KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia's DuitNow and Singapore's PayNow have now been connected with real-time payment systems linkage, owing to the collaborative efforts of Bank Negara and the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS), as well as the countries' payment system operators and participating institutions.

The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) has granted an e-money license to Grab, which will enable the ride-hailing company to provide its consumers a number of additional payment services, aside from rides and express delivery.