Payment infrastructure announcements this week saw memorandums of understanding between Mastercard and Angaza, meant to bring digital payments to emerging markets. Elsewhere, digital payments gain traction in Asia through partnerships with Singtel, and the Ripple joust with SWIFT over cross-border payments continues.
February 21, 2020
Axiata Group, a Malaysian telecom firm, has been in talks with as many as 11 different partners to bid for a digital banking license in the country, according to a report by Reuters. Mohd Izzaddin Idris, the company’s deputy chief executive, said Axiata was in talks with banks as well. The central bank in Malaysia […]
