Ho Chi Minh City (HCMC) is preparing to put its international financial center (IFC) into operation, with organizational…

Singapore’s fintech scene never really has a slow season, but 2025 has been unusually packed. Some stories shook…

Stripe has agreed to acquire Metronome, bringing the billing startup’s monetisation tools into its payments ecosystem. Metronome, which…

Thailand has seized more than US$300 million in assets connected to regional cyberscam groups, according to information reported…

HSBC has appointed Brendan Nelson as Group Chair, following his tenure as interim Group Chair since 1 October…

LexisNexis Risk Solutions has upgraded its IDVerse platform to help organisations spot deepfakes and synthetic identities more accurately.…

Mastercard has introduced Mastercard Credit Intelligence, a suite of analytics tools designed to help lenders assess consumers and…

Circle Asia Technologies, Visa and Pismo have partnered to launch an AI-powered PayLater card in Vietnam. The card,…

Across Southeast Asia, leaders are shipping new customer experiences at record speed, yet many still run into the…

Banking software company Temenos has appointed Takis Spiliopoulos as its new CEO, effective immediately. He has served as…

bolttech has acquired Kenya-based digital insurance platform mTek, strengthening its presence in East Africa and expanding its global…

Binance has named co-founder Yi He as co-CEO alongside Richard Teng, marking a shift to joint leadership as…

Senior UBS banker Sarah Tsao is poised to join DBS Group in a government-linked corporations coverage role, according…

Singapore’s GXS, the Grab and Singtel backed digital bank venture, is preparing to lay off staff as part…

Payments firm Nuvei and Microsoft have announced a major expansion of their strategic partnership, moving Nuvei’s core payment…

Apple has rolled out Tap to Pay on iPhone in Singapore, allowing thousands of businesses to accept in-person…

UnionPay International (UPI) and the National Payment Corporation of Vietnam (NAPAS) have launched a pilot programme for cross-border…

RedotPay has partnered with Ripple to expand its stablecoin payment capabilities. Concurrently, RedotPay is launching its “Send Crypto,…

Fintech firm Razorpay has announced a major regulatory milestone, securing the cross-border payments aggregator license from the Reserve…

Visa and Amazon Web Services (AWS) have partnered to support agentic commerce, where AI agents can manage tasks…

HSBC has entered a multi-year partnership with Mistral AI to expand the use of generative AI across the…

Thai police have arrested 327 suspects and 55 recruiters and ringleaders linked to mule-account networks as part of…

OCBC is preparing to let its Singapore customers make mobile payments in mainland China by scanning WeChat Pay…

Digital wallets are now becoming the front door into financial ecosystems. PCMI reports that wallets have now surpassed…

Fiuu, a payments provider focused on Southeast Asia, has enabled its Singapore merchants to accept quick, in-person contactless…

More than 270 former customers of shuttered crypto exchange Tokenize Xchange have filed a collective lawsuit in the…

Thunes Asia is set to expand its regulated services in Singapore after receiving an in-principle approval from the…

The Greater Bay Area (GBA) in China is rapidly establishing itself as a leading global hub for economic…

YouTrip has launched its service to Australian travellers, making the country its third market and its first new…

Amazon Web Services (AWS) and Google Cloud have teamed up to offer a simpler way for businesses to…

Antom, the merchant payment and digitisation services provider under Ant International, has rolled out major upgrades to Antom…

Ripple has gained the green light to extend its licensed payment offerings in Singapore as part of an…

The Association of Banks in Singapore (ABS) and the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) say the 24-hour safeguard…