September 5, 2022
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5min
      5 September, 2022, Colombo, Sri Lanka – Standard Chartered Sri Lanka announced the implementation of its latest interbank instant payment Application Programming Interface (API) for PickMe, a brand of Digital Mobility Solutions Lanka (Private) Limited, with a seamless payment solution to streamline collections. Digital Mobility Solutions Lanka (Pvt) Ltd is a software […]

September 14, 2021
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      PickMe, Sri Lanka’s Number One ride hailing company, recently partnered with LankaQR to facilitate direct payments.  LankaQR (LQR) is a common Quick Response (QR) code standard adopted by financial institutions in Sri Lanka to facilitate fast, secure and low-cost digital payments to any merchant, especially small and medium enterprises. It enables customers […]

August 12, 2021
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      PickMe recently hit their 300,000 milepost in Flash deliveries, making it one of the app driven mobility company’s most successful products since the pandemic lockdown. Initially with more offices opting for distance working, ‘PickMe Flash’ gained in popularity, as they considered the product a safe, fast, and smart way to maintain physical […]

December 3, 2020
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Colombo, Sri Lanka, December 3, 2020—Annual revenues for ride-hailing in Sri Lanka could increase by more than a quarter if gaps between men and women’s ridership were closed, according to Sri Lanka’s first-ever study on women’s role in the country’s ride-hailing industry. The study ‘Women and Ride-hailing in Sri Lanka’ was conducted as part of […]


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