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Boku Inc
12 April 2022
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12 A pril 2022
Boku Inc .
(" Boku " or the " Company ")
Boku extends its M1ST Payments Network with Real - Time Payments
in Thailand
With the addition of PromptPay QR and K PLUS, Boku now
reaches
over 100 million consumer accounts in Thailand alone
Boku Inc ( AIM : BOKU ) , a leading global provider of mobile
payment solutions, is pleased to announce that its M1ST (M obile
First ) Payment Network has added real - time payment options for
PromptPay and K PLUS in Thailand .
PromptPay and K PLUS join Boku ' s M1ST Payments Network, which
includes over 340 payment methods in 91 countries, reaching more
than seven billion payment accounts . Combined, the M1ST Payments
Network reaches
over 100 million consumer accounts in Thailand alone .
Real - time payments, especially those that are executed from a
mobile phone, have experienced significant growth in Thailand and
are forecast to reach 47 . 3 billion transactions valued at US$2 .
7 trillion per year by 2025 .
Real - time payments networks enable Thai bank account holders
to make payments from their bank accounts for
peer - to - peer (P2P ) , business - to - consumer ( B2C ) , and business - to - business ( B2B ) transactions . PromptPay, which boasts of more than 55 million users, supported more than 1 . 1 billion monthly transactions as of November 2021 . K PLUS, Thailand ' s most popular mobile banking application, launched by KASIKORNBANK ("KBank") , has more than 17 million users, providing a superior user experience for real - time payments .
Boku ' s launch merchant for PromptPay and K PLUS is a major
social media company who has selected Boku to
provide real time payment acceptance for their digital advertising services .
Jon Prideaux, Chief Executive Officer, Boku, commented:
"PromptPay and K PLUS are great additions to the M1ST Payments
Network . We have always known customers would not only want mobile
payments linked to their SIM card or wallet app, but also their
banking app too . Allowing business customers to pay for their
digital advertising directly from their banking app is already
demonstrating the B2B use cases that exist for real - time mobile
payments."
Supaneewan Chutrakul, Executive Vice President of KASIKORNBANK,
said : " We have joined forces with Boku through our online payment
solution company KASIKRON GLOBAL PAYMENT and w e are pleased to add
PromptPay and K PLUS to Boku ' s M1ST Payments Network . This will
enable our PromptPay QR and K PLUS payments to work for global
merchants and allow our 17 million users to use a payment method
they have easy access to on their device."
Enquiries :
Boku, Inc .
Jon Prideaux, Chief Executive Officer
Keith Butcher, Chief Financial Officer + 44 ( 0 ) 20 3934 6630
IFC Advisory Limited ( Financial PR & IR )
Tim Metcalfe
Florence Chandler + 44 ( 0 ) 20 3934 6630
About Boku
Boku Inc . ( AIM : BOKU ) is a leading global provider of mobile
payment solutions . Its Mobile First Payments Network ' M1ST '
features 340 + mobile payment methods, including mobile wallets,
direct carrier billing, and real - time payments schemes, reaching
over 7 billion mobile payment accounts in 91 countries - all
through a single integration .
Customers that trust Boku to simplify sign - up, acquire new
paying users and prevent fraud include global leaders such as
Amazon, Apple, Facebook, Google, Microsoft, Netflix, PayPal, Sony,
Spotify and Tencent .
Boku Inc . was incorporated in 2008 and is headquartered in
London, UK, with offices in the US, India, Brazil, China, Estonia,
France, Germany, Indonesia, Japan, Singapore, Spain, Taiwan and
Vietnam .
To learn more about Boku Inc . , please visit : https :// www .
boku . com
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