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Matchmove acquires e-commerce firm Shopmatic

Souteast Asian emebedded finance firm MatchMove has acquired e-commerce specialist Shopmatic in a $200 million deal.

23 May 2022

Company announcement/retail

Friz aligns with MatchMove on neobank for freelancers

Friz, the Singapore-based financial platform for freelancers in Southeast Asia has partnered with embedded finance platform MatchMove, to power their users’ wallets with seamless and convenient financial services.

15 December 2021

News/startups

Nityo becomes largest shareholder in MatchMove with $100 million investment

IT services company Nityo has invested $100 million to acquire a significant equity stake in Singapore-based banking-as-a-service platform MatchMove.

10 June 2021

Company announcement/crypto

Mastercard recruits partners for tokenisation push

Mastercard, in partnership with MatchMove, a Singapore based 'Banking-as-a-Service’ provider and Tappy Technologies, a world leading wearable payment integrator, have introduced tokenization into a small, flexible chip which can be attached to a range of battery-less wearables and accessories such as watchstraps or keyrings, turning them into secure contactless payments devices.

09 December 2020

News/security

Mastercard to trial biometric card payments in Asia

Mastercard is to conduct the first pilot in Asia of a biometric card that uses a fingerprint to authorise transactions at in-store payment terminals.

21 October 2020

Company announcement/payments

MatchMove introduces cross-border remittance platform for businesses

MatchMove, the leading Singapore-based ‘Banking-as-a-Service’ platform, today announced the launch of its new remittance platform, RemitSend by MatchMove, to enable seamless and cost-efficient, cross-border Business to Business (B2B) remittances for businesses of all sizes.

05 August 2020

Company announcement/payments

MatchMove and KPMG contract with Expand Group to enable e-remittance for foreign migrant workers

MatchMove, one of the pioneer Singapore-headquartered fintech companies offering a ‘Banking-as-a-Service’ platform and KPMG, today announced their partnership with the Expand Group, a leading homegrown building construction group with integrated civil engineering and construction support service capabilities, to facilitate Employer Assisted contactless e-remittance for foreign migrant workers quarantined in dormitories.

11 June 2020

Company announcement/wholesale

MatchMove acquires stake in Shopmatic

MatchMove, the award winning ‘Banking-as-a-Service’ platform has entered into an agreement with e-commerce enabler, Shopmatic, to make a strategic investment in the company with immediate effect.

31 March 2020

News/regulation

MatchMove files application for digibank licence in Singapore

MatchMove is the latest fintech firm to apply to the Monetary Authority of Singapore for a full digital banking licence, forming a coalition with lender Singapura Finance, clearing and settlement network Lightnet, and banking-as-a-service platform OpenPayd.

19 March 2020

Company announcement

MatchMove opens Fintech Academy

MatchMove, Singapore’s-leading digital native Application Programming Interface (API) led ‘Banking-as-a-service’ platform provider, today announced the set-up of the MatchMove FinTech Academy, to offer specialized training programs to students, professionals as well as the silver generation.

11 March 2020

Company announcement

MatchMove acquires strategic stake in local digital lender MoolahSense

MatchMove, the award winning ‘Bank-As-A-Service’ platform has closed an agreement with licensed P2P lender, MoolahSense, to acquire a strategic stake with immediate effect.

20 September 2019

Company announcement

MatchMove and AsiaTop Loyalty launch prepaid card in Singapore

MatchMove, one of the world’s fastest-growing and leading fintech companies, today announced that it has partnered with AsiaTop Loyalty, a Singapore-based fintech company that provides a groundbreaking technology platform to revolutionize the loyalty rewards industry that is projected at US$7.3 billion by end 2022[1].

24 April 2019