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5 Payment Trends in Asia Shaping its Financial Landscape in 2025

Fintech News

Emerging trends such as cross-border payment systems and open banking initiatives are breaking down traditional barriers, fostering greater connectivity and efficiency in Asias financial landscape. The shift toward digitised payments brings heightened concerns about cybersecurity, fraud, and regulatory compliance.

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From open banking to open finance and beyond: The future of financial data-sharing

The Payments Association

From open banking to open finance and beyond: The future of financial data-sharing March 18 2025 by Payments Intelligence LinkedIn Email X WhatsApp What is this article about? The evolution of open banking into open finance, examining regional regulatory approaches and adoption trends. Why is it important?

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This Week in Fintech: TFT Bi-Weekly News Roundup 13/05

The Fintech Times

The Universal Postal Union (UPU) , a UN agency that serves as a forum for cooperation between postal sector players, and Visa, a digital payments company, have announced a strategic collaboration to expand access to digital postal financial services within the UPU network.

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E-Wallets Rise as Leading Payment Method in Southeast Asia

Fintech News

Indonesia and the Philippines lead in e-wallet usage, with 92% and 87% of respondents, respectively, using the payment method, especially QR payments and mobile payment apps. The rise of e-wallet usage aligns with other improvements in financial access observed in the Philippines these past years.

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How Is Embedded Finance Ensuring the Checkout Experience Is Financially Inclusive?

The Fintech Times

This April, The Fintech Times is focusing on all things embedded finance, the integration of financial services into non-financial products and services. As the space rapidly develops, we look to highlight the latest developments, initiatives and challenges embedded finance has to offer and overcome across the globe.

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What Should We Expect to See From Embedded Finance in 2024?

The Fintech Times

This April, The Fintech Times is focusing on all things embedded finance, the integration of financial services into non-financial products and services. As the space rapidly develops, we look to highlight the latest developments, initiatives and challenges embedded finance has to offer and overcome across the globe.

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Sleepless In Payments

PYMNTS

Then there’s the digital banking movement and the land grab for the bank accounts of millennials. There’s only one problem – as a category, millennials don’t really have any money to put in those bank accounts. Different because of the new opportunities that embedding payments in software creates – and destroys.