The BOT expects to begin testing retail CBDC applications with the private sector in December. Ahead of the tests, the BOT is inviting firms to suggest "interesting use cases".
October 31, 2022Visitors would be able to use their home faster payment system to pay for shopping and food in each other's markets via their mobile phones.
September 12, 2022Cross-border instant QR payments are now available for travellers between Malaysia and Thailand, including for online e-commerce transactions.
January 3, 2022BIS Innovation Hub Singapore Centre and MAS have published a blueprint that could make real-time cross-border payments a reality in the next two to four years.
July 29, 2021The first phase of the project, now complete, allows Thai users to make QR code payments to merchants in Malaysia, including for online e-commerce transactions.
June 22, 2021The participating banks include DBS, OCBC, UOB, Bangkok Bank, Kasikornbank, Krung Thai Bank and Siam Commercial Bank.
April 30, 2021MAS' Jacqueline Loh outlined several central bank-led innovation initiatives underway, including a project that will help quantify the ESG impact of investments and loan portfolios.
March 30, 2021Described as "the first-of-its-kind in the world", the link will enable instant money transfers between Singapore’s PayNow and Thailand’s PromptPay.
December 8, 2020A cross-border link between Singapore’s PayNow and Thailand’s PromptPay will extend to Malaysia’s DuitNow, a BNM official said.
August 11, 2020