Skip to content
RetailNews Asia

Topic

#mobile money

Every story tagged #mobile money on RetailNews Asia: reporting, analysis and market signals from across Asian retail and e-commerce.

4 stories in this topic

Mobile Payments Phone scaled
Finance
1 min read

Mobile money service attracts 2.2 mln users

The mobile money service, which allows users to deposit, withdraw, pay or transfer money on mobile devices, has signed up nearly 2.2 million subscribers in eight months. Of the customers, 69% are from rural and mountainous areas, according to the Ministry of…

cashless pay ment
Finance
1 min read

Vietnam pilots Mobile Money project for cashless payments

Vietnam’s Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has given the green light for the Mobile Money pilot project, thereby allowing mobile phone subscribers to use their telecommunications accounts to make money transfers and payments up to a limited value for products…

M Pesa Mobile Money User Tanzania Africa
E-Tailing
2 min read

Mobile money service launched in Bangladesh

Financial inclusion in Bangladesh just took a stride closer to reality with the launch of a new international remittance receiving service via a partnership between MasterCard, Western Union, bKash and BRAC Bank. The new service enables bKash’s registered…

Joyce Tune In 2
General
1 min read

AirAsia makes Tune Money its wholly owned unit

AirAsia Bhd is acquiring the remaining 60% interest in financial services provider Tune Money Sdn Bhd as well as its entire issued redeemable preference shares (RPS) for RM6.36mil in cash. In a filing with Bursa Malaysia, AirAsia said the payment of about…