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…

Barclays is building out its Singapore wealth business with a new booking centre for ultra-high-net-worth clients and family…

Mastercard has split its Southeast Asia leadership into two divisions and appointed Beena Pothen to oversee Singapore, Malaysia,…

Managing Partner Khailee Ng says 500 Global remains committed to Southeast Asia despite reports of a shift away…

India has put a proposed UPI and Alipay+ payments link on hold amid security and data concerns. Reuters…

Citi has processed live US dollar transactions with First Abu Dhabi Bank and OCBC using Swift’s blockchain-based ledger.…

Thailand’s SEC will require digital asset operators to share sender and recipient information for transfers from 27 February…

Sumsub has introduced a fraud prevention starter kit after complex attacks jumped 180%. The tool uses onboarding data…

ACI Worldwide has agreed to acquire Cranium Ventures for its card switching technology. Financial terms were not disclosed.…

Singapore-based Laters.com has raised US$1.5 million in seed funding to expand its flight booking and payment platform. XBO…

Singapore and Indonesia are deepening business cooperation to help SMEs use AI tools and reach regional markets. The…

BitGo has opened a new office in Singapore after tripling its Asia Pacific client base over the past…

A group of 21 financial institutions plans to launch a US dollar stablecoin in the first half of…

Construction subcontractors and suppliers in Singapore can now access funds earlier through a financing solution from OCBC, Visa…

Mambu has launched Intelligent Core, its technology architecture for bringing core banking, payments and agentic AI together on…

Unified Payments Interface (UPI) users in India may soon be able to give AI agents limited authority to…

KAST has introduced a business platform that uses stablecoins to settle cross-border transactions around the clock. KAST Business…

Banks can now use Visa’s enhanced A2A Protect service to identify risky transfers before funds leave customer accounts.…

Singapore is moving closer to regulating stablecoin issuers under a dedicated framework. The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS)…

TMBThanachart Bank (ttb) and DBS Bank have partnered to expand wealth management services for retail investors in Thailand.…

The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) will invest S$220 million over three years to advance fintech innovation and…