TOKYO/SINGAPORE/BANGKOK/KUALA LUMPUR -- Making payments through scanning QR codes with smartphones is expanding rapidly in Southeast Asia, with countries like Thailand, Malaysia and Cambodia leading the growth in transactions.
Cross-border links and tourist services add to region's growing digital money usage
QR payment systems are becoming basic infrastructure in Southeast Asian nations. (Photos by Atsushi Tomiyama and Ken Kobayashi)
TOKYO/SINGAPORE/BANGKOK/KUALA LUMPUR -- Making payments through scanning QR codes with smartphones is expanding rapidly in Southeast Asia, with countries like Thailand, Malaysia and Cambodia leading the growth in transactions.