Reported 28 October 2026. Thumbnail: editorial illustration.
Key Takeaways
- Dashen Bank has launched Air Pay within its Super App for payments to nearby registered merchants.
- Account numbers, phone numbers and QR-code scanning are unnecessary for selecting the recipient.
- Customers select a merchant, enter an amount, review details and authorise payment with a PIN.
- Participating businesses can register customer information and transaction details through the platform.
- Merchant enrolment, development investment and expected Air Pay transaction volumes were not disclosed.
- Payments from other banks’ applications have not been confirmed; the service currently operates through Dashen’s Super App.
- Regulatory and account-level restrictions remain unspecified despite the bank’s claim of no specified payment amount limit.
Market Impact
- Air Pay combines merchant discovery and payment inside Dashen’s application.
- The bank aims to reduce payment delays. Undisclosed enrolment and transaction volumes leave adoption unquantified.
Key Numbers
- 387m — EthSwitch interoperable transactions, 2025/26 — market context, not Air Pay volume.
- 551,500 — system-wide QR transactions — reported payment-channel context.
- Undisclosed — Air Pay merchant count — rollout scale unknown.
Business Signal
- Dashen is simplifying merchant payment collection, while adoption and cross-bank reach remain unquantified.