Vietnamese travellers can now pay by QR code in more than 60 countries and territories. The State Bank of Vietnam says direct bank-to-bank QR links are live with China and being promoted with Singapore, Taiwan, India and Malaysia, as tourism drives demand for cheaper cross-border payments.
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Bursa-listed Khee San has signed an MoU with the national sundry goods traders’ federation to build a shared platform for kedai runcit, combining point-of-sale software, e-invoicing tools and a group-buying hub, with a six-month pilot planned before a wider rollout.
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Selangor has officially launched NINE, a state-run super app with its own e-wallet for parking, bill payments and the RM30 monthly transport subsidy. It is now the state’s only official super app, and users of the older CEPat app are being moved over before it closes on 31 December.
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Manila-based Salmon, which runs a BSP-licensed rural bank, has secured US$140 million in investor commitments and bond proceeds to expand its credit line and in-store lending and to launch motorcycle and small-business loans across the Philippines.
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Bank Rakyat and Paysys by NTT DATA have deployed their first unattended payment terminal at Menara Kembar Bank Rakyat in Kuala Lumpur, letting customers pay cashless without staff. Here is what self-service payments mean for Malaysian consumers, SMEs and banks.
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Mizuho, MUFG and SMBC have tested a single, jointly issued yen stablecoin to settle payments between Mitsubishi Corporation and its overseas offices. Backed by Japan’s Financial Services Agency, the banks now aim for live commercial transactions before the end of March 2027.
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An AEON Bank customer briefly saw more than RM1 billion in his account after a glitch tied to the digital bank’s Merdeka reward campaign. The bank reversed it the same day and says no data was compromised. Here is what happened and what it means for Malaysians.
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Maybank Indonesia has launched Fast Remittance in its M2U ID app with Nium, starting with five currencies and a US$2.50 promo fee. The ringgit is on its list for the next phase. Here is what that could mean for Malaysia-Indonesia money flows.
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The Finance Ministry says a viral poster claiming QR payments will carry a service charge from 1 November 2026 is untrue. Here is what MOF said, how QR payment costs actually work for shoppers and merchants, and how to spot a fake payments notice.
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Sponsored by Papaya Pay. Papaya Pay Berhad is preparing two new products: a white-label payment software platform that lets businesses run payments under their own brand, and the Papaya booking platform, bringing ride booking, flights and hotels, and RM1-per-order parcel delivery booking into one app.
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