Payments
BigPay Adds Vietnam and Australia to its Remittance Corridor
BigPay announced today the addition of two more new corridors for its international remittance service — Vietnam and Australia, with China coming soon. This follows their announcement in January of adding India, Nepal and Bangladesh corridors. BigPay said that offering
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500 Startups Invests in Recurring Payment Platform Curlec
Curlec announced today that they have secured funding from 500 Startups. The fintech startup which focuses on simplifying recurring payments said that they will be using the fund to further grow their Malaysian operations through product development, strategic initiatives and
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Malaysians Donated Over RM1 Million During MCO via Boost
Beginning from the start of the Government initiated Movement Control Order (MCO) up through the holy month of Ramadan, caring Malaysians were quick to respond to calls for help and contributed over RM1 million to back the fight against COVID-19
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Vircle Introduces Malaysia’s First Cashless Nurturing Solution For Schools
The much-anticipated reopening of schools has been revealed to begin in phases from 24 June onwards, with strict guidelines being reviewed by the government to help curb the spread of COVID-19. As students resume activity at schools, they will once
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Malaysia to Spend RM 1.2 Billion Promoting E-Wallets in 2020
Malaysia’s Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin, announced a series of economic stimulus plans last week that is targetted at revitalising the economy which was weakened by the COVID-19 pandemic. There were 40 initiatives worth RM 35 Billion under this
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KiplePay Joins Visa’s Fintech Fast Track Program
KiplePay announced today that the company is now able to issue Visa prepaid cards and has also joined Visa’s FinTech Fast Track program. Visa has been expanding its Fintech Fast Track program in Malaysia to allow FinTech companies to gain
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Razer Fintech and Google Partners for Offline Payments
Razer Fintech has announced that Google Play Store consumers can make offline-to-online (O2O) payments through its Razer Cash solution. With Razer Cash, Google Play Store customers can have the added option of purchasing Google Play in-app items and topping up
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Soft Space First to Join Visa’s Fintech Fast Track Program in Malaysia
Visa announced today that Soft Space is joining Visa’s Fintech Fast Track program, becoming the first Fintech partner to do so in Malaysia. The Fintech Fast Track program allows Fintech partners to build and deliver new commerce experiences on Visa’s
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How Past Lessons in Digital Payments Can Help Banks Navigate in the New Normal
The past couple of decades have seen a complete upheaval in where we buy things and how we pay for them. New technologies have led to huge shifts in consumer behavior and expectation, while businesses have benefitted from faster and
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Japan’s JCB Taps on Soft Space’s Expertise to Power its Tap on Mobile Contactless Payment
JCB, Japan’s international payment brand, is leveraging Malaysia’s Soft Space’s technological expertise to develop the Tap on Mobile programme that capitalises on the wide availability of Android smartphones equipped with NFC (near-field communication). The programme enables merchants to accept card
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