Malaysia news and trends

ipaymy Launches Automated Invoicing Platform for SMBs
B2B Payments // January 15, 2024

Singapore-based FinTech ipaymy has launched an automated invoicing platform for small- to medium-sized businesses (SMBs) in Singapore, Hong Kong SAR, Malaysia and Australia.  The new Fetch platform is designed to help SMBs get paid faster at a time when 50% of the invoices issued by SMBs across Asia...

HitPay Unveils Mass Payouts for Businesses in Southeast Asia
Payment Methods // December 11, 2023

Commerce infrastructure provider HitPay has debuted mass payouts in three new countries. Business customers in Singapore — where HitPay is based — Malaysia and the Philippines can now “seamlessly pay workers, contractors, partners, and suppliers via HitPay,” the company said on its blog Monday (Dec. 11). In addition,...

TikTok Shop Partners With Atome to Offer Installment Payments in Malaysia
Social Commerce // July 21, 2023

TikTok Shop has partnered with buy now, pay later (BNPL) service Atome to offer installment payments in Malaysia. “Today we announce our partnership with Atome, providing our customers easy payment options at checkout,” Jonathan Low, eCommerce lead of strategy and special projects at TikTok Shop, said in a Friday...

Mexico and Malaysia Poised for Massive Real-Time Payments Growth by 2026
Real-Time Payments // May 01, 2023

Real-time payment systems have become increasingly popular around the world due to the rise of digital payments and the need for faster and more efficient financial transactions. Some of the most exciting and interesting use cases have been in Japan, Kenya, Italy, Malaysia, and Mexico...

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Mexico and Malaysia Poised for Massive Real-Time Payments Growth by 2026

May 01, 2023
Real-time payment systems have become increasingly popular around the world due to the rise of digital payments and the need for faster and more efficient financial transactions. Some of the most exciting and interesting use cases have been in Japan, Kenya, Italy, Malaysia, and Mexico — all of which are on different points their real-time […]

Top News In Payments: More Companies Ponder Malaysia Banking Application; Vodafone Bails On Libra

January 22, 2020
In today’s top news, Grab, Razer, AirAsia and CIMB join other companies considering applying for one of five digital banking licenses in Malaysia, and Vodafone leaves the Libra Association. Also,...

Southeast Asia’s Real-Time Payments Push

November 27, 2017
Singapore is separated from Malaysia by a 1,056-meter (or 0.65-mile) Johor-Singapore Causeway, yet crossing the narrow strip of water separating the city-state of Singapore and its 5.6 million residents from the nation of Malaysia and...

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ipaymy Launches Automated Invoicing Platform for SMBs

January 15, 2024
Singapore-based FinTech ipaymy has launched an automated invoicing platform for small- to medium-sized businesses (SMBs) in Singapore, Hong Kong SAR, Malaysia and Australia.  The new Fetch platform is designed to help SMBs get paid faster at a time when 50% of the invoices issued by SMBs across Asia are paid late, the FinTech specializing in B2B payments said […]

HitPay Unveils Mass Payouts for Businesses in Southeast Asia

December 11, 2023
Commerce infrastructure provider HitPay has debuted mass payouts in three new countries. Business customers in Singapore — where HitPay is based — Malaysia and the Philippines can now “seamlessly pay workers, contractors, partners,...

TikTok Shop Partners With Atome to Offer Installment Payments in Malaysia

July 21, 2023
TikTok Shop has partnered with buy now, pay later (BNPL) service Atome to offer installment payments in Malaysia. “Today we announce our partnership with Atome, providing our customers easy payment options at checkout,” Jonathan...

KPJ Healthcare and Pine Labs Team Up on Patient BNPL Plan

November 10, 2022
The growing market for alternatives for patients to pay increasingly costly healthcare bills has spawned another payments partnership. Malaysia-based KPJ Healthcare, a specialist healthcare organization, announced Thursday (Nov 10) that...