Thunes Appoints New Chief Financial Officer
Seasoned financial executive KB Teo joins the company. SINGAPORE, 25 JUNE 2019—Thunes, a B2B global payments platform for emerging markets, today announced KB Teo is joining the team as its new Chief Financial Officer (CFO), effective immediately. With more than 25 […]
Thunes Wins Prominent Inclusive Fintech 50 Award
Inclusive Fintech 50 is a global competition that elevates early-stage fintechs driving financial inclusion. SINGAPORE, 17 JUNE 2019—Thunes, a B2B global cross-border payments network for emerging markets, today announced it is among the winners for the Inclusive Fintech 50 Award. MetLife Foundation and Visa, […]
Thunes and E9Pay Bestow Customers a Generous Gift in Celebration of International Day of Family Remittances
Both companies are offering zero fees for one month to help migrant workers. SINGAPORE, JUNE 16, 2019—In celebration of today, International Day of Family Remittances (IDFR), Thunes, a B2B global payments platform for emerging markets, and E9pay, an overseas remittance payment company […]
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 […]
