The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) has granted KPay a Major Payment Institution (MPI) license. The license, held…

A FICO poll has found that 77% of senior banking leaders across Asia Pacific consider it extremely important…

Backbase has appointed Nikhil Gujral as SVP of Sales for Asia Pacific to lead its next phase of…

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank Group have released the Bangkok Blueprint, a framework to…

Xendit and e-commerce intelligence firm Cube have published a report forecasting that Southeast Asia’s e-commerce market will approach…

Singapore is tightening its approach to AI safety with new testing guidelines, accredited assessors and stronger cyber defences.…

Can a bank know exactly who its customer is and still miss a scam? Increasingly, the answer is…

Grab and OpenAI are rolling out ChatGPT training for more than 3,000 drivers, riders and merchants in Thailand.…

Anthropic has opened an office in Singapore, its fifth in APAC, and signed a MoU with the Ministry…

StraitsX has partnered with Visa to expand its stablecoin-backed card issuing capabilities to more than 100 markets. The…

What happens when artificial intelligence stops being an experiment and starts becoming part of how a bank actually…

Google DeepMind and the Government Technology Agency of Singapore (GovTech) have developed an on-device AI model designed to…

Retail banking in Asia Pacific is undergoing a structural reset. The forces reshaping the industry are changing how…

SEON is bringing its fraud prevention tools to Yuno’s global payments platform through a new partnership. The agreement…

DBS Group Research has released a report examining how organisations can turn AI into measurable results as the…

Thailand-based Salary Hero has raised US$7.6 million in Series A funding as the earned wage access (EWA) provider…

Mastercard is expanding The Mastercard Collection: Dining to approximately 1,300 restaurants across 15 Asia Pacific markets, offering eligible…

FIS has launched an agentic AI suite to help finance teams forecast cash flow, identify risks and manage…

AI could leave young workers with fewer opportunities to learn on the job, Singapore Prime Minister Lawrence Wong…

Gate has partnered with Visa to introduce a crypto-linked payment card across more than 40 markets. The card…

The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) will expect financial institutions to hold public prospecting activities, such as roadshows,…

Hotel booking phishing scams have cost victims in Singapore at least S$185,000 since January 2026. The Singapore Police…

DBS CEO Tan Su Shan said financial markets are reassessing the risks associated with AI investments, a shift…

The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) plans to use wholesale central bank digital currency (CBDC) to settle tokenised MAS…

Syfe has launched Income+ Max, a multi-asset income portfolio developed with J.P. Morgan Asset Management and two other…

WEX and Mastercard are joining forces to bring fuel, maintenance and other fleet expenses onto a single payment…

Moomoo has launched real-time account deposits through Apple Pay and Google Pay for eligible users in the US.…

Worldbox Business Intelligence, a global provider of business information and intelligence solutions, is pleased to announce the successful…

The global payments sector is undergoing a profound transformation, shaped by structural shifts altering payment companies and how…

Embedded finance has settled well into the Asia Pacific region’s everyday digital life. Users now comfortably gain access…

Swift has overhauled its governance structure with the appointment of a new 15-member supervisory board. The board brings…

Temasek-owned Seviora plans to bring three of its asset management businesses under one platform by January 2027. The…

UOB has signed a MoU with Amazon Web Services (AWS) to explore developing a dedicated cloud environment in…