● OxPay to provide PaySlowSlow Singapore with payment gateway and merchant acquiring services in Singapore
● PaySlowSlow Singapore targets to roll out BNPL services in 1Q2022, with 500 merchants and monthly gross transaction value of approximately S$1.0 million, which is expected to translate into additional processing volume for OxPay
● An estimated 1.1 million Singapore residents, or 38 per cent of the population, have used BNPL before, indicating rising popularity of the service, as COVID-19 accelerates shift to digital platforms
Singapore, Dec 17: Malaysian-based retail BNPL company PaySlowSlow and OxPay Financial Limited has entered into a partnership with the latter providing the brand with a payment gateway and merchant acquiring services in the city state.
Launched in September, PaySlowSlow is a subsidiary of public-listed Australian company, Fatfish Group Limited which allows retailers to offer their customers the option to buy now and pay, in four equal instalments over four months with zero per cent interest charged.
“We are happy to collaborate with PaySlowSlow for its Singapore operations,” OxPay Managing Director Henry Tan said.
“With the pandemic accelerating e-commerce volumes, consumers are increasingly turning to BNPL options to alleviate their financial pressures, as well as conduct their online transactions with greater ease and convenience.
“BNPL offers a tremendous and growing market opportunity for retailers and payment providers alike, and barring unforeseen circumstances, we look forward to robust take-up rates for this service.”
PaySlowSlow Singapore targets to roll out its services for consumers in the first quarter of 2022, with 500 merchants and monthly gross transaction value of approximately S$1M, which is expected to translate into additional processing volume for OxPay.
All financial risks, including payment defaults are borne by PaySlowSlow, and do not affect OxPay.
BNPL is a fast-growing global market that is forecast to expand from US$7.3 billion in 2019 to approximately US$33.6 billion in 2027, reflecting a compound annual growth rate of 21.2 per cent, according to a Coherent Market Insights report.
Asia is projected to become the world’s fastest-growing BNPL region based on its rapidly increasing number of Internet users.
According to a consumer survey by Finder, approximately 1.1 million Singapore residents, or 38 per cent of the population, have used BNPL, indicating rising popularity of the service, as the COVID-19 pandemic accelerates the shift to digital platforms such as e-commerce and mobile payments.
“PaySlowSlow believes in enabling businesses through the digital economy, and this collaboration with OxPay brings together two excellent offerings in the financial technology space,” PaySlowSlow executive director Lau Kin Wai said.
“Together with OxPay’s next-generation payment gateway, we are on track to accelerate our plans to expand beyond Buy-Now-Pay-Later and build a truly unique digital payments service that is fully integrated and easy to use.”
OxPay is focused on servicing merchants in the retail, transportation and food and beverage industries.
It is wholly-owned subsidiary, MC Pay Pte Ltd, which was established in 2005 and is regulated by the Monetary Authority of Singapore under the Payment Services Act 2019.
OxPay’s Merchant Payment Services segment provides payment processing services through its unified platform and smart software, which can be installed onto or integrated with any smart devices (including mobile phones, tablets, and smart point-of-sale terminals) for merchants with physical stores or integrated into online merchants’ websites and applications.
OxPay’s second business segment, Digital Commerce Enabling Solutions, provides ancillary services, such as the sale and lease of smart point-of-sale terminals, as well as both proprietary and licensed software-as-a-service which can be white-labelled.
This segment also develops bespoke software solutions for its merchants.
Currently, OxPay has a presence in four countries – Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia and Thailand – with ambitions to become a regional player.
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