No institution moves into digital assets until it knows who will hold them and what happens to those assets if…
What began as the digitization of consumer payments is now reshaping the broader flow of commerce across retail, commercial, treasury,…
Visa is bringing more AI into business payments with tools for supplier analysis, fraud prevention and invoice automation. The upgraded…
Standard Chartered has signed definitive agreements to acquire Zodia Custody. The bank plans to integrate Zodia’s regulated custody operations into…
Allianz Insurance Singapore is offering policyholders up to S$50 for outpatient treatment as haze conditions persist across the country. The…
HSBC has used tokenised deposits to invest in a tokenised money market fund for the first time, working with Ant…
Singapore leads Southeast Asia in digital wealth adoption, according to the latest e-Conomy SEA 2026 report by Google, Temasek, and…
Airwallex has extended its partnership with McLaren Racing and will become the Official AI Finance Partner of the McLaren Mastercard…
Standard Chartered is partnering with Air India to offer the airline’s frequent flyer status to affluent Global Indian clients in…
Mastercard has demonstrated how AI agents can make multiple payments to different service providers under a single approved budget. The…
OCBC will let customers in Singapore hold up to RM50,000 in Malaysian ringgit in their savings accounts from 23 October.…
State Bank of India (SBI) is investigating a suspected data breach after 3,897 customer records containing personal information surfaced on…
DBS PayLah! users can now make QR payments at more than 250,000 merchants across Taiwan, covering approximately two-thirds of the…
Temasek has invested in the Scaleup Europe Fund, managed by EQT, joining as an early and key investor. The fund…
How much control does a bank really have over the AI it uses? Let’s picture a relationship manager reviewing a…
Visa, BILL and Billtrust have launched a live pilot that enables AI agents to complete approved business invoice payments through…
Thunes now allows banks and payment providers to send money directly to Venezuelan bank accounts in real time. Members of…
Bitget plans to acquire a licensed crypto exchange in Thailand as it expands its presence in Southeast Asia. The deal…
Salesforce has agreed to acquire customer engagement platform Braze for approximately US$5.66 billion in enterprise value, as it seeks to…
In India, access to banking and payments, alongside participation in formal investment products, is expanding rapidly, driven by fintech advances.…