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. Start API and interoperability pilots, building on the existing Open Banking technical infrastructure.

Regulations

Fintech News

AUGUST 8, 2024

In the dynamic financial landscape of the Asia-Pacific (APAC) region, private banks, asset managers, fund managers, and other capital market participants are increasingly recognising the pivotal role of Swift connectivity. It is also essential to collaborate on interoperability between traditional finance and tokenised/digital assets.

ISO 20022

Fintech News

AUGUST 23, 2024

To allow industry stakeholders to connect and keep up with this fast-moving industry, event organizers are hosting a number of fintech conferences and gatherings across Asia-Pacific (APAC). The following is a curated list of the top fintech events taking place in APAC in H2 2024.

APACS

Fintech News

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

2023 marked a pivotal year in the Asia-Pacific (APAC) region’s approach to crypto regulation, influenced significantly by the preceding implosion of Sam Bankman-Fried’s FTX exchange and the collapse of of Terra, the algorithmic stablecoin created by Korean entrepreneur Do Kwon.

APACS

Fintech News

MAY 14, 2025

Franklin Templeton has been involved in digital asset initiatives since 2018 and is a participant in MAS Project Guardian, which explores asset tokenisation to enhance market liquidity and efficiency. The fund is managed by Templeton Asset Management Ltd, with Franklin Advisers Inc serving as sub-manager. in 2021, which was the first U.S.

Blockchain

PYMNTS

MAY 1, 2020

The EU’s PSD2 and GDPR regulations were passed in 2018 and designed with a primary focus on interoperability between open banking systems around the world. APAC lawmakers appear to be using them as a guide in creating their own regulations, including in Dubai and South Korea. The Interoperability Dream . Similar to the U.K.

Privacy

Fintech Finance

JULY 10, 2024

It will enable interoperability among PayNet, RENTAS, and SWIFT using ISO 20022 standards. ACI also provides the central infrastructure for Indonesia’s BI-FAST, one of the world’s largest real-time payment initiatives that incorporates 135 banks, multi-tenant aggregators, and non-bank participants.

ISO 20022

Fintech News

OCTOBER 28, 2024

Finalists in the corporate categories were evaluated based on impact, sustainability, practicality, interoperability, and creativity, while individual submissions were assessed on contributions to the Singapore fintech sector. Frans Wiwanto Frans Wiwanto, CEO – APAC, Flywire (Singapore) Frans Wiwanto is the APAC CEO of Flywire Singapore.

AI

PYMNTS

AUGUST 10, 2018

With interoperability in mind, freee plans to build an API ecosystem to support even more integrations. million in Series A funding, raised by Microsoft’s M12 venture fund, while other venture capitalists and cybersecurity experts also participated in the investment. This week, the company revealed $6.2

B2B

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. The round saw participation from i.a., He will expand Xceptor’s sales, business development and operations, while also advancing growth into new markets and segments.

FinTech

Finovate

JULY 12, 2024

The technology will enable Affin Bank to process 20%+ more transactions, and enable interoperability among PayNet, RENTAS, and SWIFT using ISO 20022 standards. Participating in the fundraising were early-stage investor The Radical Fund, as well as angel investors Lai Chang Wen and Shaun Chong, co-founders of logistics company Ninja Van.

ISO 20022

CB Insights

MAY 8, 2018

In other words, while the speculative hype has largely died down, engineers are building, teams are forming, and development is continuing apace. Its $12M Series A at the end of March also saw participation from Andreessen. Of those, 39 participated in a $107M Series A to the financial services software provider and consortium R3.

Blockchain

Fintech News

FEBRUARY 17, 2025

trillion in cross-border payments, the APAC region is poised to benefit significantly from the surge in cross-border money movement. Further, different countries and their governments have their own sets of laws, standards, and regulations when it comes to participating in their financial markets, which continue to evolve.

Cross-Border

Fintech Finance

APRIL 23, 2025

Paydify , a blockchain-based payment gateway, participated in a panel discussion at Money20/20 alongside representatives from Circle and Alea Research, addressing the challenges and opportunities shaping the next phase of digital payments.

Blockchain