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Chocolate Finance CEO says disabling of AXS payments was 'communicated poorly'

Nicole Lim and Jovi Ho
Nicole Lim and Jovi Ho  • 5 min read
Chocolate Finance CEO says disabling of AXS payments was 'communicated poorly'
A rush among users to withdraw funds forced the firm to temporarily suspend instant withdrawals, but founder and CEO Walter de Oude says “at no point is customer money at risk”. Photo: Chocolate Finance
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Chocolate Finance’s founder says the company “mistakenly implied” that AXS disabled its debit card last week, frustrating users and causing them to withdraw their funds from the Singapore-based financial services platform.

Walter de Oude, who is also CEO of Chocolate Finance, took to LinkedIn on March 10 to explain the chain of events that led to his firm suspending withdrawals a day earlier. 

The Singapore-based company had partnered with local loyalty platform Heymax.ai in early February to launch the HeyMax Miles partnership for Chocolate Finance Visa debit cardholders. With two miles per dollar spent, cardholders paid various bills via AXS to rack up miles.

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