SINGAPORE (Mar 20): Singtel Group is planning to launch an interoperable platform that links various mobile wallets across different ecosystems, allowing users to make cross-border payments at physical merchants in the region. 

Currently, Singtel’s group-wide payment gateway, Open Platform, enables the group’s mobile customers to make purchases online using either direct carrier billing or their respective telco mobile wallets. The introduction of mobile wallet interconnectivity will allow its mobile customers to further enjoy cashless payments at brick-and-mortar retailers when overseas.  

In a Tuesday announcement, Singtel says it intends to begin with linking its own Singtel Dash mobile wallet with those of its regional associates.

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