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.

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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.

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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.

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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. The post Checkout.com Expands in Japan to Strengthen Its Global Presence appeared first on FF News | Fintech Finance.

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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 (..)

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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.

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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.

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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. It’s a great honour to be recognised here in Singapore, a global fintech hub that embodies the spirit of innovation shaping our region.

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Fintech News

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

The ninth edition of the Singapore Fintech Festival (SFF) wrapped up on 8th November, concluding a dynamic week-long of celebration of fintech that brought together tens of thousands of participants from around the world. On the international front, cross-border payments have presented a different set of challenges.

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Finovate

JUNE 6, 2025

This week’s edition of Finovate Global looks at recent fintech headlines from Ireland. Nomupay Raises $40 Million at $290 Million Valuation Courtesy of an investment from SBPS, a subsidiary of Japan’s SoftBank, Irish fintech Nomupay has secured €35 million ($40 million) in new funding.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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. Floris de Kort, CEO of Thunes, said: Welcoming PayPals Hyperwallet into our Direct Global Network underscores our ability to provide powerful new capabilities to top-tier fintechs.

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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! appeared first on FF News | Fintech Finance.

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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.

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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.

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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 post Whalet Joins Forces with TerraPay to Empower SMEs with Seamless Global Payouts appeared first on FF News | Fintech Finance.

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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.

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Fintech Review

MAY 4, 2025

The Ultimate Guide for Founders, CFOs, and Finance Teams Choosing the right fintech stack can make or break a company’s financial operations. Whether you are a B2B founder building a global marketplace, a CFO steering a SaaS scale-up, or a finance team tasked with managing complex payments, finding the best fintech tools is critical.

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Fintech News

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

Squirro, a Switzerland based global leader in AI-driven insights and analytics, announced that its CEO Dorian Selz has been awarded the prestigious Fintech Mentor Award at this year’s Singapore FinTech Festival (SFF). I am humbled and honored to have received the Fintech Excellence award.”

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Finextra

JUNE 10, 2025

Home News Regulation Payments fintech Navro acquires first US licence Editorial This content has been selected, created and edited by the Finextra editorial team based upon its relevance and interest to our community. It is now targeting Apac and the Middle East.

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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.

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Fintech News

MAY 19, 2025

The deployment brings XSGD to a blockchain designed for large-scale tokenisation, enabling real-time payments and programmable financial flows for developers, fintechs, and institutions. Ripple, a contributor to the XRP Ledger, is working with StraitsX to advance enterprise-grade infrastructure for cross-border value transfer.

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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.

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Fintech Finance

JUNE 10, 2025

Visa’s new AI-enabled solutions offer regional partners including AI platforms, fintechs, banks, and merchants a seamless way to connect to the Visa network to deliver secure, frictionless payment experiences. Visa is looking to expand the availability of VTAP to more partners later this year and into 2026.

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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.

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Finovate

JUNE 13, 2025

This week’s edition of Finovate Global showcases recent fintech news from three countries in southeast Asia: Vietnam, Malaysia, and the Philippines. BNPL provider Atome secures $75 million to support Philippines operations Singapore-based Buy Now, Pay Later fintech Atome has received an asset-back financing facility of $75 million.

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Finovate

MARCH 7, 2025

As a proliferation of payment options promises to streamline banking and commerce, regulators, fintechs, and financial services companies are looking for ways to make sure that the challenges to these new payment optionsfrom technical complexity to new forms of fraud and financial crimeare met. Chilean fintech Banca.me

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The Fintech Times

MAY 31, 2025

Payment technology firm, Tribe Payments , is strategically partnering with global Treasury Operating System (TOS), Finmo , to deliver integrated, end-to-end payment and treasury services to banking and fintech clients across key growth markets. Its a hugely exciting moment for both companies.”

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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.

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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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The Fintech Times

DECEMBER 24, 2024

The Fintech Times Bi-Weekly News Roundup takes a look at the latest fintech stories from around the world on Thursday 24 December 2024. Partnerships Bitget, the cryptocurrency exchange, has forged a strategic partnership with Fiat24, a Swiss-regulated fintech company.

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The Payments Association

MARCH 5, 2025

Global fintech Unlimit announced today that actor, producer, and entrepreneur Simu Liu will be the companys first global brand ambassador. Debuting online on March 3, 2025, across the APAC, EMEA, UK, and LATAM regions, the ad will be the first step in announcing Simu Liu as Unlimits first global brand ambassador.

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The Fintech Times

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

This uniquely positions AU10TIX to help Indian businesses scale globally with seamless cross-border operations. ” The post AU10TIX Establishes Dedicated Presence in India to Help Local Businesses Expand Internationally appeared first on The Fintech Times.

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The Paypers

JUNE 26, 2025

Optimised banking solutions in the APAC region 10x Banking’s goal is to make banking easier and better for its customers, members, and the wider society by creating a strong network of partners. Joining forces with 10x Banking enables the company to serve customers across APAC, including Great Southern Bank, a customer-owned bank.

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Fintech News

SEPTEMBER 10, 2024

A new report by Deloitte delves into the latest developments in the cross-border payment sector in Asia-Pacific (APAC), identifying four major trends reshaping the landscape and offering significant opportunities for merchants. trillion in consumer spending across channels in 2023.

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