Mumbai, 12th October 2026: PayU, India’s leading diversified fintech platform, and Malaysia Airlines, today signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to enhance the digital payment and booking experience for customers in India. The collaboration will combine PayU’s extensive payment ecosystem with Malaysia Airlines’ international network to create more seamless and relevant travel experiences powered by innovative and flexible payment solutions.
The MoU marks the beginning of a strategic collaboration between Malaysia Airlines and PayU, with both companies exploring initiatives to support customer growth and strengthen the digital travel experience in India. Malaysia Airlines and PayU will explore innovative and payment solutions, flexible payment options, exclusive offers and co-branded marketing initiatives to enhance customer engagement, drive incremental bookings, and support customer acquisition in India. The collaboration will also explore tailored propositions to address the distinct needs of leisure, premium, student, and corporate travelers.
The MoU was signed by Dersenish Aresandiran, Chief Commercial Officer of Airline Business from Malaysia Aviation Group (MAG) and Hemang Dattani, Chief Business Officer from PayU Payments Private Limited.
“Travel is a high-intent category where seamless payments, flexibility, and relevant offers can meaningfully influence the customer experience. Through this MoU, PayU and Malaysia Airlines will explore ways to make digital bookings and payments experience more convenient and seamless, while creating differentiated propositions for diverse traveler segments”, says Hemang Dattani, Chief Business Officer, PayU Payments.
“India remains an important and strategic market for Malaysia Airlines, and we are committed to making every journey more seamless, convenient and rewarding for our customers. Our collaboration with PayU will enable us to explore more convenient and relevant payment and engagement solutions that respond to the evolving needs and preferences of Indian travelers,” says Dersenish Aresandiran, Chief Commercial Officer of Airline Business from MAG.
About PayU:
PayU, India’s leading diversified fintech platform with Prosus as an investor, operates businesses that are regulated by the Reserve Bank of India and offers advanced solutions to meet the digital payment requirements of the Indian market. PayU India companies aim to create a full-stack digital financial services platform to serve all (tapped and untapped) financial needs of customers through technology solutions.
PayU provides payment gateway solutions to online businesses through its cutting-edge and award-winning technology and has empowered 4.5 lakhs+ businesses, including India’s leading enterprises, e-commerce giants and SMBs. It enables businesses to collect digital payments across 100+ online payment methods such as Credit Cards, Debit Cards, Net Banking, EMIs, pay-later, QR, UPI, Wallets, and more. It’s a preferred partner in the affordability ecosystem, offering the maximum coverage of issuers and easy-to-implement integrations across card-based EMIs, pay-later options and new-age cardless EMIs. PayU offers e-commerce brands best-in-industry success rates while ensuring a seamless checkout experience.
