{"id":84574,"date":"2025-08-21T09:03:09","date_gmt":"2025-08-21T09:03:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/84574\/"},"modified":"2025-08-21T09:03:09","modified_gmt":"2025-08-21T09:03:09","slug":"duitnow-qr-payments-to-be-accepted-at-over-100-million-alipay-merchants-worldwide","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/84574\/","title":{"rendered":"DuitNow QR Payments to Be Accepted at Over 100 Million Alipay+ Merchants Worldwide"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Free Newsletter<\/p>\n<p>Get the hottest Fintech Malaysia News once a month in your Inbox<\/p>\n<p>DuitNow QR payments are set to go global following a renewed agreement between Payments Network Malaysia (<a href=\"https:\/\/fintechnews.my\/tag\/PayNet\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">PayNet<\/a>) and <a href=\"https:\/\/fintechnews.my\/tag\/Ant-International\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Ant International<\/a>, a global digital payment, digitisation and financial technology provider.<\/p>\n<p>The partnership will allow Malaysians to use their e-wallets and banking apps at more than 100 million Alipay+ merchants worldwide.<\/p>\n<p>The Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed at Malaysia\u2019s flagship fintech event, <a href=\"https:\/\/fintechnews.my\/53272\/regtech-fintech-regulation-malaysia\/bnm-myfintech-week-2025-opening-speech-governor\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">MyFintech Week 2025<\/a> in Kuala Lumpur, and witnessed by Bank Negara Malaysia Governor Dato\u2019 Sri Abdul Rasheed Ghaffour.<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<p>   <a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/3YzDn9N\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">&#13;<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Flahright-7.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"500\"\/><\/a><br \/>\n&#13;<\/p>\n<p>The expanded collaboration covers four areas: driving tourism through cross-border digital payments, strengthening fraud defences with AI-powered security, talent development, and advancing sustainability.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-40758\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Douglas-Feagin-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Douglas Feagin\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\"\/>Douglas Feagin<\/p>\n<p>Douglas Feagin, President, Ant International, said,<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnt International is honoured to have been a contributor to Malaysia\u2019s innovation and growth story for over a decade, thanks to the country\u2019s visionary digital economy agenda and support of industry leaders like PayNet.<\/p>\n<p>We are committed to deepening our investments and partnerships in Malaysia, to help strengthen its position as a key fintech hub in Southeast Asia, and drive inclusive growth in the region and beyond with world-class innovation and entrepreneurship.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-38784\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Screenshot-2023-08-20-202939-150x150.png\" alt=\"Farhan Ahmad, PayNet\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\"\/>Farhan Ahmad<\/p>\n<p>PayNet\u2019s Group Chief Executive Officer, Farhan Ahmad, said,<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnt International is a global payments leader and this next phase of our partnership demonstrates the strength of Malaysia\u2019s national payment infrastructure and our ability to scale it globally.<\/p>\n<p>Not only will this partnership drive global acceptance of our DuitNow payments, it is the beginning of a deep collaboration around reducing fraud, developing future-ready talent, and building a more inclusive, sustainable and resilient digital global payments ecosystem \u2013 one that benefits Malaysians at home and while travelling, as well as tourists visiting our country.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Featured image: (From left) Farhan Ahmad, Group CEO, PayNet; 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