Best Startup
This article showcases our top picks for the best Southeast Asia based Payments companies. These startups and companies are taking a variety of approaches to innovating the Payments industry, but are all exceptional companies well worth a follow.
We tried to pick companies across the size spectrum from cutting edge startups to established brands.
We selected these startups and companies for exceptional performance in one of these categories:
- Innovation
- Innovative ideas
- Innovative route to market
- Innovative product
- Growth
- Exceptional growth
- Exceptional growth strategy
- Management
- Societal impact
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Top Southeast Asia Payments Startups
Data sourced from Crunchbase and SemRush.
Xendit
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Xendit is fintech company that provides payment infrastructure across South East Asia.
Nium
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Nium is a global payments platform redefining how consumers and businesses can send, spend, and receive funds around the world.
AwanTunai
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AwanTunai is digitizing the traditional offline Indonesian supply chain with business SaaS solutions and embedded financing for inventory.
Thunes
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Thunes offers a global cross-border payment network for seamless transfer of funds to 100 countries in 60 currencies.
Spenmo
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Spenmo is a spend management platform that automates expense reports and simplifies spending.
Flip
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Flip operates as a platform that allows users to send money securely without a transaction fee.
Vauld
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Vauld is a Singapore-based crypto platform. It enables customers to buy, lend, borrow and trade crypto assets from one unified platform.
Sea
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Sea is the leading consumer internet company in Southeast Asia and Taiwan.
Kredivo
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Kredivo offers an online credit card with payment methods and installments in 30 days or monthly installments.
Fave
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Digital Merchant Platform, Mobile Payment, Loyalty & Rewards, Merchant Acquirer, Digital Services
PAYFAZZ
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PAYFAZZ is an agency-based financial platform that facilitates digital transactions and payments.
XanPool
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XanPool is a fintech firm that offers a software solution for exchanges, wallets, and other cryptocurrency businesses.
Gojek
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Gojek is an app that provides a variety of services from payments, food delivery, transportation, and logistics.
Coda Payments
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Building the platform of choice for taking life’s digital experiences over the top.
Coins.ph
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Coins.ph delivers financial services over mobile to people who are currently unserved by traditional banks.
Singlife
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Singlife provides digital life insurance services.
Omise
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Omise is an online payments platform that enables businesses to seamlessly and securely accept payments over the internet.
LinkAja
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LinkAja is an electronic-based service that makes your financial transactions more exciting.
Fazz Financial
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Leading Fintech which offers a portfolio of products that enable merchants / consumers to accept payments, transfer, bank, and invest.
Kyber Network
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KyberNetwork is a new system which allows the exchange and conversion of digital assets.
PayMongo
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PayMongo is a payment processing startup that provides a payments API that can be integrated into mobile apps or websites.
Pace
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Pace is an online payment platform that allows users to pay for their purchases in three interest-free installments.
SJ Mobile Labs
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SJ Mobile Labs is a new venture focused on fintech innovation in the Japanese market.
2C2P
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2C2P is a global payments platform helping businesses securely accept payments across online, mobile and in-store channels.
Arrow
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Arrow enables a one-click purchasing experience making shopping online faster, safer, and easier.
Tinvio
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Tinvio is a B2B transactions platform that helps merchants manage orders, invoices, and payments with suppliers via a chat-led interface.
NextPay
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NextPay is a digital banking platform for small businesses and entrepreneurs.
VNLIFE
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VNLIFE is a technology company that develops a digital ecosystem for the tourism, logistics, and commerce sector.
Doku
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PT Nusa Satu Inti Artha (dba “DOKU”) is Indonesia’s largest and fastest growing provider of electronic payment and risk management
Wave Money
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Wave Money is a digital payments company that provides financial payment services across Myanmar.
SHIELD
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SHIELD is a mobile-first risk intelligence company. We help world-leading enterprises build trust and safety by stopping fraud and abuse.
Grab Financial Group
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Grab Financial Group provides financial services across payments, rewards, lending and insurance.
Soft Space
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Soft Space is a tech company working in the digital payments sector.
IIMMPACT
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IIMMPACT provides a turnkey solution for businesses who want to offer payment services to their customers with just a few lines of code
Momo
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Momo is an e-wallet and payments app that allows users to make payments and transfer money digitally.
Pundi X
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Pundi X is a blockchain company that’s creating a new era of decentralized world to improve your everyday life.
BillEase
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BillEase offers applications that splits customers’ payments into installments at more than 500 merchant partners
hoolah
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hoolah is Asia’s leading omnichannel Buy Now Pay Later ecosystem, helping merchants to increase conversion & consumers to afford responsibly
Wapi Pay
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Wapi Pay is a Singapore based company that facilitates payments and cross border commerce between Africa and Asia.
CardUp
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CardUp simplifies the lives of business owners by bringing payments and collections into one easy-to-use digital platform.
GHL Systems Berhad
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GHL Systems Berhad is a payment service provider.
DT One
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DT One operates a global network for mobile top-up solutions and innovative mobile rewards for emerging economies.
HitPay
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HitPay develops a platform that delivers a no-code payment processing service for SMEs.
N-Frnds (nFrnds)
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N-Frnds’ unique agency network platform combines digital and physical distribution networks in emerging markets.
Hugo Save
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Hugo is a digital account that helps you spend, save and invest, starting with gold.
China Bank
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China Bank is the country’s first privately owned local commercial bank
Get
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Get is an online platform that teaches young people how to manage money.
Red Dot Payment
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Red Dot Payment is an online payment company that provides payment solutions for banks, acquirers, and merchants across the Asia Pacific.
MatchMove Pay
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MatchMove Pay is a financial technology company providing innovative enterprise payments solutions.
Touché
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Touché shapes how businesses and their clients interact, and allows users to make payments securely without needing to carry a card.
Fewcents
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Unbundling quality content across digital publishers and enabling easy micropayments in 50+ currencies.
HolyWally
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HolyWally is the world’s first wallet-as-a-service platform that combines adaptability, rapid scalability, and optimized user experience.
Merchantrade
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Merchantrade develop first-in-the-market cross border, multi-currency payment solutions by leveraging on cutting-edge technology.
SquidPay
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SquidPay is an e-payments platform that provides electronic payments and collection through a stored value card and mobile application.
Ayannah
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Ayannah provides digital commerce and payment services to the unbanked in emerging markets and the unbanked migrants in OECD countries.
Paywatch
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Paywatch offers a platform that allows employees to access their earnings before payday anytime.
FlexM
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FlexM is an award winning Fintech, providing Fintech-as-a-Service platform that enables organizations to launch their brand Fintech use-case
TendoPay
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Tendopay provides Filipinos with alternative payment options for online shopping.
Cashlez
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Cashlez operates as a financial technology company that provides value propositions for traders, and mobile payment players.
SGeBIZ
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SGeBIZ helps accelerate growth for all businesses through integrated payments, financing and value-added services.
Everex
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Blockchain-powered coop banking for global SMEs, digital entrepreneurs and internet merchants
TheBank
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TheBank Provides account services to customers by receiving deposits and loan payments.
Litecoin
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Litecoin is a P2P digital currency for online payments.
iPaymy
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With iPaymy for Business, SMEs can pay rent, salaries, invoices, and even tax using the credit cards they already have in their wallet.
Bixie
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Bixie is an AI-enabled finance platform for women.
KinerjaPay
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KinerjaPay provides digital payment solutions to brick-and-mortal businesses in Indonesia and South East.
Wallet Engine
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International gateway for embedded finance
WalletKu
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WalletKu is a company which offers prepaid mobile phones credit top up, bill payments and sports ticket bookings and payments.
Digio
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Digio develops mobile applications that facilitate making financial transactions via mobile devices.
TNG Digital
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TNG Digital is an e-wallet operator of digital wallet and online payment platform for urban mobility.
SingX
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SingX is a Singaporean Fin-tech company dealing with money transfer.
JazzyPay
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Revolutionizing online payments for businesses of all sizes.
Findwork
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FindWork is an all-in-one recruitment platform in the blue collar and service industry job market.
Moka
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Moka is an Indonesian fintech startup that focuses on building mobile point-of-sale (mPOS) for small and medium businesses.
SmartPesa
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Omnichannel payments and agency banking solutions provider, incorporating mPOS, card and non-card based payments
Multipay
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Multipay is a provider of back-end and front-end payment solutions.
Moca
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Moca Technology and Services Corporation is a mobile payment service company.
Kashmi
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Kashmi is a neo-banking product designed for the lifestyles of millennials, enabling spending, saving, lending, investing and budgeting.
Tagcash
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Tagcash is a fintech-enabled app where users can create mini-programs utilizing financial technology and other core features of a wallet.
RateX
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RateX helps you pay less online. Locally and internationally.
MugglePay
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MugglePay is a payment solution enabling global, instant and low-cost settlements via cryptocurrency.
Finantier
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Finantier provides the infrastructure and data products required by businesses to build the next generation of financial services in SEA.
SpherePay
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Homegrown mobile payment app based in Singapore.
Jewel Paymentech
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Jewel Paymentech is a FinTech company.
CollabDeen
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CollabDeen is a mobile community collaboration and payments platform.
KiwiPay
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KiwiPay provides online payment services to emerging markets.
Riipay
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Riipay is a customer centric payment platform that makes simple and easy payment methods for everyone.
Pundi Pundi
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Pundi Pundi provides financial service solution that allows virtual credit payments through mobile phone.
U-HOP
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UNLIMITED shuttle ride for billions of workers & students under $2.50 a day worldwide. U-HOP will revolutionize how people commute daily.
TradeGecko
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TradeGecko is an inventory and order management platform for modern wholesale merchants.
Alterra
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Alterra is a technology company that provides services in bill payment aggregator, promotion platform, and distribution network.
Tranglo
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Tranglo operates a global money and digital credit hub, enabling easy and instant transfer to friends or family.
Chynge
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Chynge provides money changing and international money remittance services.
GDP Inc.
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GDP is a fintech company that delivers technological solutions for cross-border financial transactions.
OVO
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OVO is one of the leading players in the digital payment sector.
ATX Group
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ATX is a pioneering digital payments service provider that provides a solution to help micro SMEs participate in the digital economy.
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