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.…
Mambu has launched Intelligent Core, its technology architecture for bringing core banking, payments and agentic AI together on one open,…
Unified Payments Interface (UPI) users in India may soon be able to give AI agents limited authority to complete payments…
KAST has introduced a business platform that uses stablecoins to settle cross-border transactions around the clock. KAST Business combines accounts,…
Banks can now use Visa’s enhanced A2A Protect service to identify risky transfers before funds leave customer accounts. The update…
Singapore is moving closer to regulating stablecoin issuers under a dedicated framework. The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) is seeking…
TMBThanachart Bank (ttb) and DBS Bank have partnered to expand wealth management services for retail investors in Thailand. Under the…
The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) will invest S$220 million over three years to advance fintech innovation and technology adoption.…
The Financial Stability Board (FSB) has identified cyber risk as the most immediate financial stability concern arising from frontier AI.…
The artificial intelligence (AI) economy in Vietnam is projected to reach between US$120 billion and 130 billion by 2040. This…
The Bank for International Settlements (BIS) has backed tokenised deposits as a stronger foundation for future payments than stablecoins. BIS…
Advent International and Stripe have reportedly ended their pursuit of PayPal after making an offer worth more than US$50 billion.…
500 Global reportedly does not plan to raise another fund focused exclusively on Southeast Asia. New investments in the region…
Nium now allows businesses to fund their accounts with USDC and make fiat payouts in more than 190 countries. Deposited…
Huawei Cloud has launched CodeArts Agent commercially in Singapore to automate engineering tasks through 16 specialised AI agents. Built for…