1Pay expands payment coverage through partnership with Fortumo 

The payment service provider 1Pay and the mobile payments company Fortumo are today announcing a partnership for direct carrier billing in South-East Asia. Merchants using 1Pay are now able to collect payments from their users in Thailand, Vietnam and Indonesia by charging payments to the users’ phone bills.

Mr. Luyen Ngoc Huy, CEO of 1Pay says “1Pay is now expanding its market to South-East Asia with the first move to open office in Indonesia. We certainly look for compatible partners that help us to set up and run business in the shortest time. We chose Fortumo because they have a very flexible system that allows 1Pay to connect and operate quickly. Furthermore, Fortumo is a world-class reputable company. Hopefully, this cooperation brings a good business prospect for both companies in these markets.”

“Integrating mobile operators one-by-one is a difficult process for payment service providers. Each carrier has their own technical setup and negotiations take a long time. We are excited to accelerate the adoption of carrier billing by 1Pay by giving them access to direct carrier billing in several markets through just one integration. For merchants using 1Pay, direct carrier billing gives a significant increase in paying user coverage in markets with extremely low credit card penetration,” said Sanjay Sinha, head of Fortumo India.

1Pay is an open platform for e-payments, working as an intermediary payment gateway. 1Pay mainly focuses on optimizing payment effectiveness, fast speed, high stability, a smart analysis system, multidimensional report, supporting all integration methods and automating the whole process of integration.

Fortumo direct carrier billing is available to more than 350 million mobile phone owners in Thailand, Vietnam and Indonesia. Meanwhile, less than 10 million people in these countries have access to credit cards which means that a majority of smartphone owners are unable to pay for online content through traditional payment methods. In Asia, Fortumo’s direct carrier billing platform is available more than 2.5 billion end-users in 14 countries. Recently, Fortumo announced a partnership with the mobile operator dtac in Thailand.

Fortumo’s direct carrier billing platform allows more than 4 billion end-users to pay merchants using their phone bill in 90 countries across the world. Since the mobile operator has all the information necessary to process the payment, this removes the need to send any text messages during the payment process. In markets where Fortumo provides direct carrier billing, payment conversion for first-time payments is close to 40% and higher for repeat purchases.

About 1Pay

1Pay is a startup in Vietnam that provides an open platform for e-payments. Founded in January 2013, 1Pay now becomes one of the leading open platforms for mobile payments in Vietnam. 1Pay’s payment platform supports all types of existing payment services in the market. It also supports a variety of merchants such as technology companies, e-commerce companies, web developers and individuals to easily engage in the system and integrate, use payment methods with many quick, accurate and safe utilities.

Source: Fortumo

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