Fintech News

MAY 28, 2025

Paul Harapin Small and medium businesses make up over 97% of all businesses in APAC and are the lifeblood of any countrys economy. Digital financial services unlock growth for SMBs. In fact, some reports show that 70% of APAC SMBs experienced increased revenues after adopting digital payments.

APACS

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 News

DECEMBER 19, 2024

Credit cards are practically a relic of the past in China, with QR code payments via AliPay and WeChat Pay now already accounting for a collective 92% share in Chinas massive payments market. Its clear that APAC isnt just embracing the future of digital payments its defining it.

APACS

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

FinTech

The Fintech Times

FEBRUARY 18, 2025

Tribe Payments , the digital payments and infrastructure orchestrator specialising in issuer and acquirer processing, has become the latest fintech to join the Singapore FinTech Association. We believe that Tribes innovation with its modular issuer and acquirer processing solutions will thrive in the region through Singapore.”

APACS

Fintech News

JUNE 5, 2025

One example of a cloud-native solution that has been designed to meet the evolving needs of financial institutions is BPCs SmartVista, says Jonathan Bautista, Commercial Director for the APAC Region at BPC. NBCs efforts have significantly bolstered the efficiency, inclusivity, and security of Cambodias payment systems.

Payment APIs and Integration

Fintech News

JUNE 5, 2025

Available to both DBS customers and non-customers, it offers a comprehensive suite of features that extend beyond basic payments, and which includes rewards and deals, ride booking, and food ordering. GrabPay is a mobile wallet and digital payment platform integrated into the Grab super app. It claims 2.3 million customers.

Credit Cards

Fintech News

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

The event will feature four innovative stages and speakers from 22 countries, including 15 APAC markets. These verticals include banking, payments, lending, digital wallets, blockchain and distributed ledgers, cybersecurity, data and analytics, and cloud services.

APACS

Fintech Finance

FEBRUARY 18, 2025

Tribe Payments , a leading digital payments and infrastructure orchestrator specialising in issuer and acquirer processing, has joined the Singapore FinTech Association (SFA). This milestone that builds on Tribes October 2024 expansion into Asia-Pacific (APAC) , marked by the opening of its Singapore office.

APACS

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. The company continues to integrate with a wide range of domestic and international payment networks. How does Bottomline’s approach product development and continuous improvement?

ISO 20022

The Fintech Times

JUNE 16, 2025

Together with Mastercard’s global footprint, this provides organisations in the region with payment network access at low latency, ensuring seamless operations as well as compliance with regional data residency regulations,” said Scott Mullins , managing director, financial services, AWS.

APACS

Finovate

JUNE 6, 2025

.” 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. Splink enables companies to receive and request payments, as well as set up an online shop that helps boost transaction volumes.

Cross-Border Payments

Fintech Finance

NOVEMBER 21, 2024

Digital currency systems could prove to be key in improving financial inclusion and opening up new opportunities to large underbanked communities in many African countries. Together, we are equipping Africa with the tools to embrace blockchain-powered tokenisation and drive sustainable development.”

Payment Networks

Fintech Finance

JULY 30, 2025

OpenWay , a global leader in payments software and developer of the Way4 digital payment software platform, has been recognized as a Best-in-Class vendor in the 2025 Merchant Acquiring Software Platforms Matrix by Datos Insights.

Acquirers

Fintech News

JUNE 11, 2025

At the centre of this threat is Grey Nickel , a sophisticated cybercriminal group using deepfakes, synthetic identities, and AI-powered attack tools to breach banks, crypto exchanges, and digital payment platforms. “These aren’t opportunistic attacks—they’re existential threats to digital banking,” he continued.

Crime

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.

Cross-Border

The Fintech Times

APRIL 23, 2025

“Our expansion comes at a crucial moment as APACs digital payment landscape undergoes rapid transformation and diversification,” explained Nakul Kothari , head of APAC and Middle East at Juspay.

APACS

Fintech Finance

JUNE 10, 2025

The bank will also support WorldFirst’s suite of payments-related solutions for SMEs in e commerce and cross-border trade, including but not limited to account collections, payments and FX services. It will also enable the account and financial service provider to access its global network to serve its clients.

Cross-Border Payments

The Fintech Times

JUNE 19, 2025

To get a better understanding, Mastercard, the payments giant, has published research on how Gen Alpha parents are responding to their kids’ digital financial experiences in the Asia Pacific (APAC) region. Mastercard’s research also explored the attitudes of older APAC generations towards innovation.

APACS

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 Finance

OCTOBER 29, 2024

Tribe Payments , the pioneering digital payments and infrastructure orchestrator that specialises in issuer and acquirer processing, has been selected by global payment and digital financial infrastructure platform, PhotonPay , to provide its issuer processing services.

Issuers

Fintech Finance

JUNE 10, 2025

Ant International is a leading global digital payment, digitisation, and financial technology provider. Grab is Southeast Asia’s leading super app offering ride-hailing, food delivery, digital payments, and financial services across eight markets.

AI

The Fintech Times

JULY 17, 2025

Today, that vision is carried forward by over 700 passionate individuals representing more than 40 nationalities, spread across 10 global offices spanning APAC, Europe, Africa and the Middle East. Our recent acquisition of the MPI licence by the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) is a big step in our APAC expansion strategy.

Cross-Border

Fintech Finance

JUNE 10, 2025

This collaboration combines dLocal’s localized payment expertise with Juspay’s cutting-edge technology, enabling merchants to scale their operations and address the rising demand for flexible, region-specific solutions in emerging markets where dLocal has established a strong presence.

Cross-Border Payments

Finovate

MARCH 7, 2025

So far the EPI has excelled in laying the groundwork for this payments evolution by clearly articulating its vision and aligning strategically with the key pillars of ecommerce. Part of this was the launch of the real-time payment system Wero last summer. Local payment methods are no longer an alternative, they are mainstream.

Payments

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.

Stablecoins

Finovate

APRIL 10, 2025

Fiserv has acquired Australia-based PayFac Pinch Payments to strengthen its digital payments offerings and expand its merchant reach across the Asia Pacific region. The post Fiserv Acquires Pinch Payments to Enhance its Payments Offeringsin Asia Pacific appeared first on Finovate.

Acquirers

Fintech Finance

AUGUST 6, 2025

Leading Greater China jeweller Chow Sang Sang has selected Nuvei’s global payments platform to support its international expansion, beginning in North America. This partnership in digital payments facilitates seamless experiences tailored to premium retail customers.

APACS

Fintech Finance

APRIL 8, 2025

Bringing Pinch into the Fiserv ecosystem enhances the Company’s reach with access to more merchants and delivery of new, innovative solutions including the leading cloud-based SaaS business operating platform with Clover to merchants throughout APAC.

Acquirers

Finovate

JUNE 13, 2025

The offering includes comprehensive core and digital banking services with payments, analytics, and Temenos Data Hub on Microsoft Azure cloud infrastructure. In a statement, Temenos APAC Managing Director Will Dale noted the growth and importance of the Islamic banking customer in the country.

Online and Mobile Banking

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. Post-deadline supervision will stress-test incident playbooks and escalation protocols.

Regulations

Fintech News

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

Cross-Border Payments take centre stage at SFF 2024 Project Nexus Managing Entity: MAS and the Bank for International Settlements (BIS) Innovation Hub announced the establishment of the Nexus Scheme Organisation (NSO) to be based out of Singapore. It aims to accelerate digital transformation and advance financial inclusion.

FinTech

Fintech Finance

JUNE 16, 2025

For example, Episode Six, a global provider of enterprise-grade ledger and cards infrastructure, is using Cloud Edge to assist banks, fintechs and payments organizations in Asia Pacific as they design and launch leading digital payment propositions like credit and B2B payments.

Visa

Fintech Finance

JUNE 18, 2025

Gen Alpha (the digital-first generation born 2010 onwards) isn’t waiting to grow up before engaging with money — they’re already making their mark on the world of digital finance. 53% admit their kids know more about new payment methods than they do. 53% admit their kids know more about new payment methods than they do.

Financial Literacy

The Fintech Times

JUNE 26, 2025

The integration, now live for payzy users, enriches payment data with merchant names, logos, and categories, aiming to improve clarity, reduce confusion and boost engagement across COSMOTE’s digital payments platform. The post This Week in Fintech: TFT Bi-Weekly News Roundup 26/06 appeared first on The Fintech Times.

FinTech

Fintech Finance

JULY 30, 2025

The rollout also marks the first time that Antom, the unified merchant payment service under Ant International, enables recurring payment capabilities on a banking app to support global enterprise merchants, building on its experience with digital wallets.

Payments

Fintech Finance

FEBRUARY 23, 2025

I feel privileged to be driving marketing efforts for ANZ as we continue to scale and enable businesses to navigate the global financial landscape with ease and efficiency, she said Snell will report to Andrew Balint, who was recently announced as VP, Marketing, APAC (ex-China).

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