab Vietnam Users Can Now Pay with MoMo
Vietnam’s fintech unicorn MoMo and Grab Vietnam announced today that they have integrated the former’s payment solution into the ride-hailing and food delivery superapp. This will allow users in Vietnam to make cashless payments within the Grab app using MoMo’s
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Thunes Appoints Chloé Mayenobe as COO
Global cross-border payments infrastructure network Thunes appoints Chloé Mayenobe as its new Chief Operating Officer (COO) on the heels of its US$ 72 million Series C fundraise in July 2023. Mayenobe will be based in Thunes’ Paris office. She most recently
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Rising Scam Losses Epidemic a Growing Concern for Digital Payments
The advent of digital payments and transactions has undoubtedly transformed the way we conduct financial transactions, making our lives more convenient and efficient. However, this digital revolution has also given rise to an alarming surge in digitally-enabled scam scenarios and
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MAS Takes Step Towards More Interoperable QR Payments With SGQR+ Pilot
The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) will launch a proof of concept (POC) for a new QR payment system called SGQR+. The POC will explore the feasibility of enabling merchants in Singapore to accept QR payments from a variety of payment
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Abe Kuruvilla Takes the Helm as CTO at ACI Worldwide
Real-time payments software provider ACI Worldwide announced that it has named Abe Kuruvilla as its Chief Technology Officer. In this role, Kuruvilla will lead ACI’s innovation agenda, optimising the way the company develops and delivers its software solutions globally to
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Why It Is Time to Give Payments a Seat at the Table for E-Commerce Growth
E-commerce has evolved significantly in the last few years, ushering in an era of connected payments. This era is characterised by the emergence of innovative payment types, cutting-edge payment infrastructure, and novel business models. A key symptom of the connected
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