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Best Payments Companies in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

The 66 best Payments companies in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia in 2026, ranked by funding and momentum. Funding, investors, founders, valuation, tech stack and live signals. Top: TNG Digital.

66companies tracked
$328Mdisclosed funding
0unicorns
13have raised
FLIAR INTELLIGENCE · PAYMENTS × KUALA LUMPUR

Our analysis of 150 Payments companies

$44.9b in tracked funding; 96% of the stack-profiled cohort runs cloud-native; funding activity peaked in 2021.

150companies analysed
96%cloud-native stacks
2021funding peak (by rounds)
33unicorns
2018median founding year
597kcombined LinkedIn audience
89%of audience held by top 3
3companies hiring publicly (12 mo)

Ranked: Best Payments companies in Kuala Lumpur

#CompanyDisclosed fundingLast roundStageFounderFoundedTech stackRecent signals
1TNG Digital
App-based mobile wallet
$168M47 mo agoSeries A—1997RubyRuby on RailsEnvoy+101 partnership
2BigPay
Provider of digital wallet services for payments, transfers, and budgeting
$100M58 mo agoSeries ATony Fernandes
CEO
2017StoryblokApple iCloud MailGoogle Workspace+16—
3Soft Space
Provider of payment processing solutions for businesses
$36M27 mo agoSeries BJoel Tay
Co-Founder & CEO
2012WordPressApple iCloud MailMicrosoft 365+211 award
4Revenue Monster
SaaS-based payment solutions for businesses
$6M45 mo agoLate StageKen Lim
Co-Founder & CEO
2017Node.jsHeadless UITailwind CSS+132 awards
5iMoney
Financial products comparison platform
$6M141 mo agoAcquired—2012WordPressMySQLPHP+34—
6Instapay Technologies
Wallet-enabled money transfer solutions for businesses and individuals
$5M12 mo agoSeries ASujata Dutta
Co-Founder & Chief Operating Officer
2017WordPressMySQLPHP+251 expansion
7MyMy
Prepaid card and mobile app
$3M69 mo agoSeries AJoe McGuire
Co-Founder & CEO
2000——
8IIMMPACT
API-based payments and financial data aggregation solutions
$2M52 mo agoSeedAlex Tan
CEO
2017Node.jsReactNext.js+8—

Top 12 Payments companies in Kuala Lumpur

#1
Series A · Kuala Lumpur, Federal Territory of Kuala Lumpur · founded 2017 · 47 employees
$4.8Mraised
▾

Wallet-enabled money transfer solutions for businesses and individuals. Enabled users to send, receive and transfer funds through app-based platforms. Provides card solutions to access funds for making payments overseas and payroll management solutions.

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 3k LinkedIn followers
Activity: 1 expansions announced in 12 mo
Funding rounds
  • Jun 2025Series A$3M
  • Sep 2022Series A$4.8M
Founders & team
Sujata DuttaCo-Founder & Chief Operating OfficerRajnish KumarCo-Founder & CEO
Investors
TOP2, Spiral Ventures Asia Fund I, Daiwa ACA APAC Growth I, ACA Investments
Tech stack
Amazon SesAmazon Web ServicesApache Http ServerAstraComplianzCore-Js
#2
Series B · Kuala Lumpur, Federal Territory of Kuala Lumpur · founded 2012 · 222 employees
$36.5Mraised
▾

Provider of payment processing solutions for businesses. It provides payment gateways, white-label wallets, and POS terminals for accepting online or offline payments. It also facilitates fraud prevention, QR code payments, and e-wallet systems.

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 13k LinkedIn followers — 2.2% of this cohort's audience
Activity: 1 awards announced in 12 mo
Funding rounds
  • Mar 2024Series B—
  • Apr 2023Series B$31.5M
  • Feb 2022Series B—
  • Apr 2018Series B—
Founders & team
Joel TayCo-Founder & CEOChang SoonFounder
Investors
RHL Ventures, Transcosmos, JCB, Sumitomo Mitsui Card, GMO Financial Gate, Southern Capital
Tech stack
Amazon Web ServicesAnimate.CssApache Http ServerApple Icloud MailContact Form 7Font Awesome
#3
Series A · Kuala Lumpur, Federal Territory of Kuala Lumpur · founded 1997 · 352 employees
$168.3Mraised
▾

App-based mobile wallet. Its services include online shopping, travel booking, bill payments, money transfer, toll payments, and QR transit. Users can reload the wallet via online banking, credit or debit cards, or purchase Touch 'n Go Reload PIN (soft pins) at the Customer Experience Centre. It allows users to keep a track of their expenses. The application is available on Android and iOS platforms.

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 369k LinkedIn followers — 61.8% of this cohort's audience
Activity: 3 partnerships (incl. Chery Malaysia) announced in 12 mo
Funding rounds
  • Jul 2022Series A$168.3M
  • Jul 2021Unattributed—
Investors
Lazada, AIA
Tech stack
Alibaba Cloud CdnCloudflareCloudflare Bot ManagementCore-JsEnvoyGoogle Hosted Libraries
#4
Series A · Kuala Lumpur, Federal Territory of Kuala Lumpur · founded 2017 · 208 employees
$100Mraised
▾

Provider of digital wallet services for payments, transfers, and budgeting. It offers tools for managing finances, including expense tracking and categorization. The platform facilitates local and international money transfers. It also provides options for bill payments and prepaid top-ups.

Funding rounds
  • Aug 2021Series A$100M
Founders & team
Tony FernandesCEO
Investors
SK, RedBeat Ventures
Tech stack
AhrefsApple Icloud MailChakra UiEmotionGodaddyGoogle Analytics
#5
Late Stage · Kuala Lumpur, Federal Territory of Kuala Lumpur · founded 2017
$6.5Mraised
▾

SaaS-based payment solutions for businesses. It features integration solutions for mobile-based payments, social media, and loyalty programs. It offers multiple products such as MyKad Recognition for AI-based KYC solutions, Face Recognition for customer identification & authentication, and Dynamic QR Code for offline tech solutions.

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 1k LinkedIn followers
Activity: 2 awards announced in 12 mo
Funding rounds
  • Sep 2022PE$6.5M
Founders & team
Ken LimCo-Founder & CEO
Investors
The SEA Capital
Tech stack
BabelCloudflareCloudflare Rocket LoaderCore-JsEmotionGoogle Analytics
#6
Seed · Kuala Lumpur, Federal Territory of Kuala Lumpur · founded 2017 · 21 employees
$2Mraised
▾

API-based payments and financial data aggregation solutions. It offers a solution that enables users to aggregate multiple financial data including bank accounts, credit cards, loans data, integration with government services data for automated eKYC and credit scoring models, payments, and more.

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 511 LinkedIn followers
Funding rounds
  • Feb 2022Seed$2M
  • Apr 2020Seed$46.4K
  • May 2019Seed$52.6K
Founders & team
Alex TanCEO
Investors
ScaleUp Malaysia, Surge
Tech stack
Amazon CloudfrontAmazon S3Amazon SesAmazon Web ServicesCloudflareGoogle Font Api
#7
Series A · Kuala Lumpur, Federal Territory of Kuala Lumpur · founded 2000 · 38 employees
$3.3Mraised
▾

MyMy offers a prepaid debit card. It allows paying in the local currency. It also offers a mobile app to control insights. The app can also be used to disable transactions, resetting of PIN and reporting about the stolen card.

Funding rounds
  • Sep 2020Series A$2.4M
  • May 2019Seed$915.2K
Founders & team
Joe McGuireCo-Founder & CEOAllen GoodwinCo-Founder
Investors
Koperasi Tentera, Seed Space, RISE
#8
Acquired · Kuala Lumpur, Federal Territory of Kuala Lumpur · founded 2012 · 23 employees
$6.5Mraised
▾

iMoney is a financial product comparison platform. Users can search and compare credit cards, debit cards, personal loans, small business loans, and Islamic financing products. Users can also compare Islamic fixed deposits, savings accounts, investment products, and broadband plans.

Funding rounds
  • Sep 2014Series B$4M
  • Oct 2013Series A$2M
  • Jun 2013Seed$500K
Investors
Asia Venture Group, Rebright Partners, Econa, Vogel Communications Group, IMJ Fenox, Fenox Venture Capital
Tech stack
Amazon AlbAmazon CloudfrontAmazon S3Amazon Web ServicesCore-JsDoubleclick For Publishers (Dfp)
#9
Funding Raised · Kuala Lumpur, Federal Territory of Kuala Lumpur · founded 2021
$20Kraised
▾

Provider of online payment solutions for businesses. The platform provides payment gateways, payment links, authentication methods, e-wallets, API integrations, recurring, subscription, and more.

Founders & team
Adam DahlanChief Executive Officer
Investors
RevTech Labs
#10
Seed · Kuala Lumpur, Federal Territory of Kuala Lumpur · founded 2018 · 11 employees
—raised
▾

Mobile-based platform providing financial management solutions. The platform offers contactless and cashless payment-related solutions. The payment offers solutions for parents, students, and schools. The platform offers nutrition-related insights, financial literacy, cashless payment solutions, and more. Its mobile app is available for Android and iOS devices.

Funding rounds
  • Jan 2025Seed—
  • Oct 2023Seed—
  • Jun 2022Seed—
Founders & team
Gokula SubramaniamFounder & CEO
Investors
500 Global, Kumpulan Modal Perdana, Gobi Partners, 1337 Ventures
Tech stack
BootstrapCart FunctionalityCore-JsFacebook PixelGoogle AnalyticsGoogle Analytics Enhanced Ecommerce
#11
Seed · Kuala Lumpur, Federal Territory of Kuala Lumpur · founded 2021 · 26 employees
—raised
▾

Provider of expense management solutions with corporate cards and bill payments. The company offers tools for managing expenses, prepaid cards, and invoice processing. It provides a dashboard for tracking transactions and analytics. The company aims to streamline financial operations for businesses.

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 3k LinkedIn followers
Hiring: 1 hiring post in 12 mo (public) · hiring: Quality Assurance Tester
Activity: 1 product launches announced in 12 mo
Funding rounds
  • Dec 2024Seed—
Founders & team
Kalyana TeagarajanCo-Founder & CEORouvin 儒文Co-Founder And Cfo
Investors
1337 Ventures
Tech stack
AlbacrossAmazon CloudfrontAmazon S3Amazon Web ServicesApache Http ServerBunny
#12
Seed · Kuala Lumpur, Federal Territory of Kuala Lumpur · founded 2016 · 32 employees
—raised
▾

Sonicboom is the open payment terminal provider to the businesses and retails. It provides a software solution which accepts credit cards, debit cards, e-Money cards, and QR payment.

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 954 LinkedIn followers
Hiring: 3 hiring posts in 12 mo (public) · momentum -1 · hiring: Sales Executive, Sales Business Development
Funding rounds
  • Apr 2023Seed—
Founders & team
Wave ChuangCo-Founder
Investors
ScaleUp Malaysia
Tech stack
BootstrapContact Form 7CookieyesCore-JsEmbedplusGoogle Analytics

Funding & investor landscape

$328Mtotal disclosed funding
9companies funded
15disclosed rounds
0rounds last 90 days
Most active investors
500 Global3 rounds
1337 Ventures2 rounds
500 Durians2 rounds
Asia Venture Group2 rounds
JCB2 rounds
ScaleUp Malaysia2 rounds
ACA Investments1 rounds
AIA1 rounds
Actis1 rounds
Advent International1 rounds

Notable founders

Sujata Dutta
Co-Founder & Chief Operating Officer · Instapay Technologies
Rajnish Kumar
Co-Founder & CEO · Instapay Technologies
Joel Tay
Co-Founder & CEO · Soft Space
Chang Soon
Founder · Soft Space
Tony Fernandes
CEO · BigPay
Ken Lim
Co-Founder & CEO · Revenue Monster
Alex Tan
CEO · IIMMPACT
Joe McGuire
Co-Founder & CEO · MyMy
Allen Goodwin
Co-Founder · MyMy
Adam Dahlan
Chief Executive Officer · RediPay
Gokula Subramaniam
Founder & CEO · Vircle
Kalyana Teagarajan
Co-Founder & CEO · Swipey
Prism market signals · Malaysia · country-scoped Prism corpus, 395,287 docs

Market landscape — 10 sub-themes by coverage

Share of Payments coverage by sub-theme.

Regulatory-risk over time rising

Funding & growth over time

funding rising · growth rising

RESEARCH SIGNALS · Malaysia

How research on Digital Payments is moving in Malaysia

A read on the academic research around Digital Payments — which themes are gaining ground, the institutions and researchers driving them, and how the tone is shifting. Based on 506 Malaysia-affiliated papers.

research sentiment over time
201120212026
enthusiastic · positive · guarded tone
Tone is overwhelmingly optimistic and steady — the enthusiastic (strongly-positive) share moved 26% → 25% across 2011–2026.
top research entities
  • Universiti Teknologi MARA83
  • Multimedia University44
  • Northern University of Malaysia32
  • Management and Science University29
  • UCSI University28
leading researchers
S. M. Ferdous Azam · Jacquline Tham · Ali Khatibi · Abdullah Al Mamun · Garry Wei‐Han Tan · P. C. Lai · Irfan Hameed · Nam Hung
▲ Breakthroughs26 · 5%
▼ 9%→5% share
▼0.6× share momentum2 median citations69% since 2021mostly methods-led
Breakthroughs are cooling (9%→5% of field), led by Mobile payment.
rising sub-themes (early→recent)
  • Mobile payment4→10
Landmark Design and Security impact on consumers' intention to use single platform E-payment · 103 cites
◆ Advancements181 · 36%
▼ 41%→37% share
▼0.9× share momentum0 median citations70% since 2021mostly empirical
Advancements are cooling (41%→37% of field), led by Mobile payment.
rising sub-themes (early→recent)
  • Mobile payment15→66
  • Marketing2→16
  • Technology acceptance model3→15
  • Financial inclusion1→12
  • Payment service provider1→11
Newly emergingStructural equation modeling 0→20 · Financial services 0→13 · FinTech 0→10
Landmark The effects of convenience and speed in m-payment · 422 cites
▼ Concerns113 · 22%
▼ 26%→21% share
▼0.8× share momentum0 median citations62% since 2021mostly empirical
Concerns are cooling (26%→21% of field), led by Mobile payment.
rising sub-themes (early→recent)
  • Mobile payment4→28
  • Database transaction2→10
  • Context (archaeology)1→7
  • Structural equation modeling1→7
  • Technology acceptance model2→6
Newly emergingUnified theory of acceptance and use of technology 0→8 · Financial inclusion 0→7
Landmark I Am too old for this! Barriers contributing to the non-adoption of mobile payment · 161 cites
RESEARCH HOTSPOTS · Malaysia

Where digital payments is researched across Malaysia

Location clusters by institution affiliation — each city's volume, stance tone, and a quick read on its hot topic, what's advancing, the opening opportunity, and the main concern.

Shah Alam120 · +0.17
Hot · Financial transactionAdvancing · Mobile appsOpportunity · FinTechConcern · Islam
Kuala Lumpur97 · +0.26
Hot · Mobile paymentAdvancing · Structural equation modelingOpportunity · TourismConcern · FinTech
Malacca60 · +0.21
Hot · Service qualityAdvancing · MediationOpportunity · FinTechConcern · Service provider
George Town33 · +0.25
Hot · ModerationAdvancing · Mobile commerceOpportunity · Financial services
Petaling Jaya33 · +0.11
Hot · Construct (python library)Advancing · Financial servicesOpportunity · Financial inclusionConcern · Credit card
Johor Bahru28 · +0.28
Hot · Mobile phoneAdvancing · Transparency (behavior)Opportunity · Mobile deviceConcern · Mobile payment
Kota Bharu22 · +0.23
Hot · Mobile commerceAdvancing · PopulationOpportunity · East coast
Putrajaya19 · +0.03
Hot · Health careAdvancing · Payment systemOpportunity · Data collectionConcern · Incentive
Bangi17 · +0.28
Hot · Unified theory of acceptance and use of technologyAdvancing · Near field communicationOpportunity · Mobile payment
Seri Kembangan16 · +0.07
Hot · UsabilityAdvancing · Technology acceptance modelOpportunity · Structural equation modelingConcern · Mobile payment

Common questions

How many Payments companies are there in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia?
Radar tracks 66 indexable Payments companies headquartered in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia that meet our profile-completeness bar.
What is the total funding raised by Payments companies in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia?
The Payments companies in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia on this list have raised a combined $328M in disclosed equity funding across 9 funded companies.
Which is the highest-funded Payments company in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia?
TNG Digital is the highest-funded Payments company in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, with $168.3M in disclosed equity funding.
How many Payments companies in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia are funded?
9 of the 66 Payments companies in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia on this list have disclosed at least one equity funding round.
How many Payments unicorns are there in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia?
None of the Payments companies in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia on this list currently has a disclosed valuation of $1B or more.
Who are the top investors in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Payments companies?
The most active investors in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Payments companies on this list include 500 Global, 1337 Ventures, 500 Durians, Asia Venture Group, JCB.
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