Ant Group’s latest Singapore expansion brings mobile payment apps from Malaysia and South Korea to the city


Ant Group’s Alipay+ service will now process fare payments for ComfortDelGro Taxi made through Malaysia’s Touch ‘n Go eWallet and South Korea’s Kakao Pay. The fintech giant has been rapidly expanding in Singapore as it eyes South-East Asia for greater growth outside China after recent regulatory troubles. — SCMP

Chinese fintech giant Ant Group is continuing its expansion in South-East Asia with a new digital payment service in Singapore, allowing taxi passengers from Malaysia and South Korea to use different apps to pay with their own currencies.

Ant on Thursday unveiled its partnership with ComfortDelGro Taxi, Singapore’s largest taxi operator, to enable cashless payments through Touch ‘n Go eWallet, the leading mobile payment service in Malaysia, and Kakao Pay, a South Korean digital wallet service, according to a press release. The new payment options will work across a combined fleet of about 9,000 Comfort and CityCab taxis.

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