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Razer Merchant Services Partners Atome to Offer Its Merchants BNPL Acceptance
Razer Merchant Services (RMS), the B2B arm of Razer Fintech, has partnered with Singaporean buy now, pay later (BNPL) platform Atome to enable flexible deferred payment acceptance during checkout for its online and offline merchants. To pay, users first have
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4 Ways Alternative Data Is Improving Fintech Companies in APAC
Various categories of fintech firms – Buy Now, Pay Later (BNPL), digital lending, payments and collections – are increasingly leveraging predictive models built using artificial intelligence and machine learning to support core business functions such as risk decisioning. According to
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CIMB Partners With Fave to Offer BNPL Services to Its Over 8 Million Cardholders
CIMB Bank has partnered with Southeast Asian payments platform Fave to offer buy now, pay later (BNPL) services to its customers. The offering is aimed at providing shoppers with access to an alternative and flexible payment option and connect merchants
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RHB Expands Its Mobile ATM Services to Push Financial Inclusion in Sarawak
RHB Banking Group has launched the second phase of its mobile Automated Teller Machine (RHB Mobile ATM) service to drive greater financial accessibility amongst the underserved communities within the State of Sarawak. The bank said that the expansion of the
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TNG Digital Raises RM750 Million From Lazada and Touch ‘n Go
TNG Digital, the owner and operator of Touch ‘n Go eWallet, has raised RM 750 million during its latest round of equity funding. This funding round was led by a new investment from Lazada Group and a follow-on investment by
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BNPL Platform Ablr Has Gone Live in Malaysia
Ablr, a Buy Now Pay Later (BNPL) platform, announced that it has gone live in Malaysia. The firm currently has a network of over 30 brands in Malaysia and Singapore spanning over 250 merchant points. First-time users can download the
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Digital Transformation: Ditching the “Build vs. Buy” Mentality for a Hybrid Approach
Banks embarking on a digital transformation journey face the tough dilemma of having to choose between building platform components in-house or buying them. But instead of these two historically binary options, there is a third alternative that combines the best
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Al Rajhi Malaysia Selects Feedzai to Bolster Security for Its Digital Bank
Al Rajhi Bank Malaysia (ARBM) has partnered with risk management platform Feedzai to integrate the latter’s RiskOps solution onto its platform. RiskOps by Feedzai is a fully integrated cloud offering which covers device authentication, malware defense, behavioral biometrics along with
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Fintech Report 2022: Malaysia Charts a New Path for Fintech Growth
In Malaysia, regulators and policymakers are actively supporting the fintech industry by establishing a conducive regulatory environment, and through public–private partnerships. This past year has seen Malaysia unveiling a number of regulatory developments and initiatives, paving the way for greater
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Payment Managers Are Redefining Their Strategic Priorities for 2022
It is evident that digital acceleration is creating a new payments paradigm as corporate non-cash payments are forecasted to reach US$200 billion transactions by 2025. Shifting global payments priorities are placing new pressures on payments operations. Payments executives are facing
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