Five Southeast Asian Countries have attracted non-banks to build regional electronic wallet platforms, with total e-money transactions exceeding 10 billion. Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore and Thailand saw over 10 billion e-money transactions…
Ride-hailing company Grab is expanding its mobile wallet services in the Philippines following receipt of an e-money license from the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP). Statistics from the central bank revealed that more than 98% of transactions in the…
Indonesia’s Lippo Group is turning e-commerce, electronic money and other information technology-related enterprises into a new pillar of its business, closely monitoring spending trends to gain a better foothold in the greater Southeast Asian market. The…
Bank Indonesia (BI) will make another revision to regulation on electronic money and introduce electronic wallet in the Bank Indonesia Regulation. The new regulation on the payment transaction processing is expected to be finalized in November 2016. Bank…
Hong Kong’s new e-money ordinance will help further develop the retail payment services market in the SAR and enhance public confidence in using such products, according to experts in the banking, financial and legal sectors. However, the high capital…
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