Recent Blogs
March 30, 2018
FOMO Pay shortlisted in FUTR European RetailTech Top 50 2018 Every year, FUTR shortlists the Top 50 companies contributing to these 5 categories in the retail space: In-Store Experience, Commerce & Payments, Supply Chain, Fulfilment & Delivery, Product Design & Development, and Mobile & Digital. The list aims to identify startups that have the potential to cause real disruption in the retail sector, be it creating new ways to engage customers or apply technology in innovative ways to cater to retailers’ needs. There were a total of 12 judges from companies across different industries, such as Bloomberg, Forbes, Vodafone, […]
March 26, 2018
FOMO Pay’s CEO, Louis Liu, joins panel at Morgan Stanley’s Eighth Annual Hong Kong Investor Summit FOMO Pay’s Co-Founder and CEO, Louis Liu, contributed to Morgan Stanley’s Eighth Annual Hong Kong Investor Summit as a member of the panel on the topic “Mobile Payment: How Fast Can We Grow in Asia?” FOMO Pay is the first payment aggregator providing access for Chinese payment methods in Southeast Asia. In addition, Louis has been involved in developing QR code technologies with the Monetary Authority of Singapore to create a standard QR code for all payment schemes, aligning wallet operators and making it […]
March 23, 2018
FOMO Pay bags Grand Finale Judge award at NTT DATA’s Open Innovation Contest 7.0 FOMO Pay COO Zack Yang and FOMO Pay CEO Liu Xi Louis at the NTT DATA Open Innovation Contest 7.0 Grand Finale on March 22, 2018. Local FinTech startup FOMO Pay was awarded the Grand Finale Judge award at the Open Innovation Contest 7.0 held by NTT Data. NTT Data is a leading IT services provider and global innovation partner. The group organized its 7th Open Innovation Contest in search of forming mutually beneficial business alliances among startups, NTT DATA Group and its clients. This year, […]
March 19, 2018
Singapore going towards cashless society with Paynow Corporate Businesses in Singapore can receive payments from consumers and transfer funds to other businesses through PayNow Corporate, a service expected to launch around August this year. The service will be offered by 7 banks, which are already offering PayNow to their retail customers, namely Citibank, DBS Bank/POSB, HSBC, Maybank, OCBC Bank, Standard Chartered Bank and United Overseas Bank. Following the success of the peer-to-peer PayNow scheme, Singapore takes one more step in going cashless. To use PayNow Corporate, businesses need to first link their bank accounts to their Unique Entry Numbers (UENs). […]
February 23, 2018
Supermarkets embrace QR code payment modes In yet another major breakthrough for QR code payment systems, supermarkets in Singapore have begun to embrace NETS QR. This is great news for the average consumer because going down to your neighbourhood grocer to pick up groceries can now be done without having to bring any cash or credit cards. With this newest development, a cashless society is truly achievable. Not all supermarkets will onboard Nets QR code at the same time. The first supermarket chain that intends to roll it out in all its stores is Cold Storage, which has plans to […]
February 2, 2018
Lady M joins the nation’s efforts towards a cashless society Apart from its delectable spread of confectionaries, Lady M also connotes stylish and contemporary elegance. Hailing from the streets of New York, Lady M has been serving up gastronomic delights since 2001. Upon arriving in Singapore, Lady M has opened cake boutiques currently located at Orchard Central and Westgate. Well-known for pioneering the much beloved Mille Crepe cakes, which features no less than twenty paper-thin handmade crepes layered with light pastry cream, Lady M will be accepting only cashless payment methods for all sale transactions at its South Beach […]