What does a financial institution lose when its payment platform is unavailable for ten minutes? According to 2025…

Mastercard, Visa and Ant International want to make payments safer when AI agents shop for consumers. The companies…

TRM Labs has doubled its valuation to US$2 billion after extending its Series C funding round just seven…

Global insurtech bolttech has appointed Emma Butler as CEO of Asia Pacific and Philip Weiner as CEO of…

Mastercard and Backbase are collaborating to bring Mastercard’s AI, data insights and ecosystem capabilities into the Backbase AI-native Banking…

Indian travellers can now use UPI apps to book and pay for selected Resorts World Sentosa experiences online.…

Income Insurance has dropped plans to sell its Hive platform to Embed Financial Group Holdings (EFGH). The Straits…

Visa wants to make it easier for stablecoin card providers to secure funding through onchain lending. With the…

PolicyStreet, an insurtech leader, has received three industry accolades in 2026, including two regional awards recognising its growth…

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has called for India’s Unified Payments Interface (UPI) to expand into more international markets.…

Singapore Parliament has passed a bill allowing penalties of up to S$10 million for designated online services that…

Robinhood will take initial equity stakes in Crypto.com and its prediction markets spin-off OG.com. The stakes will be…

Webull is stepping up its expansion in Thailand after acquiring Pi Securities for about US$100 million. The transaction…

Visa has unveiled an updated security roadmap for Singapore’s payments sector as it responds to a shift towards…

Singapore has proposed legislation to help major financial institutions absorb losses without destabilising the wider financial system. The…

Crypto exchange Gemini has secured a Major Payment Institution licence from the Monetary Authority of Singapore. According to…

Finmo has opened a new global headquarters in Singapore as its monthly transaction volume surpasses US$1 billion. The…

Circle has agreed to acquire Singapore-based cross-border payments firm Tazapay in an all-stock deal valued at US$400 million,…

Pine Labs has appointed former Razorpay executive Jayaram Karthik as Chief Operations Officer (COO). Jayaram will oversee the…

Between 2024 and 2026, the active use of artificial intelligence (AI) across finance functions more than doubled, a…

Shopee has added one-hour grocery orders and remote pharmacy consultations to its growing range of services in Thailand.…

Tazapay plans to hire more than 150 people in Bengaluru after opening its largest office in India. The…

Trust Bank customers can now ask an AI assistant to find card transactions and summarise their spending. Trust…

DBS has launched two cards for younger customers, covering everyday rewards and overseas spending. The Chromo credit card…

DBS and Citi used tokenised deposits to complete a cross-border US dollar payment between Singapore and the United…

Despite growing investments in artificial intelligence (AI), most financial institutions still struggle to translate their AI initiatives into…

OpenAI is developing a framework for reporting AI misalignment incidents following unintended online activity by its agents. The…

Four payments executives, from TNG Digital, NETS, Thunes and Nexus Global Payments, spent an hour on a Fintech…

Anthropic has launched an agentic AI blueprint for businesses building shopping and merchant agents with Claude. The toolkit…

Ask any banking leader in the region whether AI is on the roadmap, and the answer is yes.…

WhatsApp has begun allowing users in India to pay household bills directly through the messaging app. Powered by…

Brazil’s central bank has granted Ant International a payment institution licence. Ant International already offers services in the…

Thailand is moving to bring fast-growing buy now, pay later (BNPL) lending under dedicated central bank oversight. According…