Tagged: mobile wallet

February 2, 2026 @ 12:39 am By Michael Wong  |  

For six days ahead of Bangladesh’s national election, the country’s most common political “campaign tool” may not be a rally or a poster, but a throttled digital wallet. Bangladesh Bank is preparing to cap mobile financial service (MFS) transfers at 10,000 taka (about $82) per… Read More

June 1, 2022 @ 11:47 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

GCash, a Philippines based mobile wallet that’s operated by Mynt under Globe’s corporate venture builder 917Ventures, recently revealed that it now has more than 60 million registered users and over 5 million merchants across the country. As noted in the update, GCash stated that that… Read More

January 15, 2022 @ 4:17 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

Archethic, a blockchain network, has launched the Archethic Lab web portal, featuring a series of tools that help users and developers to join the project’s ecosystem. The website contains links to the platform’s testnet and mainnet beta, regular video tech updates, and all the tools… Read More

December 22, 2021 @ 2:03 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

Super apps, openness in customer data ownership, and Generation Hashtag will be key topics in fintech in 2022, according to GlobalData’s Tech, Media, & Telecom (TMT) Predictions 2022. GlobalData thematic analyst Amrit Dhami said while mobile commerce is leading to the development of super apps… Read More

November 23, 2021 @ 2:25 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

HUMBL this week released HUMBL Pay, a mobile wallet that includes the latest upgrades to its peer-to-peer (P2P) capability, along with additional features that simplify the management of digital assets and blockchain functionality. The service is now available on the Apple App Store and Google… Read More

October 12, 2021 @ 1:06 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

“Crypto Made Easy” pioneer Divi says that it has taken a step towards its mission to develop a completely decentralized, private payment service that will support the mass adoption of virtual currencies, with the UK launch of its user-friendly mobile wallet. The United Kingdom is… Read More

October 11, 2021 @ 10:16 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

As digital wallet usage accelerates, international payments provider Blackhawk Network and Magstar Inc., an ERP software provider for midsized retailers, have teamed up to expand digital wallet acceptance and improve virtual payments options in-store. Through this relationship, merchants and retailers are able to conveniently expand… Read More

May 24, 2021 @ 2:15 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

  Digital money transfer service MoneyGram (NASDAQ: MGI) announced on Monday new four mobile wallet and fintech partnerships that give the company access to mobile wallets in 28 markets in Africa. The company reported that the new partnerships are with Airtel, Thunes, InTouch and MFS… Read More

March 26, 2021 @ 1:24 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

  XTM, a Canada-based fintech that provides mobile banking and payment card solutions, announced on Friday it has formed a new partnership with CurrencyWorks, a publicly-traded company that builds and operates FinTech Platforms for Digital Currencies, Digital Assets, and Security Tokens. Through the partnership, XTM… Read More

March 12, 2021 @ 10:29 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

  Digital money transfer service MoneyGram (NASDAQ: MGI) recently announced a five-year extension to its partnership with Ooredoo Qatar, a telecommunications operator based in Qatar. MoneyGram reported that the renewal enables its customers to continue to send money in near real-time to family and friends… Read More

March 5, 2021 @ 10:10 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

GHL Systems Berhad’s Malaysia-based business operations have reportedly added the ShopeePay mobile wallet to their digital payments acceptance options. The new payments service has been added after a recent partnership with ShopeePay Malaysia Sdn Bhd. Through the partnership, GHL will enable its offline merchant base… Read More

December 21, 2020 @ 10:21 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Mobile payments wallet provider GCash has reportedly been chosen by the Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA) in the Philippines to distribute funding for training to local residents. TESDA has joined many other businesses and organizations that are using the GCash platform to carry… Read More

September 18, 2020 @ 10:55 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Mobile wallet service provider Paytm announced on Friday its Android mobile app was temporarily removed from the Google Play Store. The company reassured its uses that their account balances are 100% safe and its services are fully functional. Paytm reported that it recently launched “Paytm… Read More

August 24, 2020 @ 1:01 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Digital money transfer service MoneyGram (NASDAQ: MGI) announced on Monday it has formed four mobile wallet and fintech partnerships that will give MoneyGram access to mobile wallets in nearly 30 markets in Africa. The partnerships are with the following: Airtel, A provider of telecommunication and… Read More

September 19, 2019 @ 9:09 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Hong Kong-based cryptocurrency platform Crypto.com announced on Thursday its mobile wallet app has surpassed one million downloads since its worldwide launch in May 2018. According to Crypto.com, the mobile wallet app allows users to do the following: Buy crypto at true cost and store it securely… Read More

April 2, 2019 @ 9:52 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Blockchain developer Pundi X announced on Tuesday its digital asset wallet mobile app, XWallet, has surpassed 100,000 registered users just three months after it was launched. According to Pundi X, the XWallet mobile app connects regular digital asset wallets with the Pundi X blockchain-based payment… Read More

November 8, 2018 @ 9:04 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Singapore-based ride-hailing company Grab announced on Thursday it has teamed up with KASIKORNBANK (KBank) to introduce GrabPay by KBank, a co-branded mobile wallet, as well as a suite of other financial solutions in Thailand. Grab reported that through the new partnership, it marks the expansion of its… Read More

July 24, 2018 @ 7:38 am By Erin Hobey  |  

In the last few months, MobiKwik’s CPO Rohan Khara, CBO Vineet Singh and CMO Daman Soni, resigned from the platform. This week, CRO Puneet Agarwal also called it quits. “MobiKwik is evolving to become India’s largest digital financial services platform. We are in the process of rejigging… Read More

May 22, 2018 @ 2:59 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Singapore-based ride-hailing company Grab announced on Tuesday it has teamed ups with Malayan Banking Bhd (Maybank) to launch a new cashless payment method known as the GrabPay mobile wallet. This news comes just a couple months after Grab announced the launch of its new financial services… Read More

December 12, 2017 @ 11:39 am By Erin Hobey  |  

Attention MobiKwik, RazorPay and PayPal, Payments startup Stripe has just announced its entrance into the Indian mobile wallet sector! “Today we’re starting an invite-only beta for Stripe in India with a small group of companies. These businesses will help us test our platform in the… Read More