Remittance
Singapore and Thailand to Enable Cross Border Payments Using Only Mobile Numbers in 2021
During the Singapore Fintech Festival 2020, Ravi Menon, Managing Director, Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) announced that the regulator has made significant headway in the linkage between Singapore’s and Thailand’s national payment systems; PayNow and PromptPay respectively. Monetary Authority of
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Blockchain Firm Lightnet Group Partners SCB to Ease Remittance Access in Thailand
Blockchain firm Lightnet Group, has announced a partnership with Siam Commercial Bank (SCB). The partnership will reportedly enable remittance services to become accessible to all Thai bank accounts and anyone who has signed up for PromptPay, a government-sponsored service that
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Thunes Makes Key Appointments to Its Board of Directors
Thunes, a Singaporean cross-border payments network, announced the appointments of Sunil Sabharwal and Ali Mazanderani to its Board of Directors. Both will also take up chairmanship positions at the company, Sabharwal as Chairman of the Audit and Regulatory Committee and
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DBS Pilots Online Tracking for Cross-Border Collections for Businesses
DBS Bank has launched real-time online tracking of cross-border collections for its global corporate clients. Powered by SWIFT Global Payments Innovation (gpi), more than 240,000 DBS corporate and SME clients in Singapore and Hong Kong are said to benefit from
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Singapore’s Thunes Appoints New COO Following US$60 Million Funding Round
Thunes, a Singaporean cross-border payments network, announced that Tamer El-Emary has been appointed as Chief Operating Officer. This is a new, strategic role at the company, and the appointment follows a recent financing round raising US$60 million, which sees Thunes
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Currencycloud Partners in Singapore with Ant Financial-Backed Payment Startup
Wallex, a Singaporean cross border payments startup backed by Ant Financial, has expanded its partnership with Currencycloud, a global payments platform, to deliver a new range of collections services for their Asian customers in Singapore. The partnership using Currencycloud Spark
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Southeast Asia Becomes Centre for Instant Cross-Border Payments Growth
Following in the footsteps of the European Union, ASEAN is moving towards having its very own Single European Payments Area (SEPA)-style payments network, making Southeast Asia a global focal point for cross-border real-time payments growth, according to a new report
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TransferWise Records a Whooping 70% Revenue Growth in the Past Year
Fintech unicorn TransferWise announced that its annual revenue had grown by 70%, hitting a profit of £302.6 million (S$531.65m) for the past financial year. TrnasferWise recorded a net profit of £21.3 million (S$37.42m) for fiscal year ending March 2020. The
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Singapore-Based Thunes Raises US$60M in Series B Funding
Singapore-based Thunes, a B2B cross-border payments network, raises US$60 million in Series B funding round led by Africa-focused Helios Investment Partners. Additional investors include Checkout.com as well as existing investors GGV Capital and Future Shape. Thunes was previously a part
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TransferWise and Mastercard Further Enhance Their Global Partnership
Mastercard and TransferWise have announced an expanded partnership to enable the issuance of cards in any market around the world where Mastercard is accepted and TransferWise is licensed for its multi-currency borderless account. TransferWise has been working with Mastercard since the
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