[LONDON, 12 August 2025] – Boku, the global network for localized payment solutions, and Canva, the world’s leading all-in-one visual communication platform, have today announced a strategic partnership to help expand Canva’s reach in Asia as well as plans to expand across Europe. This collaboration will enable millions of people to more easily access Canva’s creative tools through innovative, localized payment solutions – an alternative to traditional card linked payments.

Canva, a subscription-based SaaS platform, empowers everyone to design anything with every ingredient, in every language and on every device. Boku’s mission is to increase global financial access and inclusion by helping merchants integrate local payment solutions tailored to regional needs and preferences.

By leveraging Boku’s global network of Localized Payment Methods (LPMs) and regional payments expertise, Canva aims to bring its services to more people in regions where traditional payment card usage remains low.  

Boku is working with Canva to help identify and integrate several LPMs into Canva’s platform, supporting its long-term payments strategy to serve new communities in key regions. Initial success has already been seen with the launch of MoMo, Vietnam’s leading digital wallet.  

“The launch of MoMo in Vietnam is a key milestone in our partnership with Boku as we continue to expand access to Canva in fast-growing markets where users' access to banking and payment cards may be limited. By enabling a trusted local payment method, we’re making it even easier for more people in Vietnam to unlock their creativity and benefit from Canva’s tools. Boku’s deep expertise in mobile payments ensures we can meet users where they are, with seamless, accessible options. We’re excited to see how this empowers more creators, entrepreneurs, and businesses across Vietnam to design with Canva," said Elle Liu, Country Lead for Vietnam.

Additional milestones include further system integrations planned for 2025 to further enhance end-user accessibility and streamline customer experiences.

Stuart Neal, CEO of Boku said, “We are delighted to partner with Canva and help broaden access to their visual communications platform by providing more payment choice for people across Asia. Local Payments are now the world’s preferred way to pay. This partnership highlights how the world’s best loved platforms can reach more end-users by giving people the freedom to subscribe and pay the way they want, wherever they are.”

Research from Juniper Research reveals that LPMs will represent 59% of ecommerce transactions by value in 2028, from 49% in 2023, accounting for a majority of transaction value online for the first time. Boku’s proven success in supporting global giants like Meta, Amazon, Tencent, Spotify, Netflix, and Microsoft to leverage LPMs underscores its capacity to support Canva’s expansion.

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Cat Lenheim

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