Fintech News

JANUARY 3, 2024

To get a sense of APAC’s up-and-coming fintech leaders, we take a look today at some of 2023’s largest VC-backed rounds fintech of funding in APAC, showcasing the startups that managed to beat the odds in the face of a challenging fundraising environment and global economic uncertainties.

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Fintech News

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

With 355 million gamers contributing to an expected US$14 billion market in 2024, LatAm is emerging as a major growth region for global gaming companies, presenting considerable opportunities for Asia-Pacific (APAC) firms, according to Eduardo de Abreu, Vice President of Product at EBANX, a leader in localized payment solutions.

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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! .”- Partner at Grant Thornton Cyprus “Perfectly organised!

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Fintech News

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

This initiative aims to create a multilateral framework, enabling a country’s instant payment system to seamlessly connect with those of other nations through a single, streamlined integration. On asset tokenisation, Chia highlighted the introduction of a stablecoin regulatory framework.

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Finextra

JUNE 10, 2025

It claims to provide access to the best payment services through one platform, one API, and one contract, removing the need for businesses to deal with a complex web of providers, gateways and local regulatory authorities. It is now targeting Apac and the Middle East.

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The Payments Association

FEBRUARY 5, 2025

The breakdown by region is as follows: 52% APAC, 20% Europe, 11% North America, 8% UK, 9% Middle East, Latin America (LATAM), and Africa. Across 12 insights, get instant visibility on how your strategy and pain points compare with your peers in banking and payments.

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Fintech News

JULY 3, 2024

The Bank for International Settlements (BIS) and its partners have revealed the comprehensive blueprint for phase three of Project Nexus, which seeks to address longstanding challenges in international money transfers by leveraging the power of domestic instant payment systems (IPS). How Does Project Nexus Work?

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Fintech Finance

APRIL 24, 2024

Nium , the global leader in real-time cross-border payments, today announced the expansion of its partnership with Thredd , a leading global payments processor, to issue virtual cards in the Asia Pacific (APAC) region. Download Nium’s latest research on how virtual cards are transforming the travel payments landscape here.

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The Fintech Times

MAY 1, 2024

The bigger picture While certain countries are leading the way in the real-time payments market, regionally, Asia Pacific (APAC) is the largest ecosystem. per cent of all electronic payments in the region. With four of the top five real-time payments markets by volume, the APAC region is projected to see over 351.5

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Fintech News

AUGUST 13, 2024

In a recent webinar hosted by the Fintech News Network, experts from the Bank for International Settlements (BIS), Wise, Airwallex, and LexisNexis Risk Solutions explored the latest trends and developments in cross-border payments, emphasizing the pioneering role of Southeast Asia in this rapidly evolving landscape.

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Fintech Finance

JULY 23, 2024

The offer is completely aligned with the preferences in Latin America: internal data of EBANX show that more than 75% of B2B transactions in the EBANX platform are paid with alternative payments (other than cards). This enables businesses worldwide to engage in cross-border trade with confidence in the LatAm region. “We

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Fintech Finance

JUNE 6, 2024

one of Europe’s leading PayTech companies, today reveals that instant payments is the top revenue growth driver in the payments sector, ahead of digital wallets, reward schemes, fraud and risk management and rising interest rates. Digital wallets, transaction fees and rising interest rates were also seen as major drivers.

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Fintech News

DECEMBER 10, 2023

Combatting fraud As the world becomes more interconnected and instant payments gain prominence, the threat of fraud also rises. Push payment fraud, where funds are transferred to fraudulent accounts, is a significant concern. The immediacy of instant payments demands precision and validation.

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FICO

JANUARY 22, 2020

There has been a proliferation of real-time payments fraud, as new near-instant payment platforms, including person-to-person (P2P) transfers and mobile payment platforms grow across Asia Pacific. .

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Fintech News

AUGUST 21, 2024

This trend is persisting beyond the pandemic, solidifying digital payments’ position as the preferred mode of transaction in the post-COVID era. Trends impacting the Asian payments ecosystem Asia is witnessing a significant transformation, mainly driven by the Instant Payment trend.

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Finextra

OCTOBER 21, 2024

Further, risk management remains the biggest requirement for treasuries because it relies on the visibility of data and the movement of funds across the world and technological disruption in the form of AI, open banking and APIs will increase the speed of change and bolster foundations for the G20 instant payments roadmap to be fulfilled.

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Finovate

MARCH 7, 2025

Neal: While still in its early stages, the European Payments Initiative (EPI) is playing a crucial role in reshaping the EU payment landscape. By competing with global giants, EPI is pushing Europe toward a more integrated, efficient, and competitive payment system.

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The Fintech Times

JUNE 26, 2025

The London-based fintech is planning expansion into new markets and sectors, building on its instant payments and identity platform for igaming. Craig Ramsey, head of real-time and account-to-account payments at ACI Worldwide, has been elected to the US Faster Payments Council board of directors.

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Fintech Finance

APRIL 30, 2024

Asia Pacific (APAC) is the largest real-time payments market, with 185.8 of all electronic payments in the region. With four of the top five real-time payments markets by volume, the APAC region is projected to see over 351.5 and 42.6%, respectively. billion transactions in 2023, representing 24.0% billion by 2028.

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The Fintech Times

JULY 25, 2024

Typical B2B payments can still take up to 14 days to be confirmed and involve up to six intermediaries, often with low visibility and high fees, according to EBANX’s annual study, Beyond Borders 2024. Internal EBANX data also shows that APMs power over 75 per cent of B2B transactions in the EBANX platform.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 16, 2020

The holy grail of payments modernization can be boiled down into to one word: standardization. As the financial services industry seeks to expand the use and value of instant payments linking cross-border transactions with always-on digital commerce, uniting far-flung stakeholders and fostering interoperability is key.

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Faster Payments Council

OCTOBER 4, 2020

And while all of these are colossal shifts for the American people, the one even larger change stemming from the pandemic lies in the transition to faster payments. Since the release of that survey last year, there have been additional faster payments gains.

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Fintech News

APRIL 16, 2024

The event is poised to provide a comprehensive platform for professionals across the Asia-Pacific (APAC) region to explore the latest advancements in fintech across a wide range of sectors, including payments, banking, regtech, insurtech, lending, and more. That year, real-time payments represented 24.7% In 2021, it recorded 9.7

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 10, 2017

But, it is difficult to assess overall trends in the digitization of B2B payments across the globe, however, because Capgemini and BNP Paribas found broad discrepancies across geographic markets. Across mature APAC, however, CAGR remains at 7.3 percent through 2020, led by growing global trade as B2B payment volumes in the region rise.

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The Fintech Times

APRIL 30, 2024

The appointment underscores Xceptor’s continued investment and penetration into the APAC region. He was most recently head of APAC at Duco. Shopware merchants can now activate Pay by Bank (aka account-to-account or A2A payments), which enables their customers to pay instantly, directly from their bank account.

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Fintech News

SEPTEMBER 4, 2024

Buy Now, Pay Later (BNPL) in India has experienced a rapid increase in adoption, with its share of e-commerce sales in Asia-Pacific (APAC) surging from just 0.1% Additionally, LazyPay provides instant personal loans through its app, catering to a wide range of financial needs, from everyday purchases to emergencies.

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The Fintech Times

JUNE 18, 2024

How does the Brazilian payments sector compare to that of the rest of the world? The Brazilian payments sector is one of the world’s fastest-growing and most technologically advanced.

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Wharton Fintech

MAY 2, 2024

Regarding FedNow, Adyen was one of the first fintech platforms certified by the Federal Reserve to utilize its instant payment infrastructure. Davi: If you look at real-time payments in the US, most of the activity is happening on the pay-out side or the account-to-account side of things. What is Adyen doing to enableFedNow?

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The Fintech Times

JANUARY 9, 2024

Vertex and DTCP have also joined as new investors.The funding will fuel expansion into markets across the US, EMEA, and APAC regions, as well as dmpower anecdotes to introduce data-driven innovations to the GRC landscape.

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Fintech Finance

JANUARY 25, 2024

By 2027, rising markets in LatAm, Africa and Apac will make up for 40% of the total value of B2B payments made online worldwide, and yet an estimated 70% of B2B transactions are still pretty much manual, according to Capgemini, lacking more seamless flows.

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Segpay

APRIL 9, 2025

Each of these can have an NPP-linked PayID or be used for instant payments. Different Payment Identifiers (PayID) A single person may have multiple PayIDs linked to different accounts (e.g., QRC Payments are immensely popular in APAC and are expected to gain momentum in Australia.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 20, 2021

But the push into digital consumer banking proceeds apace, according to the numbers and management commentary. Mastercard Says Odds Favor Instant Payments for Online Gamers and Gamblers. Goldman echoed other investment/banking firms in its latest earnings announcement, noting that trading revenues helped buoy results.

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Finovate

DECEMBER 20, 2024

In this week’s Finovate Global interview, I talk with Lewis Ide , Vice President for 10x Banking , about the opportunities in high-growth markets in APAC and Africa. He has a 13-year career in financial services technology with leadership roles in payments, financial infrastructure, and AML platforms.

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Fintech News

APRIL 24, 2025

Stripe has emerged as one of the fastest-growing payment service providers (PSPs) in Asia-Pacific (APAC), expanding its footprint both geographically and through its broadening suite of financial products. Stripe entered APAC back in 2014 when it launched in Australia.

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Fintech News

MAY 22, 2025

Mobile wallets have become a large and well-established market throughout the Asia-Pacific (APAC) region, featuring over 60 active brands and platforms, alongside numerous bank-backed apps, according to a recent e-book by Thunes, a Singapore-based cross-border payment infrastructure provider.

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Finovate

FEBRUARY 7, 2025

Moonfare Asia Pacific head Adam Banks, who joined Moonfare in October , noted that the firm’s APAC investor relations team is already “in active discussions with potential clients” in Australia. Kuady teamed up with BridgerPay to enhance payment solutions throughout Latin America.

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