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Visa and DealMe Begin Rollout of Cross-Border Installment Payment Solution
Partnerships // January 27, 2025

Visa and DealMe are piloting a cross-border installment payment solution in South Korea and plan to expand it to Vietnam, the United States, Australia, Japan and Singapore. In the pilot program, Visa and DealMe partnered to enable shoppers with locally issued credit cards in Vietnam...

Visa and SeA Bank Team to Drive Digital Payments in Vietnam
Digital Payments // May 30, 2024

Visa is expanding its partnership with Southeast Asia Commercial Joint Stock Bank (SeABank). The latest effort between the two companies is designed to help develop digital payments in Vietnam, SeABank said in a news release Wednesday (May 29). According to a news release, the effort...

Grab Enables In-App Cashless Payments Via FinTech MoMo
Partnerships // November 06, 2023

Vietnamese FinTech MoMo is integrating its payment solution into Grab, the companies announced in a Thursday (Oct. 31) press release. MoMo users who want to pay on the Grab app can now access and manage their funds from various sources, including MoMo eWallets, linked bank...

VNG Files to Become First Vietnamese Tech Firm Listed in US
IPO // August 24, 2023

Vietnamese internet startup VNG plans to go public in the United States. The company made its intentions known in a Wednesday (Aug. 23) filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). VNG’s filing for an initial public offering (IPO) represents the first tech company from Vietnam to seek a listing in New York,...

Interviews & Exclusives
FinTech Jeff Aims To Boost Lending To The Underbanked In South Asia

January 06, 2021
With no credit scores, limited financial transaction histories, and a huge amount of people who don’t even have a bank account, lending money in Vietnam is no simple task. While most financiers would run from an environment like that, CEO Toms Niparts of Jeff, an app-based lending platform based in Latvia, saw it as a […]

Bamboo Straws, Emerging Markets And The Lessons Of Selling Cross Border

September 03, 2019
It’s one thing to talk the talk on cross-border payments, one of the hottest and increasingly vital areas of global payments and commerce. It’s another thing to walk the walk,...

Why Vietnam Is The Next Payments And Commerce Frontier

August 30, 2019
Here’s a thought as the unofficial end of summer draws near and a new decade looms: Pay more attention to Vietnam. No doubt you already are, but maybe pay even...

Quick Reads
Tariffs Drive Smartphone Manufacturers to Boost US Inventory, Shift Sourcing to India

May 14, 2025
United States smartphone shipments leaped 30% year over year in March as manufacturers raced to bring new inventory into the country ahead of the tariffs that were anticipated and then announced by the President Donald Trump administration April 2. The increase in shipments boosted U.S. inventories by 51% compared to March 2024, Counterpoint Technology Market […]

Visa and DealMe Begin Rollout of Cross-Border Installment Payment Solution

January 27, 2025
Visa and DealMe are piloting a cross-border installment payment solution in South Korea and plan to expand it to Vietnam, the United States, Australia, Japan and Singapore. In the pilot...

Visa and SeA Bank Team to Drive Digital Payments in Vietnam

May 30, 2024
Visa is expanding its partnership with Southeast Asia Commercial Joint Stock Bank (SeABank). The latest effort between the two companies is designed to help develop digital payments in Vietnam, SeABank...

Grab Enables In-App Cashless Payments Via FinTech MoMo

November 06, 2023
Vietnamese FinTech MoMo is integrating its payment solution into Grab, the companies announced in a Thursday (Oct. 31) press release. MoMo users who want to pay on the Grab app...