The Payments Association

JULY 29, 2025

Led by Vitus Rotzer, chief product officer for financial messaging, Bottomline was recently recognised for its contributions to the payments industry, including being named Best Cross-Border Payments Provider in North America at the 2025 International Banker Awards.

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Fintech Finance

JUNE 10, 2025

The bank will collaborate with Ant International’s Embedded Finance unit on a series of global treasury management and cross-border payment innovations, including tokenised deposits, stablecoin, and its Time-Series Transformer (TST) FX Model.

Cross-Border Payments

Fintech News

JUNE 10, 2025

Deutsche Bank and Ant International have entered a strategic partnership aimed at enhancing cross-border payment services for businesses of all sizes in Europe and Asia. The partnership will further examine stablecoin applications for real-time cross-border treasury management, reserve handling, and on- and off-ramp services.

Cross-Border Payments

Fintech News

JUNE 11, 2025

Global payments infrastructure company TerraPay has entered into a partnership with smart payment provider Whalet to support more efficient cross-border payouts for SMEs, particularly those operating in the Asia Pacific region. said Sukesh Malliah, Vice President – IMT (APAC), TerraPay.

Cross-Border

Fintech Finance

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

This strategic move reflects Checkout.com’s continued commitment to delivering high-performance, localized payment solutions across APAC, designed to meet the evolving needs of both domestic and global merchants. To lead this expansion, Checkout.com has appointed Noriko Sasaki as Country Manager for Japan.

APACS

Fintech Finance

JUNE 10, 2025

dLocal , the leading cross-border payment platform specializing in emerging markets, today announced its partnership with Juspay , a leading payments orchestration and infrastructure provider powering global enterprises and banks.

Cross-Border Payments

Fintech News

JUNE 18, 2025

Nine fintech-focused chief marketing officers (CMOs) have been named among the most influential and purposeful marketers in Asia-Pacific (APAC), recognized by Campaign Asia-Pacific and DoubleVerify for their ability to adapt to a rapidly evolving landscape. Goh has been consistently recognized as a leading marketer in APAC.

APACS

Fintech News

JANUARY 12, 2025

It notes that while COVID-19 accelerated the digital shift, Asia-Pacific (APAC) still face significant financial inclusion challenges with 820 million unbanked and 1.8 Moreover, ongoing ASEAN integration initiatives to connect real-time payment systems are boosting cross-border digital payments and fueling regional commerce.

FinTech

Fintech Finance

JUNE 19, 2025

SAP Taulia , a global fintech leader of working capital solutions, has partnered with PayMate , a leading business payment solutions provider, to enhance payment flexibility for businesses in APAC and EMEA 1.

APACS

Finovate

APRIL 3, 2025

One of the challenges is the complexity and cost of cross-border banking. The company processes 9 billion in cross-border transactions every month, saving consumers 1.5 The partnership comes as small businesses face significant barriers to global expansion. billion a year.

Cross-Border

The Fintech Times

FEBRUARY 13, 2025

Money20/20 , the global fintech show, is gearing up to return to Asia from 22 to 24 April 2025, with plans to spotlight cross-border payments. Cross-border payment has been a dominant theme in Asias financial ecosystem. See the Money20/20 Asia 2025 agenda here.

Cross-Border Payments

Fintech News

JULY 23, 2025

As the global banking sector moves rapidly to embrace SaaS, APAC institutions face a tougher path. In a recent webinar, B2B payments service provider Bottomline brought together regional experts to discuss how banks in APAC can close the gap and compete more effectively. And in a competitive landscape, that can be just as dangerous.”

APACS

Finovate

JUNE 6, 2025

The partnership will enable TransferMate to provide in-country collections, cross-border payments, and local fund storage. ” Initially, the partnership will focus on facilitating operations in APAC markets, with other regions to be added over time as TransferMate leverages Deutsche Bank’s extensive international network.

Cross-Border Payments

Finextra

JULY 9, 2025

Almond FinTech, the two-time CrossTech Innovation Award winner for "Crypto Payments Solution in Cross-Border Payments," announced today that Ample Transfers, a 27-year-old remittance provider based in Singapore, has partnered with Almond's proprietary technology to optimize its internal treasury and settlement operations for transfers from Singapore (..)

APACS

Fintech Finance

JANUARY 14, 2025

According to a 2024 report by Deloitte on cross-border payments, the Asia Pacific region makes up nearly 70% of global digital wallet spend.

PayPal

Fintech Finance

OCTOBER 30, 2024

” – Head GRC Consultant for Europe & APAC, Finance Advisory at EPAM Systems (CH) GmbH “Incredible lineup of speakers with so many different topics of discussion; innovation, the way the future of payments looks! .”- Partner at Grant Thornton Cyprus “Perfectly organised!

Compliance

Fintech News

JUNE 17, 2025

As crypto adoption accelerates, regulators are ramping up enforcement of the Financial Action Task Force’s (FATF) Travel Rule compliance in APAC. VASPs must adopt robust risk mitigation strategies and ensure their systems can communicate across borders to close these critical compliance gaps.

Compliance

Fintech Finance

JUNE 11, 2025

Whalet , a leading digital payment provider, has announced a strategic partnership with TerraPay , a global money movement company, to deliver seamless cross-border payout solutions worldwide. The integration will streamline transactions, reduce settlement complexities, and enhance operational efficiency for SMEs.

Cross-Border

Fintech Finance

FEBRUARY 10, 2025

Scott Duane, APAC General Manager at WEX, commented, This dynamic partnership seamlessly integrates WEX’s cutting-edge technology and virtual cards with Concur’s forefront Expense Management, Travel and Invoice Software. This unlocks faster and more secure payments.

B2B

Fintech Finance

JULY 10, 2025

Thunes has won the Thunes Best Payment Solution Award at the 2025 Asian Banking & Finance Fintech Awards, making its name as a great place to make payments across borders. Pamela Ho , Head of Network, APAC at Thunes. We’re incredibly proud of our team of Thunesters and our Members who make achievements like this possible.”

Cross-Border Payments

The Fintech Times

JUNE 11, 2025

Combining their expertise, Deutsche Bank will collaborate with Ant International’s Embedded Finance unit on a series of global treasury management and cross-border payment innovations, including tokenised deposits, stablecoin, and its Time-Series Transformer (TST) FX Model.

Cross-Border Payments

The Fintech Times

JULY 17, 2025

But the real story is in the infrastructure behind it: licensing, interoperability and a deep commitment to making cross-border payments work for everyone – not just the biggest players. TerraPay now connects over 155 countries and 3.7 billion digital wallets, working with major partners like Swift and M-Pesa.

Cross-Border

Fintech Finance

MAY 7, 2025

dLocal (NASDAQ: DLO), a leading cross-border payment platform for emerging markets, announces today an expanded relationship with PayPal to offer businesses access to payment processing and local payment methods in more than 40 new untapped emerging markets.

PayPal

Finextra

JULY 8, 2025

Home Announcements Payments Dext and Airwallex introduce cross-border payment routing and accounting for SMEs External This content is provided by an external author without editing by Finextra. The global rollout will begin in Autumn 2025, starting with the UK, followed by phased launches across Europe, North America, and APAC.

Cross-Border Payments

Neopay

APRIL 17, 2025

In a significant step to strengthen global cooperation and enable cross-border financial services, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has announced that it will establish its first overseas offices in the United States and Asia-Pacific (APAC) regions.

APACS

Fintech News

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

On the international front, cross-border payments have presented a different set of challenges. Nium becomes the first fintech to join Partior Network: Nium announced a partnership with blockchain-based Partior to enable financial institutions to access real-time, cross-border payments.

FinTech

The Fintech Times

MARCH 10, 2025

By acquiring CTIN Pay, Airwallex plans to expand its existing licences across Asia-Pacific (APAC) markets, which already include Australia, Singapore , Hong Kong, Malaysia, New Zealand, mainland China, and Japan. By addressing financial challenges in these markets, we empower local businesses to expand beyond borders.

Acquirers

Fintech News

MAY 19, 2025

Ripple, a contributor to the XRP Ledger, is working with StraitsX to advance enterprise-grade infrastructure for cross-border value transfer. XSGD is a stablecoin regulated by the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) and backed 1:1 by reserves held with DBS Bank and Standard Chartered.

Stablecoins

The Fintech Times

JUNE 3, 2025

Additionally, the shift away from legacy systems continues apace. With 41 per cent of firms surveyed already using blockchain to manage cross-border payments, inventory or other business processes, its clear that digital asset infrastructure is maturing.

Research

Fintech Finance

JUNE 10, 2025

Through the Visa Tokenized Asset Platform (VTAP), Visa provides a platform for our partners to issue and manage fiat-backed tokens, offering interconnectivity to public and private blockchains, enabling programmable financing, trading of tokenized assets and facilitating cross-border money movement.

AI

Finextra

JUNE 10, 2025

The technology is designed to address the various cross-border payments challenges currently faced by businesses in the US, such as the high transaction costs and lengthy timescales associated with Swift. It is now targeting Apac and the Middle East.

Acquirers

Fintech News

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

Recognized as one of the world’s leading FinTech events, this year’s festival brought together over 900 speakers and tens of thousands of participants from around the world to focus on topics including opportunities and risks of AI in finance, next-gen cross-border transactions, and developing the FinTech talent of tomorrow.

FinTech

Finovate

MARCH 7, 2025

For my part, and for Boku, our focus will be on continuing to innovate and scale our offering across Europe, APAC, Africa and Middle East, as well as some exciting planned launches for Latin America, all as part of our push and our mission to give people the freedom to buy what they want, the way they want.

Payments

Finovate

JUNE 13, 2025

In a statement, Temenos APAC Managing Director Will Dale noted the growth and importance of the Islamic banking customer in the country. Cross-border payment platform dLocal teamed up with payment infrastructure solutions provider JusPay. Indian digital lending platform LoanTap l ocked in $8.6 million in pre-Series C funding.

Online and Mobile Banking

Fintech Finance

NOVEMBER 21, 2024

The programmability of value-added financial services will enable new business models and enhance the efficiency and transparency of cross-border payments.

Payment Networks

Fintech Finance

AUGUST 6, 2025

It also reinforces Nuvei’s long-term commitment to the APAC region, where it continues to expand its on-the-ground presence across Greater China , Japan , Singapore , and Australia. Nuvei already supports APAC expansion for category leaders such as Shein , Temu , and Charles & Keith.

APACS

The Fintech Times

JUNE 12, 2025

” Additional insights include case studies from major scam incidents in Hong Kong, the rising use of Telegram and X (Twitter) comment sections as phishing entry points, and the continued growth of professionally run fraud rings operating across borders.

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