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Embedded Finance Is Making Payments Easier for Everyone Across Asia

Fintech News

This is embedded finance at work, and it’s quietly transforming the way we interact with money – without most of us even realising it. Wait, What’s Embedded Finance? If you’ve never heard of embedded finance , don’t worry. Why Is Embedded Finance Such A Big Deal?

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Need to Know | Embedded Finance Unlocks Value for Underserved Small Business Sectors

Stax

By enabling more tailored solutions, streamlining operations, and addressing vital concerns like fraud and security, embedded finance is becoming a crucial driver of innovation. AI, tokenization, and vertical integration are just the beginning of whats possible in embedded finance.

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Ant International Deepens Payment and Digitalisation Ecosystem with AI-Driven Embedded Finance Solutions in Year of Transformation

Fintech Finance

With a series of organisational and strategic upgrades in 2024, Ant International , a leading global digital payment and financial technology provider, reported robust growth over the past year among all its four pillar businesses, Alipay+ , Antom , WorldFirst and Embedded Finance.

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Cyril Han to Take Over as Ant Group CEO in March 2025

Fintech News

Ant International, the groups global arm headquartered in Singapore, has reported significant growth across its four main business pillars: Alipay+, Antom, WorldFirst, and Embedded Finance. These initiatives have helped millions of first-time borrowers, over 95% of whom lacked prior credit history.

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SaaS Fintech: What’s Next for the Most Powerful Pairing in Finance?

Fintech Review

These newer platforms blend data, automation, and embedded finance in ways that simplify user experience. Embedded Finance as a SaaS Fintech Enabler At the heart of SaaS fintech v2.0 lies embedded finance. Think of embedded finance as the invisible engine behind user experience.

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Ant International Launches First Sustainability Report and Framework

Fintech News

This includes Alipay Plus (wallet gateway services), Antom (merchant payments), WorldFirst (cross-border business accounts), and Bettr (embedded finance). It aims to align business growth with social value creation, particularly for SMEs and underserved markets. The company serves over 100 million merchants worldwide.

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Which Fintech Sub-sectors Will Have the Biggest Impact on People’s Financial Well-being in 2025?

The Fintech Times

By automating traditionally manual processes, banks can lend to more borrowers, especially small businesses and underserved communities. Stablecoins and decentralised finance (DeFi) platforms will make banking services accessible to the unbanked, offering alternatives that are faster, cheaper, and more reliable than traditional systems.”

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