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Aleta Planet launches payment app for Muslims across Southeast Asia
Asian Banking & Finance
|Issue 119
The platform will soon let users find Muslim businesses in the region.
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Singapore fintech Aleta Planet Pte. Ltd. has rolled out a digital payment platform for Muslim communities in Southeast Asia. Future versions of the MPLUS Aleta app would feature a Muslim vendor directory, letting users find Muslim merchants and businesses in the region, Ryan Gwee, founder and group chairman at Aleta Planet, told Asian Banking & Finance.

This story is from the Issue 119 edition of Asian Banking & Finance.
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