KUALA LUMPUR (May 2): GHL Systems Bhd is adding GrabPay's payment channel to its existing credit and debit cards schemes, local e-Wallets, as well as crossborder e-Wallets for its merchant base in Malaysia. 

In a statement, 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.

"Given both companies’ regional ambitions, we see this tie up as a good step in the right direction,” he added.

“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.

Shares of GHL closed one sen or 0.59% lower at RM1.68 today, with 495,600 shares exchanging hands, giving it a market capitalisation of RM1.25 billion.