This article first appeared in The Edge Financial Daily on May 3, 2019

KUALA LUMPUR: GHL Systems Bhd is adding GrabPay’s payment channel to its existing credit and debit cards schemes, local e-Wallets, as well as cross-border e-Wallets for its merchant base in Malaysia.

In a statement yesterday, GHL said it has enabled GrabPay at its merchant payment touch-points to accept Grab’s mobile QR payment.

Through this tie-up, Grab will have a quicker access to GHL’s 70,000 transaction payment acquisition merchant payment touch-points throughout Malaysia.

GHL group chief executive officer Danny Leong said this is part of its strategy to enable its merchant base with a wide range of payment solutions. which currently stands at more than 15 types of payment schemes.

 “As one of the leading payment platforms with a wide regional footprint, we are conscious of the role we play to provide a more seamless and convenient payment method for our users across the countries we are in,” said GrabPay managing director for Malaysia, Singapore and the Philippines, Ooi Huey Tyng.