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Grab Empowers Small and Micro Businesses with New Open Platform

Singapore’s Grab is continuing its push to be central to the lives of Southeast Asians.

Shopify Brings the Conversation Back to Commerce

Leading payments platform and PF Shopify aims to redefine the customer experience with an all-in-one app that merges several messaging platforms together in one centralized hub and provides in-app intelligence for marketing workflow.

Paytm Digitizes Small Towns, Encouraging Innovation in the U.K.: News Roundup

PaymentFacilitator’s News Roundup is a curated mix of the past week’s news and articles from around the web, including company announcements, global payments news, and other coverage and analysis of topics relevant to payment facilitators.

India and Singapore Collaborating to Expand FinTech in Region

The government of India – known for its support of digital payments – is expanding the country’s electronic payment platforms beyond its borders.

Uber Sells Assets to Rival Grab, Applies for Dutch Payments License

After weeks of media speculation, Grab announced this week that it has acquired Uber’s Southeast Asia (SEA) operations.

Is Becoming a Payment Facilitator Right for You?

As a software provider, you have many options for bringing your payments solution to market. One avenue is to become a payment facilitator (PF). But what exactly does it entail? Following are answers to some of the most common questions about payment facilitators, to help you determine if this is the right path for your business.

Countries Across Asia Are Ready for Digital Payments. But Are Their Small Businesses and Consumers?

Conditions across Asia are ripe for a surge in digital transaction growth. Factors such as the population’s reliance on cash and high penetration of mobile devices – along with the support of government – are thought to create a significant opportunity for technological advances making electronic payments simpler to take root.

Asia’s Drive for Financial Inclusion Means Opportunity for PFs

It’s hard to read the global news about payments without continually seeing something new happening in Asia. Companies like Paytm and Grab are expanding rapidly, enabling payments in innovative ways for small and micromerchants across the region.

Wnet is More Relevant than Ever

Time magazine named “The Silence Breakers” its Person of the Year. Headlines are full of disclosures about companies and the government paying huge settlements for inappropriate workplace behavior and sexual harassment of women. The “#metoo” movement has empowered women to step forward and expose the pervasiveness of inappropriate behavior in corporations across the nation.

PFs Weigh in on India’s Latest Attempts to Boost Digital Transactions

As the government of India has pursued its vision of a cashless society, it has adopted policies intended to help stakeholders shift to digital payments. Most recently, it’s been tinkering with the economics of digital transactions, looking for that elusive sweet spot where the parties – retailers and banks alike – are incentivized to help drive the transition.