Fintech News

JANUARY 21, 2025

Regional integration is playing a key role, with governments accelerating their efforts to enhance cross-border commerce and digital economy participation. In particular, cloud computing is becoming increasingly prevalent, with 60% of banks in Singapore migrating their core systems to the cloud.

Payment APIs and Integration

The Fintech Times

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

We are encouraged by the keen participation from financial institutions and fellow policymakers to co-create industry standards and risk management frameworks to facilitate commercial deployment of tokenised capital markets products, and scale tokenised markets on an industry-wide basis.” Since then, BNY , Citi, J.P.

Authorization

The Payments Association

APRIL 28, 2025

It highlights how industry leaders are prioritising AI, cross-border payments, and digital currencies while grappling with regulatory, technological, and customer demands. Streamlining backend infrastructure and processes was cited by 6% of participants, suggesting operational efficiency remains a secondary concern.

Cross-Border Payments

The Payments Association

JANUARY 21, 2025

Will Marwick CEO, IFX Payments The Payments Report 2024 highlights the growing impact of digital currencies, particularly stablecoins, as transformative payment solutions. The report notes how stablecoins, supported by regulatory developments, are driving advancements in digital commerce and cross-border transactions.

Payments Trends

The Fintech Times

FEBRUARY 17, 2025

SCBHK, Animoca Brands and HKT have been jointly participating in the HKMA stablecoin issuer sandbox launched in July 2024, to explore how stablecoins can play a key role in the development of financial markets and payments by bridging Web3 and traditional finance, thus strengthening Hong Kongs position as a global digital assets hub.

Stablecoins

Fintech News

JULY 13, 2025

Australia’s central bank has announced that Project Acacia is moving into its next phase of testing to examine how crypto assets and central bank digital currencies (CBDCs) could support the growth of the country’s wholesale tokenised asset markets.

Central Bank

The Paypers

JUNE 16, 2025

The collaboration with ConnectPay, a licenced electronic money institution based in Lithuania, marks what InSoil representatives describe as a step toward offering investors a more secure and streamlined way to participate in sustainable agriculture projects.

Multi-Currency

The Fintech Times

JULY 29, 2025

This unique regulatory status enables Clear Junction to provide one of the most secure and compliant digital asset solutions currently available. The launch comes at a time when the convergence of fiat and digital currency systems is accelerating globally.

Stablecoins

Fintech News

MARCH 17, 2025

One of the most influential fintech events in the world, Money 20/20 Asia gathers C-level executives, innovators, and regulators to explore the evolving digital finance landscape. Topics will range from Central Bank Digital Currencies (CBDCs) to financial inclusion and AI-driven banking solutions.

FinTech

The Paypers

JUNE 20, 2025

The round was led by Fika Ventures and QED Investors, with continued participation from existing investors TTV Capital and Bling Capital. The funding arrives less than a year after its previous raise and is intended to scale product development, particularly in the areas of AI integration and operational infrastructure.

Embedded Payments

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. The regulatory attributes are finalized, and the central bank is now working on legislation, he said.

FinTech

Fintech News

JULY 22, 2025

With regulation finally catching up and central banks taking a closer look, stablecoins are stepping into the spotlight. Others, including the Bank for International Settlements, warn that they’re built on shaky ground. They’re a practical way to hold value and participate in the global economy. Is it safe?

Stablecoins

The Payments Association

JULY 18, 2025

Across the EU, operational resilience, real-time payments, and the steady rollout of the Markets in Crypto-Assets Regulation (MiCA) are redefining compliance baselines for digital finance. Globally, preparations for central bank digital currencies and evolving open finance frameworks signal longer-term structural change.

Regulations

Finextra

AUGUST 4, 2025

By enabling the proliferation of dollar-backed stablecoins in digital wallets, cross-border payment systems, and institutional markets, the U.S. is building a new layer of infrastructure—one that projects American influence not through central bank control, but through programmable code and global integration.

Stablecoins

Finovate

AUGUST 1, 2025

Participating in the investment were ZA Global, China Harbour, Bright Venture, and Hivemind Capital. HSG, Eternal Digital, CMSC Partners, and Guotai Junan International Private Equity Fund were also involved in the funding. PitchBook looked at seven fintech startups driving digital banking in Mexico.

Stablecoins

The Paypers

JUNE 18, 2025

The round included participation from Thrive Capital, D1 Capital Partners, General Catalyst, GIC, ICONIQ Growth, Khosla Ventures, Sands Capital, 8VC, Lux Capital, Stripes, 137 Ventures, Avenir Growth, and Definition Capital.

CBDC

Finextra

JUNE 23, 2025

A global leader in trading and workflow automation software, high-value analytics and insights, and strategic consulting to financial institutions, central banks, governments, and corporate organizations, ION will provide software and infrastructure to power market access, clearing, and margin processing for the GFO-X ecosystem.

Process

The Paypers

JUNE 25, 2025

The solution comes as part of Frollo’s collaboration with parent company NextGen, which has already integrated Open Banking into the ApplyOnline platform.

Accreditation

Finextra

JULY 22, 2025

Home News Crypto Bank of England mulls shelving of digital pound Editorial This content has been selected, created and edited by the Finextra editorial team based upon its relevance and interest to our community. The sources said the central bank wants to be in a position to launch a CBDC if it is eventually warranted.

CBDC

Finextra

AUGUST 11, 2025

Home News Crypto Diebold Nixdorf joins digital euro innovation platform Editorial This content has been selected, created and edited by the Finextra editorial team based upon its relevance and interest to our community.

Innovation

Fintech News

OCTOBER 23, 2024

Australia has unveiled a three-year initiative to explore the potential of central bank digital currencies (CBDCs) with a focus on wholesale CBDC opportunities, industry outreach and regulatory improvements, Brad Jones, Assistant Governor (Financial System) at the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA), told the audience at an industry event in September.

Central Bank

PYMNTS

JANUARY 6, 2021

In Mexico, the pandemic is moving the needle toward digital payments — specifically mobile payments — to become more widely embraced by businesses and consumers alike. Central banks around the globe are in the process of actively developing, or at least mulling, the issuance of digital fiat, directly into digital wallets (the U.S.

Central Bank

The Paypers

SEPTEMBER 6, 2024

Brazil's central bank (BCB) announced the selection of 13 participants for the second phase of its central bank digital currency (CBDC) initiative.

Central Bank

The Fintech Times

SEPTEMBER 11, 2024

Central bank digital currencies (CBDCs) have a lot of potential to uproot the cross-border payments market. The latest move by the National Bank of Ras Al Khaimah (RAKBANK) highlights this. Project mBridge is an initiative aimed at addressing inefficiencies in cross-border payments.

CBDC

PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 25, 2020

Cleveland Federal Reserve President Loretta Mester said in a speech this week that a digital dollar could conceivably be a form of money transfer that would enable the Fed to disburse money to all individuals in America. Her speech, entitled “Payment and the Pandemic,” included a section on digital currencies.

Fed

PYMNTS

OCTOBER 11, 2019

For central banks, when it comes to cryptocurrencies, there’s no central theme. Whether the advent of digital coins signifies an existential threat to monetary policy at its most basic level – the way it’s been done for, well, centuries – depends on who’s weighing in on the subject. Others, not so much. Yays and Nays.

Central Bank

PYMNTS

DECEMBER 6, 2020

Citigroup will be helping governments around the world establish sovereign digital currencies, or central bank digital currencies (CBDC), CEO Michael Corbat says, according to a report from CoinDesk. Speaking with David Rubenstein at a Bloomberg event on Friday (Dec.

CBDC

Fintech News

DECEMBER 11, 2023

SC Ventures, the innovation, fintech investment, and ventures arm of Standard Chartered, and Giesecke+Devrient (G+D) successfully completed a proof-of-concept (PoC) on the Universal Digital Payments Network (UDPN). Meanwhile, the the direct model is where central banks manage wallets and settlements within a centralised CBDC system.

CBDC

Fintech News

APRIL 28, 2024

The Bank for International Settlements (BIS) and the Central Bank of Brazil (BCB) have announced the launch of the fifth G20 TechSprint 2024 initiative. Participants from around the world can enter the competition through the Apix hackathon platform , which supports registration and prototype development.

Finance

Fintech News

JUNE 4, 2024

The Bank for International Settlements (BIS) has launched Project Rialto to test the potential for improving instant cross-border payments through a combination of a modular foreign exchange (FX) component and wholesale central bank digital currencies (wCBDC).

Cross-Border Payments

Fintech News

MAY 21, 2024

As the financial landscape undergoes a digital revolution, institutional investors are increasingly turning their attention to digital assets such as cryptocurrencies and Central Bank Digital Currencies (CBDCs).

Settlement

The Fintech Times

AUGUST 28, 2024

Looking to harness this potential, the Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) launched ‘Project Ensemble’ in March earlier this year, a wholesale central bank digital currency (wCBDC) project, to support the development of the tokenisation market in the region.

Interbank Settlement

Fintech News

MAY 27, 2024

Central bank digital currencies (CBDCs) have largely existed in the virtual realm, with transactions initiated primarily through web and mobile interfaces. It was a contactless payment on POS using a card issued by Eurasian Bank JSC on the Way4 digital payments software system.

CBDC

PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 25, 2020

The age of digital currencies might be fully upon us, but key questions swirl about how to issue and regulate cryptos – especially stablecoins. Regulators and lawmakers, however, can latch onto digital currency efforts as they must monitor and also supervise such stablecoins. In a paper that debuted Tuesday (Nov.

Stablecoins

Fintech News

MAY 8, 2024

The conference drew over 3,000 participants from 87 countries, including 24 nations across the Asia Pacific region. Key topics addressed at Money20/20 Asia included AI, cross-border payments, open banking, digital assets, and Central Bank Digital Currencies (CBDCs).

Returns

PYMNTS

DECEMBER 6, 2020

Some Chinese shoppers visiting an established online mall will be able to buy goods with the country's first official digital currency under a new trial announced over the weekend, Reuters and other wire services reported. Bloomberg reported that the 100,000 digital currency vouchers are valued at about 20 million yuan.

Digital Currency

Fintech News

OCTOBER 6, 2024

Banks in North America, Europe, and Asia will participate, using Swift ’s platform to conduct transactions involving both digital assets and traditional currencies. Additionally, Swift is exploring integration with emerging bank-led networks such as the US Regulated Settlement Network.

SWIFT