DBS has introduced a new initiative to help Singapore SMEs manage working capital, adopt AI and handle overseas…

Maybank Singapore has joined the central bank’s BLOOM initiative to advance programmable cross-border settlement. Launched in October 2025,…

Allianz Global Investors will acquire UOB Asset Management for S$555 million under an agreement with UOB. The acquisition…

HSBC lifted first-half profit before tax by 23% to US$19.5 billion as net interest income and wealth fees…

Cloudflare has launched a wallet and identity system to help AI agents conduct online transactions securely. Cloudflare Wallets…

Tether, TrueUSD and Ethena USD sit at the bottom of S&P Global Ratings’ stablecoin assessments with weak scores.…

Sumsub and Sumvin have partnered to link AI agents with the verified identity of the users they act…

Western Union is bringing stablecoins into everyday payments with the launch of Stablecard in 37 markets. Developed with…

The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) does not dictate where banks place branches or cash machines but will…

TRM Labs has appointed former Monetary Authority of Singapore regulator Claudia Hui as Head of Compliance Advisory for…

10x Banking has raised £40 million (US$53.7 million) in funding from AshGrove Capital after reaching EBITDA profitability. AshGrove…

Grab’s lending and digital banking businesses drove a 59% rise in financial services revenue in the second quarter…

Ripple has invested in ZILO and Licuido to expand its infrastructure for tokenised capital markets. Financial terms were not…

Visa has struck a US$2.4 billion deal to acquire behavioural fraud intelligence provider BioCatch. The payments company will…

Australian payment assurance company Eftsure has expanded its network into Singapore, bringing its continuous payment verification controls to…

DBS has appointed former Citigroup and Ping An executive Jonathan Larsen to the boards of its holding company…

Reto Marx has taken over as CEO of Sygnum Singapore while co-founder Gerald Goh moves into an executive…

Singapore’s payments industry has introduced a voluntary code covering pricing, fraud protection and consumer safeguards. The Payments Industry…

More than 40 financial institutions and eight central banks have tested a shared platform for tokenised cross-border payments…

Mastercard has appointed six senior executives across Asia Pacific, including new leaders for core payments and Southeast Asia.…

A fraudulent training course is using the names of the Institute of Banking & Finance (IBF) and the…

NTT Data has launched its Adaptis payment service in India. The Japanese technology group is expanding its payments…

A café owner takes orders on a smartphone, tracks inventory through an app and manages deliveries from the…

Chocolate Finance has appointed Shiv Sharma as its new Chief Business Officer as it targets further growth beyond…

Okta has agreed to acquire Permiso Security as enterprises face growing threats from human, machine and AI identities.…

Trust Bank is set to take on more of Standard Chartered’s everyday lending business in Singapore from September,…

Bhutan’s Gelephu Mindfulness City has appointed 3iQ to manage a portion of its Bitcoin treasury. The mandate will…

OpenAssets and Partior have tested the settlement of digital assets and stablecoins using tokenised commercial bank deposits. The…

Somewhere in Asia right now, a payment is clearing every security check a bank has in place. The…

Crypto exchange Luno is laying off about 20% of its global workforce as it cuts costs. Chief Executive…

Atome Financial grew its 2025 revenue by 80% to a record US$470 million and achieved a second consecutive…

Visa has introduced new tools for AI-led payments, tokenised credentials and stablecoin settlement. Announced at Visa Payments Forum…

Temenos has appointed new product and technology chiefs to steer its next phase of banking software development. Cormac…