The Payments Association

JULY 29, 2025

With digital payments becoming the norm, financial institutions are under pressure to modernise—and Bottomline is helping them do just that. This alignment allows banks to offer more comprehensive services to corporate clients, particularly in areas such as cash management and international payments.

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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 agreement combines Deutsche Bank’s global network with Ant International’s digital payment technologies.

Cross-Border Payments

Fintech Finance

JUNE 10, 2025

Deutsche Bank and Ant International have announced their strategic partnership to provide more comprehensive payment solutions for businesses of all sizes in Europe and Asia, by combining their expertise and leveraging Ant International’s proprietary tokenisation and AI-based FX technology.

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. It holds payment licenses in Singapore, the U.S., and Hong Kong SAR.

Cross-Border

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 Finance

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

Leading global digital payments company, Checkout.com , today announced its expansion into Japan supported by new direct acquiring capabilities. This builds on the company’s continued investment across the APAC region, following launches in Australia, New Zealand, Hong Kong and Singapore.

APACS

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

Finovate

JUNE 6, 2025

Nomupay’s unified payment platform streamlines payment processes—including acquiring, treasury, and payouts—for businesses operating in fragmented, emerging markets. SBPS will benefit from access to Nomupay’s single API and gateway-agnostic, single, back office platform, offering a range of payment options and scalability.

Cross-Border Payments

Fintech News

JANUARY 12, 2025

Southeast Asias fintech industry is flourishing, driven by soaring adoption of digital payments, alternative lending, and wealthtech. 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 billion underbanked adults.

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Finovate

APRIL 3, 2025

The partnership will enable Zempler Bank to launch a new Outbound International Payments service that will allow its customers to make international payments in both USD and EUR. One of the challenges is the complexity and cost of cross-border banking. Wise has 16 million individual and business users around the world.

Cross-Border

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. This partnership represents a major step forward in payment flexibility for businesses across diverse sectors. “We

APACS

Fintech Finance

OCTOBER 30, 2024

QUBE Events is pleased to announce the 19th NextGen Payments & RegTech Forum on 6-7 November at the Four Seasons Hotel in Limassol, Cyprus! This premier event will gather leading experts, industry innovators, and key decision-makers to explore the latest trends shaping the future of payments and regulatory technology. Really good!”

AML

Fintech Finance

FEBRUARY 10, 2025

Leading virtual payments provider Conferma has partnered with global commerce platform WEX to enable Concur Invoice customers to dramatically reduce costs and control their B2B payments spend. The pre-authorised payment details are then securely provided to the supplier for processing.

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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. During this year’s show, Money20/20 plans to focus on Asias innovations, emerging payment networks, and regulatory leadership that shape the payment ecosystem in the region.

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.

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. The post Thunes and Hyperwallet, a PayPal Service, Expand Payout Access for Merchants Across Asia-Pacific 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 (..)

APACS

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. This award shows how Thunes is becoming more important in building a global payment system that is seamless, scalable, and efficient.

Payment Solutions

The Fintech Times

JUNE 11, 2025

Businesses are always on the hunt for new payment solutions to provide their customers with a better experience. To meet this demand, investment banking company, Deutsche Bank and Ant International , the global digital payment firm, have announced a new partnership.

Cross-Border Payments

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

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

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. With payment licenses in Singapore , the U.S.,

Cross-Border

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. Commenting on the partnership, Sabby Gill, CEO of Dext, said “Airwallex stood out as the ideal partner to power Dext Payments.

Cross-Border Payments

The Fintech Times

JULY 17, 2025

That small payment set the tone for what the company has aimed to do ever since: build global payments infrastructure that treats every transaction like it matters. Not only were these payments time-consuming, complicated, and expensive but they also were largely inaccessible for those making small-value transactions.

Cross-Border

Fintech News

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

To address this, stakeholders including NETS Group and Liquid Group are working on interoperable QR payment solutions that are designed to simplify processes for merchants, Chia said. On the international front, cross-border payments have presented a different set of challenges.

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The Fintech Times

JUNE 3, 2025

From the widespread use of AI and crypto in SMB payment systems to growing consumer appetite for real-time earned wage access (EWA) and biometric payments,Marqetassixth annual State of Payments report reveals that the UK is redefining both how money moves and what consumers expect from payments.

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The Fintech Times

MARCH 10, 2025

Airwallex , the global payments and financial platform for growing businesses, is set to acquire CTIN Pay , a Vietnam-based Intermediary Payment Service (IPS). By addressing financial challenges in these markets, we empower local businesses to expand beyond borders.

Acquirers

Fintech News

MAY 19, 2025

StraitsX has launched its Singapore dollar-backed stablecoin, XSGD, on the XRP Ledger (XRPL), marking a new phase in its collaboration with Ripple to support real-time digital payments across Asia. Ripple, a contributor to the XRP Ledger, is working with StraitsX to advance enterprise-grade infrastructure for cross-border value transfer.

Stablecoins

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. Integrating New Channels In A New World Of Payments Welcome to Finextra.

Acquirers

Fintech Finance

JUNE 10, 2025

Jack Forestell, Visa’s Chief Product and Strategy Officer said , “Combining the strength of our global network with our leadership in payment innovation here in Asia Pacific, we are bringing new products and solutions that will transform commerce and deliver trust and security to AI-enabled payments across the region.”

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Finovate

MARCH 7, 2025

What happens when an ongoing revolution in payment innovation meets a regulatory regime determined to ensure secure and safe transactions for individual consumers, business entities, and even governments? This is the payments landscape in the UK and EU in 2025. Founded in 2008, Boku is headquartered in London.

Payments

Fintech Finance

NOVEMBER 21, 2024

” “As we stand on the brink of a digital payments revolution, UDPN’s collaboration with FORUS Digital will play a crucial role in shaping a future where financial services are accessible, efficient, and secure for all Africans. Over 130 countries globally are currently investigating, developing, or have already launched CBDCs.

Payment Networks

Finovate

JUNE 13, 2025

Visa has also teamed up with Vietnamese payment platform Payoo, which will integrate Click to Pay across its merchant ecosystem. The offering includes comprehensive core and digital banking services with payments, analytics, and Temenos Data Hub on Microsoft Azure cloud infrastructure. Critics warn that Kenya’s 1.5%

Online and Mobile Banking

Fintech Finance

AUGUST 6, 2025

Nuvei Chow Sang Sang partnership marks a strategic move to enable global luxury payments. Leading Greater China jeweller Chow Sang Sang has selected Nuvei’s global payments platform to support its international expansion, beginning in North America.

APACS

Fintech Review

MAY 4, 2025

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. Embedded finance has exploded in recent years, allowing non-bank companies to offer banking products like accounts, cards, and payments.

Payment APIs and Integration

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.”

APACS

The Payments Association

JULY 18, 2025

Payments regulation roadmap: Q3 2025 18 July 2025 by Payments Intelligence Introduction Regulatory developments continue apace in the payments industry, ushering in a period of intensified complexity and strategic significance. Tackling this with tactical fixes only deepens the challenge.

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