Four payments executives, from TNG Digital, NETS, Thunes and Nexus Global Payments, spent an hour on a Fintech News Network…
Anthropic has launched an agentic AI blueprint for businesses building shopping and merchant agents with Claude. The toolkit provides working…
Ask any banking leader in the region whether AI is on the roadmap, and the answer is yes. Ask them…
WhatsApp has begun allowing users in India to pay household bills directly through the messaging app. Powered by the Bharat…
Brazil’s central bank has granted Ant International a payment institution licence. Ant International already offers services in the country through…
Thailand is moving to bring fast-growing buy now, pay later (BNPL) lending under dedicated central bank oversight. According to The…
Barclays is building out its Singapore wealth business with a new booking centre for ultra-high-net-worth clients and family offices. The…
Mastercard has split its Southeast Asia leadership into two divisions and appointed Beena Pothen to oversee Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, Brunei…
Managing Partner Khailee Ng says 500 Global remains committed to Southeast Asia despite reports of a shift away from dedicated…
India has put a proposed UPI and Alipay+ payments link on hold amid security and data concerns. Reuters reported that…
Citi has processed live US dollar transactions with First Abu Dhabi Bank and OCBC using Swift’s blockchain-based ledger. The transactions…
Thailand’s SEC will require digital asset operators to share sender and recipient information for transfers from 27 February 2027. Under…
Sumsub has introduced a fraud prevention starter kit after complex attacks jumped 180%. The tool uses onboarding data to classify…
ACI Worldwide has agreed to acquire Cranium Ventures for its card switching technology. Financial terms were not disclosed. Cranium Ventures…
Singapore-based Laters.com has raised US$1.5 million in seed funding to expand its flight booking and payment platform. XBO Ventures, the…
Singapore and Indonesia are deepening business cooperation to help SMEs use AI tools and reach regional markets. The Singapore Business…
BitGo has opened a new office in Singapore after tripling its Asia Pacific client base over the past two years.…
Cross-border payments are expected to reach US$290 trillion by 2030, but moving money across markets is still harder than it…
A group of 21 financial institutions plans to launch a US dollar stablecoin in the first half of 2027. The…
Construction subcontractors and suppliers in Singapore can now access funds earlier through a financing solution from OCBC, Visa and Doxa.…