Thunes’ customers and merchants in Europe will now be able to accept Asia’s popular mobile wallets such as China’s Alipay, Malaysia’s Touch ’n Go and Boost, Philippines’ GCash, South Korea’s KakaoPay, as well as Thailand’s Rabbit LINE Pay and TrueMoney. Thunes has partnered with Alipay+, a suite of cross-border payments and marketing solutions operated by Ant Group. Merchants that work with Thunes will be able to serve online consumers from Asian markets and accept mobile wallet payments during checkout.
The partnership will expand the geographical coverage of the local payment methods available via Thunes. The company already offers a wide range of alternative payment methods (APMs) popular with customers in Europe, Latin America, Africa, and now Asia. Mobile wallets are becoming the primary payment method across Asian consumers, and with international tourism demonstrating steady recovery expect to see significant demand for this solution from our 100,000 merchants. This partnership will allow merchants to engage with shoppers through their favorite digital payment tools both online and in-store and help speed up the digitalization and globalization of their business operation.