HSBC has appointed Desmond Kuang to the Chief Investment Officer role for Asia in its Private Bank and…

ClearBank has signed Tazapay as its first Singapore client, giving the payments firm access to UK and European…

CoinGecko has rolled out new market intelligence tools and a partner platform as it moves beyond its core…

London-based 9fin is launching its AI-powered debt market intelligence platform in the APAC region. The company is establishing…

Ant International has upgraded its Alipay+ wallet gateway, with privacy enhancing technology (PET) now used across all critical…

Fime has introduced FACT, a trust framework for agentic commerce as AI agents begin taking on a bigger…

The payment landscape in Asia-Pacific (APAC) is undergoing a significant transformation, fueled by real-time payment rails, government initiatives,…

Thunes has expanded its network to New Zealand with the launch of real-time pay-to-bank transfers. The service allows…

Digital payments have become more of a routine for most Malaysians.  You can use it to clear tolls,…

Nium has partnered with Coinbase to let businesses send, receive and settle USDC across its global payments platform.…

Gautam Gorki has joined JPMorganChase as Managing Director and Chief Analytics Officer for Asia Pacific. He brings more…

dLocal, a cross-border payments platform connecting global merchants to emerging markets, announced the launch of Stablecoin Full at…

The latest EBANX expansion adds six more markets to its recurring alternative payments offering across Southeast Asia, Africa…

MetaComp has rolled out a new framework to govern how an AI agent operates across regulated financial services.…

Identity firm AU10TIX has named four new senior executives across the United States, the United Kingdom and Singapore,…

Chocolate Finance is launching a 10-day gamified campaign in Singapore, allowing eligible Singapore residents to win HeyMax Miles…

DBS has introduced multidisciplinary Alpha squads within its legal and compliance function as growing regulatory complexity pushes the…

Standard Chartered and A*STAR are jointly investing S$15 million in a new Singapore lab focused on AI applications…

Sea has established an AI Centre of Excellence in Singapore to deepen its in-house AI capabilities and speed…

OCBC, Lion Global Investors and DigiFT have launched the GOLDX token, describing it as Southeast Asia’s first tokenised…

In 2026, BlackRock and JPMorgan Asset Management remained the top fund brands in Asia-Pacific (APAC), cited by fund…

Databricks has appointed Simon Davies as its Senior Vice President and General Manager for Asia Pacific and Japan.…

Pablo Hernández de Cos, General Manager of the Bank for International Settlements (BIS), warned that wider use of…

HSBC’s planned sale of retail banking assets in Indonesia has attracted several regional lenders, with OCBC now emerging…

As fraud losses mount, organizations across sectors including fintech, e-commerce, and gaming, are accelerating their integration of artificial…

Singapore has urged banks to review and strengthen their cyber safeguards as authorities respond to growing concern over…

UOB is seeing stronger traction in Southeast Asia after integrating Citi’s retail banking businesses in four markets, according…

Organized crime has evolved into a synchronized global ecosystem, with Southeast Asian groups sharing sophisticated fraud techniques with…

Former Trust Bank Chief Strategy Officer Nick Woodruff has joined SC Ventures as Head of Early-Stage Ventures. The…

American Express (Amex) has agreed to acquire Hypercard, known as Hyper, an agentic expense management company, as it…

Sumsub has launched a free online fraud prevention course through its academy for professionals working in risk, compliance,…

Airwallex has launched a point-of-sale (POS) payments product designed to bring online and in-store payments together on a…

Brazilian payments firm Ebanx is adding Thailand, Indonesia and Turkey to its network as it prepares to enter…