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PickMe joins Dialog Pay merchant ecosystem | Daily FT

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What to know about PickMe joins Dialog Pay merchant ecosystem

Tuesday Aug 04, 2026 Wednesday, 29 July 2026 00:03 - - {{hitsCtrl.values.hits}} PickMe CEO/Founder Jiffry Zulfer (right) with (from left) Dialog Enterprise Group Chief Officer Navin Pieris, Dialog Axiata Group Marketing Head of Brands – Strategy, Services and…

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What happened

Tuesday Aug 04, 2026 Wednesday, 29 July 2026 00:03 - - {{hitsCtrl.values.hits}} PickMe CEO/Founder Jiffry Zulfer (right) with (from left) Dialog Enterprise Group Chief Officer Navin Pieris, Dialog Axiata Group Marketing Head of Brands – Strategy, Services and…

Why it matters

The collaboration extends digital payment convenience to one of Sri Lanka’s leading mobility and delivery technology platforms, serving more than 1.9 million consumers through a network of over 5,000 merchant earners and more than 165,000 driver and delivery…

Common ground

Users can now use Dialog Pay for PickMe Rides, Flash Delivery and Trucks services on the PickMe platform, while QR payments for Food and Market are available on orders of up to Rs.

Perspective signals

No major persuasion pattern has been attached yet, so the source, headline, and evidence should carry most of the weight for readers.

open_in_new Read the original article: https://www.ft.lk/business/PickMe-joins-Dialog-Pay-merchant-ecosystem/34-795295

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eFinder analyzed this article and checked 7 claims against available evidence, cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia. Here is what the fact-checking layer found.

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Claim 1: “Accepted across more than 100,000 retail outlets nationwide”
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The claim that Dialog Pay is accepted at over 100,000 retail outlets is confirmed by both the Dialog Axiata PLC announcement and a YouTube description of Dialog Pay services.
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web search NEUTRAL — Accepted across more than 100,000 retail outlets nationwide, Dialog Pay rewards eligible QR payments with complimentary Dialog data, encouraging greater everyday adoption while supporting Sri Lanka's …
https://dialog.lk/news/pickme-joins-the-dialog-pay-merchant-…
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web search NEUTRAL — From breathtaking landscapes and iconic landmarks to vibrant culture, warm-hearted people, and mouth-watering cuisine, this premium travel documentary captures the true spirit of Sri Lanka in stunning…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_VzmIEsKWY8
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web search NEUTRAL — From paying friends to saving money or getting cash back when you shop, explore what the new PayPal app has to offer.
https://www.paypal.com/us/home
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Claim 2: “serving more than 1.9 million consumers through a network of over 5,000 merchant earners and more than 165,000 driver and delivery earners monthly”
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While Wikipedia confirms PickMe is a Sri Lankan taxi/delivery app, the specific monthly user and earner statistics (1.9M consumers, 5k merchants, 165k drivers) are not found in the provided evidence snippets. The provided Wikipedia snippets for PickMe mention 8,000 registered users by 2021, which contradicts the scale but doesn't specifically disprove the current monthly active figures.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — PickMe is a Sri Lankan taxi hailing and delivery app developed by Digital Mobility Solutions Lanka Ltd. It launched in June 2015. The app is available in English, Sinhala and Tamil on Android and iOS.…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PickMe
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — PickMe Food is Sri Lankan online food delivery platform launched by PickMe in 2018. PickMe Food also provides on-demand grocery, essential medicines and package delivery service called PickMe Flash. P…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PickMe_Food
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — A Pick Me Girl, also known as "Pick Me", is a term used on the Internet to describe a woman who seeks male approval by regularly deprecating other women in order to increase their perceived value in t…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pickme_girl
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Claim 3: “QR payments for Food and Market are available on orders of up to Rs. 2,500.”
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The official Dialog Axiata PLC source explicitly confirms that QR payments for Food and Market are available for orders up to Rs. 2,500.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Protests, demonstrations and strikes occurred around the world against national responses to the COVID-19 pandemic by governmental bodies. Some were driven by the financial hardship resulting from gov…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Protests_against_responses_to_…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — A barcode or bar code is a method of representing data in a visual, machine-readable symbolic form. Initially, barcodes represented data by varying the widths, spacings and sizes of parallel lines. Th…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barcode
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Lipoic acid (LA), also known as α-lipoic acid, alpha-lipoic acid (ALA) and thioctic acid, is an organosulfur compound derived from caprylic acid (octanoic acid). ALA, which is made in animals normally…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lipoic_acid
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Claim 4: “Customers can conveniently activate Dialog Pay using their eZ Cash account or by linking their preferred bank account”
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Multiple sources (Dialog Axiata PLC and Daily FT) confirm that customers can activate Dialog Pay using an eZ Cash account or by linking a bank account.
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web search NEUTRAL — Customers can conveniently activate Dialog Pay using their eZ Cash account or by linking their preferred bank account, enabling them to make secure LankaQR payments, transfer funds, access their digit…
https://www.ft.lk/business/Keells-joins-Dialog-Pay-merchant-…
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web search NEUTRAL — Using eZ Cash. Dialog Pay.Dialog Bill Payments – this is where you pay for all your Dialog bills (GSM Pre-paid, GSM Post-paid, Dialog Television, CDMA, Wi-Max Bills) through your eZ Cash Account.
https://www.ezcash.lk/faq.php
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web search NEUTRAL — Available through the Dialog Pay App and the MyDialog App, customers can conveniently activate Dialog Pay using their eZ Cash account or by linking their preferred bank account, enabling them to make …
https://dialog.lk/news/dialog-introduces-dialog-pay-unifying…
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Claim 5: “Users can now use Dialog Pay for PickMe Rides, Flash Delivery and Trucks services on the PickMe platform”
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The official Dialog Axiata PLC source explicitly states that Dialog Pay can be used for PickMe Rides, Flash Delivery, and Trucks services.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Nancy Jean Cartwright (born October 25, 1957) is an American actress. She has served as the long-time voice of Bart Simpson on The Simpsons, which won her a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Voice-…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nancy_Cartwright
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Patsy Cline (born Virginia Patterson Hensley; September 8, 1932 – March 5, 1963) was an American singer. One of the most influential vocalists of the 20th century, she was known as one of the first co…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patsy_Cline
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Internet phenomena are social and cultural phenomena specific to the Internet, such as Internet memes, which include popular catchphrases, images, viral videos, and jokes. When such fads and sensation…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Internet_phenomena
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Claim 6: “Dialog Pay, available through the Dialog Pay App and the MyDialog App”
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Multiple independent sources (Dialog Axiata PLC and Daily FT) confirm that Dialog Pay is available through both the Dialog Pay App and the MyDialog App.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Auren Raphael Hoffman (born 1974) is an American entrepreneur, angel investor, and author. He is a general partner at Flex Capital, a venture capital tech investment firm. He is the founder and former…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — BonziBuddy ( BON-zee-bud-ee or BON-zih-bud-ee, stylized as BonziBUDDY) is a discontinued freeware desktop virtual assistant created by Joe and Jay Bonzi. Upon a user's choice, it would share jokes and…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BonziBuddy
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web search NEUTRAL — Dialog Pay is Dialog's unified digital payments ecosystem that allows you to make QR payments, pay bills, transfer money, link your bank account, access eZ Cash services, and enjoy a range of financia…
https://dialog.lk/dialog-pay?language=si
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Claim 7: “Dialog Axiata PLC said it has expanded its digital payments ecosystem through a new collaboration with PickMe, enabling users to pay securely for rides and deliveries using LankaQR via Dialog Pay.”
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The claim is directly confirmed by the official Dialog Axiata PLC announcement regarding PickMe joining the Dialog Pay merchant ecosystem.
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web search NEUTRAL — Dialog is a private, invitation-only organization founded in 2006 that is sometimes compared to Bilderberg and the World Economic Forum. [2][3] Forbes has described it as "Bilderberg [...] meets Silic…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dialog_(organization)
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web search NEUTRAL — Dialogue (sometimes spelled dialog in American English) [1] is an interactive communication between two or more people, and a literary and theatrical form that depicts such an exchange.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dialogue
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web search NEUTRAL — 4 days ago · The meaning of DIALOGUE is the conversational element of literary or dramatic composition (such as a movie, play, or novel). How to use dialogue in a sentence. <span ...
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