With the addition of NEO PSP, 10 companies are now licensed to operate as payment service providers or e-wallet operators in Bangladesh

Technology is perhaps the greatest of God's gifts after the gift of life, eminent American physicist Freeman Dyson once said -- and

Japan, a pioneer in mobile “e-wallet” payments in 2004, has, ironically, since become a serious laggard on this front. Less than 20 percent of the payments are cashless, in the country.