Tag "mobile payments"
OCBC Bank Launches Mobile Keyboard to enable Cashless Payment directly from any Mobile App
OCBC Bank has launched a mobile keyboard that allows customers to make peer-to-peer payments without having to exit their current mobile applications. The OCBC Keyboard can be used within any mobile app or browser – for instance, within Facebook, Whatsapp,
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Digital Payments: Cash Still King in Vietnam
Despite Vietnam’s high smartphone and mobile Internet penetration rates, consumer adoption of fintech solutions remains low with cash-payment habit being hard to change. “Vietnamese, including the unbanked, have already used their mobile for many activities in their everyday life, but
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Grab Plans To Be the #1 Mobile Payments Platform in Southeast Asia
Grab, the leading ride-hailing and logistics services startup in Southeast Asia, is looking to become the top mobile payments platform in the region. In order to “solidify its leadership in digital payments,” the firm has signed in April an agreement
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Interview: Texcent to Launch Digital Payments Platform Paycent in Singapore and the Philippines in Coming Weeks
Texcent, a Singapore-headquartered fintech startup, is looking to launch its digital payment platform, Paycent, this August in Singapore and the Philippines. The company aims to become the global leader for mobile and cashless transactions with a platform that promises a
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Paycent: Mobile and Cashless Transactions to Improve Financial Inclusion
Singapore-headquartered Texcent is aiming to be the global leader in mobile payments and cashless transactions. It offers a digital payment platform (Paycent) with fully integrated mobile applications, enabling its users to transact in real time 24/7 while allowing merchants to
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“Blood and Sand”: The Moment-of-Truth for Mobile Wallets in Asia
“The Deed of the Dying” Many ‘digital wallet” companies in Asia (ex. China) are finding it hard to demonstrate any meaningful value for the users. Wallet Players have experimented with various business models to monetize, but primary focus thus far has
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Mobile Payment Platform Cheers Global Wallet Taps Underbanked Population; Get paid for anything you do on Mobile
Singapore-based Cheers Now and its Global Wallet is tapping into a greenfield opportunity in Fintech through a rich mobile money ecosystem that enables app developers to financially connect global users within their platforms. This will enable users of any app to transfer
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Banks, Fintechs Gear Up for Myanmar’s Digital Revolution
As Myanmar undergoes a digital revolution, international banks and foreign investors are perceiving the country’s large pool of unbanked as a still untapped opportunity. The latest move comes from the National Bank of Canada which became a strategic shareholder in
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Cambodia’s Fintech Industry Set to Thrive
Cambodia’s fintech ecosystem is more nascent than other markets in Southeast Asia and lagging behind the likes of Thailand and the Philippines. Yet, this landscape is quickly changing as engaged institutional partners are set to add to the pace of
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Going Cardless and Cashless: How Banks and Fintechs are Reinventing Payments
Banks and fintech companies are developing innovative solutions for consumers to pay for goods and withdraw cash without payment cards, offering entirely new ways to transact. In the US, JPMorgan Chase, Bank of America and Wells Fargo are among those that
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