China’s authorities have issued a CNY 18.23 billion (~RM11.5 billion) fine to Alibaba over what they consider a monopolistic practice. Beijing had ini…
Visa Study Shows Massive Increase In Online Shopping, Contactless Payments In Malaysia
A Visa study conducted last year showed a massive increase in online shopping activity and the use of contactless payments among Malaysians as they ad…
Govt Makes E-Wallet A Licensing Requirement For Market Traders
The government will soon be making the use of the e-wallet payment system a requirement for license renewal at farmers’ and public markets in Putrajay…
OpenSys To Deploy Payment Kiosks For Underserved Communities
OpenSys has launched the X-KIOSK which is a multipurpose payment kiosk that allows for prepaid reloads, e-wallet top-ups, SIM card replacement, sales …
Buy Now, Pay Later Platform Atome Launches In Malaysia With Over 100 Merchants
‘Buy now, pay later’ (BNPL) platform Atome has officially launched in Malaysia featuring over 100 online and offline retailers. Paying with the app al…
Boost Now Supports DuitNow QR; Instantly Increases Its Reach To More Merchants and Users
Boost has recently revealed that it is now part of the PayNet Real-Time Retail Payments Platform and has also integrated the DuitNow QR which is the n…
Revenue Monster Partners With Alipay To Expand Reach of Local F&B Businesses
Malaysian fintech company Revenue Monster is integrating its core service and hence its F&B merchants into the Alipay platform through a so-called…
Touch ‘n Go eWallet Now Shows The New GO+ Investment Feature
Selected Touch ‘n Go (TnG) eWallet users are now able to utilize the new GO+ investment feature ahead of its official launch that apparently will take…
Elon Musk Says That Tesla Cars Are Now Payable By Bitcoin
Tesla CEO Elon Musk announced by a tweet that the company is now accepting vehicle purchases made with Bitcoin. On social media, the maverick entrepre…
Lazada Shoppers Can Now Get Digital Financing Through Aspirasi CashNow
Lazada shoppers who’d like to stretch their spending limits can now apply for digital financing through Aspirasi CashNow. The service, offered by Axia…
Malaysia-Based Man Just Paid RM11.9 Million For The First Tweet Ever
A man based in Malaysia just bought the first ever post on Twitter for over US$2.9 million (~RM11.9 million), Reuters reported. The post by Twitter co…
Selangkah BIZ Provides Small Businesses With Access To Cashless Payment Platform; Powered By Kiple
When the Selangor state government launched the enhanced version of its Selangkah app last month, it signalled a shift towards commercial features. No…