LendMN partners with Thunes to serve underbanked customers in Mongolia
SINGAPORE– 10 May 2019 –Thunes, a global cross-border payments network for emerging markets, has extended its network in Mongolia adding LendMN – the first Mongolian “FinTech”, in an effort to promote financial inclusion and smarter payment solutions. The exclusive partnership […]
Payments Start-up Thunes Connects 1.7 Billion Unbanked Users Worldwide with Localized Financial Solutions Closes $10 Million Series A Investment from Global VC GGV Capital
SINGAPORE, May 6, 2019 – Thunes, a global cross-border payments network for emerging economies, today announced that it has successfully completed its $10 million Series A financing led by GGV Capital, a leading global venture firm. The funding will be […]
Important Announcement: Western Union and Thunes
On 19 March 2019, Thunes and Western Union announced a partnership to expand payout capabilities to mobile wallets across the world. Read more here: https://www.thunes.com/2019/03/19/western-union-teams-up-with-thunes-to-expand-payout-capabilities-to-mobile-wallets/ Recently (21 March 2019), news has been circulating that this partnership is powered by Stellar Blockchain […]
Financial IT Magazine – Thunes: Delivering smarter payment solutions for emerging economies
Today, there is still more than 1.7 billion adults worldwide who lack access to any sort of formal financial services. Many still transact exclusively in cash and have no safe way to save or invest money. As a result, they […]
Western Union teams up with Thunes to expand payout capabilities to mobile wallets
SINGAPORE March 19, 2019 – Western Union (NYSE: WU), a leader in cross-border, cross-currency money movement, has teamed up with Thunes, a cross-border payments network for emerging markets, to enable Western Union customers to send funds directly into mobile wallets around […]
Achieving the ultimate goal of gender balance with DFS
For this year’s International Women’s Day, it’s all about #BalanceforBetter. An AFI Public-Private Dialogue (PPD) partner, Thunes has the ultimate goal of making financial services accessible to everyone around the world — and gender balance is a key focus. Why is gender […]
Thunes joins forces with Singtel and UNCDF to accelerate financial inclusion in Myanmar
Thunes, a global Cross-Border Payments Network for emerging markets, has partnered with Singtel, Asia’s leading communications technology group, to enable Myanmar diaspora in Singapore to send money back to their beneficiaries through their mobile devices. This key initiative is part […]
TransferTo announces rebrand with the creation of two market defining companies: DT One and Thunes
TransferTo’s mobile top-up solutions and rewards business becomes DT One (www.DTOne.com) Thunes (www.thunes.com) is now the new name for the cross-border payments business and will operate independently from DT One SINGAPORE – 18 February 2019 – Today, TransferTo, a cross-border […]
Singtel and AIS debut VIA, Asia’s first cross-border mobile payment alliance with TransferTo
TransferTo enables Singapore-Thailand cross-border mobile payments with Singtel Dash, AIS GLOBAL Pay, Rabbit Line Pay, in partnership with Kasikornbank, and drive cross-border mobile payments to strengthen digital economies in Southeast Asia.
Singapore fintech firms joining the dots in Africa’s digital frontier
Singapore-based fintech TransferTo, which set up shop 11 years ago to facilitate digital value transactions such as topping up phone credits, signed a deal this year, again with the support of Enterprise Singapore, to help Kenyans move money between PayPal and M-Pesa accounts.
