HitPay Launches Remittance API for Platforms, Opening Single-API Cross-Border Payout Access Across Four Asian Corridors

HitPay, the Singapore-based payments infrastructure company, launched its Remittance API for Platforms on April 8, 2026, extending single-API access to cross-border payout corridors spanning Singapore, Malaysia, the Philippines, and Bangladesh. The product targets non-bank institutions, including remittance platforms, payroll providers, and migrant worker applications, that have historically faced the compounding cost and complexity of building separate rail integrations for each corridor they wish to serve. [1][2]

The Infrastructure Problem the API Addresses

Sending cross-border payouts at scale through conventional approaches requires a platform to negotiate independently with banking partners, navigate distinct compliance frameworks, and integrate separate local payment rails for every target market. In Asia-Pacific, that fragmentation is acute: each corridor carries its own regulatory licensing requirements, AML and CFT controls, and last-mile delivery networks. A payroll platform serving migrant workers remitting from Singapore to Bangladesh, for instance, would normally require a distinct technical and compliance stack from one serving the Philippines corridor. HitPay's Remittance API collapses that complexity into a single integration point, with settlement, sender and beneficiary screening, and last-mile payout rails bundled under the company's own compliance framework. [2]

The API supports batch payout initiation directly from a platform's application, meaning providers can automate high-volume disbursements without manual intervention. Settlement timing is set at same day or within one business day for most corridors, with recipients receiving funds into local bank accounts or wallets, often instantly or within the same day. [2]

Corridor Coverage and Launch Status

At launch, HitPay opened four corridors to API access. The company has confirmed additional corridors are in development, though specific markets have not been publicly named.

The four live corridors reflect high-volume remittance flows associated with migrant labor patterns in the region. Bangladesh and the Philippines are among the largest recipients of overseas worker remittances in Asia, and Singapore hosts substantial migrant populations with regular cross-border payout needs. [1][2]

Target Customers and Use Cases

HitPay has positioned the API for four primary platform archetypes: remittance platforms seeking infrastructure without a banking license; migrant worker apps that need embedded payout capability; marketplaces managing international seller disbursements; and payroll and workforce platforms automating salary payments across borders. Minimum monthly volumes apply, and the company directs interested platforms to its dedicated payouts contact channel. [2]

The product is specifically designed for technology-driven platforms that want to embed cross-border payout capability into existing workflows rather than building a standalone money-transfer product. By assuming responsibility for the compliance layer, HitPay removes the licensing burden that would otherwise prevent non-bank institutions from accessing multiple corridors directly. [2]

Partner Validation at Launch

HitPay cited a live implementation with Hometown by GoZayaan, a platform serving Bangladeshi migrant workers in Singapore, as evidence of the API's operational readiness ahead of the public launch.

"For migrant workers, sending money home is more than a transaction; it is a lifeline. By utilizing HitPay's regional payout infrastructure, Hometown by GoZayaan can now ensure funds transfer from Singapore to Bangladesh faster and more affordably. This partnership strengthens our vision to empower Bangladeshi migrants with simpler, safer financial tools, providing the transparency and operational flexibility we need to scale efficiently while maintaining absolute security for our users."

• Wafiul Haque, CBO, GoZayaan [2]

The GoZayaan case frames the Singapore-to-Bangladesh corridor as the initial proof point, a route with direct commercial significance given the size of the Bangladeshi diaspora working in Singapore's construction and services sectors.

Compliance Architecture

A key technical feature of the Remittance API is that it wraps HitPay's existing compliance framework around each transaction, including full AML and CFT controls, as well as automated sender and beneficiary screening. This means a platform integrating the API does not need to build or maintain its own screening infrastructure for each corridor, a requirement that would typically require specialist compliance staff and ongoing regulatory engagement in each jurisdiction. [2]

HitPay's existing payments infrastructure across Asia-Pacific, which already covers cross-border payment acceptance in more than a dozen markets through methods including PayNow, DuitNow, GCash, and QRPH, provides the underlying connectivity on which the Remittance API runs. The company has also recently expanded its regional footprint through integrations with Zoho Books, Twilio, and NetSuite, and added Vietnamese payment methods ZaloPay and VietQR to its acceptance stack, suggesting a broader infrastructure buildout preceding the remittance product launch. [2]

Market Context

The launch positions HitPay in a segment of the payments market increasingly contested by infrastructure-layer providers. Cross-border payout APIs have attracted investment and product development activity across the region as platforms seek to internalize disbursement capability without acquiring money-transfer licenses in multiple jurisdictions. The appeal for platforms is avoiding the fixed costs of bilateral banking relationships and compliance programs by using a single provider that has already built those connections. [1]

For the four corridors now live, HitPay competes with a range of regional and global payout infrastructure providers. What differentiates its position is the combination of deep local acceptance infrastructure, existing regional licensing coverage, and the single-API model that allows platforms to add corridors as HitPay expands without re-integrating for each new market. [1][2]

HitPay has not disclosed pricing for the Remittance API, directing platform inquiries to [email protected] for commercial discussions.

References

[1] The Paypers, "HitPay launches remittance API for cross-border payouts in Asia," April 8, 2026. https://thepaypers.com/payments/news/hitpay-launches-remittance-api-for-cross-border-payouts-in-asia

[2] HitPay Official, "HitPay Remittance API for Platforms," https://hitpayapp.com/remittance-api-cross-border-payouts