The Fintech Times

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

Singapore FinTech Festival returned for its ninth annual edition, bringing together policy, finance and technology communities at the Singapore EXPO. Here’s our pick of the announcements made at Singapore FinTech Festival 2024.

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Fintech News

JANUARY 9, 2025

Indonesia has reached a significant milestone in its journey toward exploring the potential of Central Bank Digital Currencies (CBDCs) with the completion of the Proof of Concept (PoC) for the wholesale Digital Rupiah under the auspices of Bank Indonesias Project Garuda.

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Fintech Review

MAY 4, 2025

The Ultimate Guide for Founders, CFOs, and Finance Teams Choosing the right fintech stack can make or break a company’s financial operations. Whether you are a B2B founder building a global marketplace, a CFO steering a SaaS scale-up, or a finance team tasked with managing complex payments, finding the best fintech tools is critical.

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The Fintech Times

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

Under Project Guardian, an international collaboration of industry and regulators that explores the use of fund and asset tokenisation, the Monetary Authority of Singapore has conducted over 15 industry trials in six currencies across multiple financial products.

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Fintech News

JUNE 11, 2025

This is expected to help streamline international transactions for cross-border sellers, reducing settlement times and easing compliance requirements. Whalet currently provides services such as one-click store setup, global accounts, pay-ins, payouts, currency exchange, and card issuance for businesses expanding globally.

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Finovate

FEBRUARY 20, 2025

Finzly’s Fedwire solution provides instant settlement, real-time visibility, and complete automation for Fedwire payments. Banks benefit from not only faster settlements, streamlined payments, and automation of key tasks, but also from the ability to seamlessly support multiple cores.

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Payments Dive

JUNE 30, 2025

The trials next year cover three groups of plaintiffs that have been litigating against Visa and Mastercard for more than a decade and opted out of a prior multi-billion dollar settlement with the networks over damages. Talks on a revised settlement are ongoing. Talks on a revised settlement are ongoing. Last June, U.S.

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Fintech Finance

JANUARY 21, 2025

Standard Chartered today announced the launch of SC PrismFX, its cross-currency Transactional foreign exchange (FX) solutions suite. Additionally, clients can benefit from automated FX payments with faster multi-destination delivery, Auto FX Conversion solution, and seamless integration with minimal operating process changes and set-up costs.

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Fintech Finance

APRIL 7, 2025

Leading global fintech Airwallex today announced that it now enables businesses to receive and hold funds in Israeli Shekels (ILS) through its Global Accounts and multi-currency wallet. ” The post Airwallex Enables Businesses to Collect and Hold Funds in Israeli Shekels appeared first on FF News | Fintech Finance.

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Fintech News

MAY 11, 2025

The 13 APAC companies featured this year span a diverse range of industries, including telecoms, financial institutions, tech giants, and fintech startups. It also offers payment, foreign exchange (FX) and banking services to other banks and fintech companies in the sector. DBS Bank serves more than 12 million customers in 19 markets.

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Finovate

JUNE 16, 2025

If retailers are jumping onto the stablecoin bandwagon, should your firm or fintech be considering doing so, too? Walmart Walmart filed a patent for a USD-backed digital currency in 2019. The retailer would use the stablecoin for internal settlement, supply chain payments, employee payroll, and in-store consumer purchases.

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Trade Credit & Liquidity Management

JUNE 24, 2025

This marks the first time a banking technology provider in the region has natively integrated USDC, aiming to bridge digital currencies and traditional financial systems. Industry Impact The move is described as a “game-changer” for banks and fintechs seeking global operations with near-instant settlement and low costs.

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Fintech News

JULY 1, 2025

Its multi-currency account offering will expand to support Australian Dollars, in addition to US Dollars, Euros, and British Pounds. By gaining access to local clearing rails, Indian businesses can expect quicker settlements and improved transparency, while managing their collections through a single API.

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Fintech Finance

DECEMBER 9, 2024

Alipay+ expanded its vibrant wallet-based payment and digtalisation space that further strengthens WorldFirst and Antom , the two business fintech services. The post Ant International Deepens Payment and Digitalisation Ecosystem with AI-Driven Embedded Finance Solutions in Year of Transformation appeared first on FF News | Fintech Finance.

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Fintech News

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

Nium, a global payments infrastructure provider, announced a partnership with Partior , a blockchain-based clearing and settlement network, at the Singapore Fintech Festival 2024. Partior’s platform addresses key inefficiencies in global payments by cutting settlement times, lowering costs, and improving transparency.

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Fintech News

SEPTEMBER 11, 2024

Swift, the global financial messaging network, is actively working to incorporate regulated digital assets and currencies onto its platform. A key focus of these developments is testing multi-ledger Delivery-versus-Payment (DvP) and Payment-versus-Payment (PvP) transactions.

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The Fintech Times

OCTOBER 29, 2024

The Fintech Times Bi-Weekly News Roundup takes a look at the latest fintech stories from around the world on Tuesday 29 October 2024. B2C2 , a company specialising in institutional liquidity for digital assets, is adding OpenPayd ’s embedded finance capabilities to its global instant settlement network.

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Finovate

APRIL 17, 2025

Currency risk management and alternative banking specialist Argentex announced French fintech Numeral as its strategic payment technology partner. Currency risk management and alternative banking specialist Argentex has chosen Numeral as its strategic payment technology provider.

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Fintech Finance

MAY 1, 2025

This makes QNB the first bank in Qatar to use KDP’s blockchain deposits accounts for 24/7 settlement of their corporate flows, facilitating and automating on-demand multi-currency cross-border payments. Morgan Flourishes in the MENA Region appeared first on FF News | Fintech Finance. The post Kinexys by J.P.

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Fintech Finance

FEBRUARY 20, 2025

Runa , the leading global fintech infrastructure for the next generation of payouts experiences, today announced the launch of Runa Assure, a security suite specifically built to fortify payout processes against threats of fraud, cyberattacks, and compliance risks.

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Clearly Payments

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

This market includes a range of services and technologies that facilitate the acceptance, authorization, and settlement of payments across various channels, including online, in-store, and mobile. Acquirers also handle transaction settlement and ensure funds are deposited into the merchant’s account.

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The Fintech Times

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

Buna’s Real-Time Gross Settlement service, with its extended operating hours, and Instant Payments System’s 24/7 availability offer a unique advantage for direct participants. The portfolio of solutions reaches more than 180 countries and 150+ currencies, with access to more than 95 per cent of the world’s banked population.

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Fintech News

JULY 14, 2024

Partior, a fintech known for its global unified ledger based interbank rails for real-time clearing and settlement, has announced the first close of an over US$60 million Series B funding round led by Peak XV Partners, with participation from Valor Capital Group and Jump Trading Group as new investors. Existing shareholders J.P.

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Fintech Finance

APRIL 15, 2025

Numeral , a Mambu company and leading payment technology provider for financial institutions, and Argentex Group PLC, a London-headquartered currency risk management and alternative banking specialist, today announced that Argentex has selected Numeral as its strategic payment technology provider to transform its payments and FX infrastructure.

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Payments Dive

JULY 2, 2025

By Lynne Marek • July 19, 2024 Justin Sullivan via Getty Images Visa CEO ‘strongly’ disagrees with class settlement ruling The card network giant expects the parties to negotiate a new settlement following a judge’s rejection of an agreement reached earlier this year, but its CEO notes that could happen after a trial begins.

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Fintech Finance

JUNE 25, 2025

This breadth, combined with multi-currency and international capabilities, gives finance departments a consistent and compliant way to pay any supplier. ” This launch is part of Medius’ broader vision to eliminate fragmentation in finance operations and offer full visibility from invoice receipt to payment settlement.

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The Fintech Times

JANUARY 18, 2025

It says that each market presents distinct challenges, including varying payment methods, currencies and regulatory frameworks. The post Antom Supports Booking.com by Integrating Payment Options Across Key Markets in Asia appeared first on The Fintech Times.

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The Fintech Times

JANUARY 29, 2025

Merchants will also benefit from fast payment processing, with next-day settlements (T+1) for most methods and instant settlements in select markets. The post Paymob Partners With Woo to Help MENA Merchants Securely Scale appeared first on The Fintech Times.

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Fintech News

MAY 26, 2025

Southeast Asias rapid digital growth is creating major opportunities for high-growth enterprises, but when it comes to managing cross-border payments, many businesses are still held back by fragmented infrastructure, currency complexities, and inefficient payment processing systems. Q1: Ershad, congratulations on the new role.

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Fintech Finance

AUGUST 14, 2024

Ant International will be able to use the digital form factor to achieve instant, multi-currency treasury and liquidity management on DBS’ permissioned blockchain for their entities across multiple markets. The solution is one of the industry applications tested under Project Guardian.

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Fintech Finance

JULY 3, 2025

This expansion is core to Worldpay’s strategy for enabling global merchants to serve local consumers with preferred payment types, accelerating commerce through improved authorization rates, robust fraud protection, and efficient settlements.

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The Fintech Times

MARCH 5, 2025

Ozean , a blockchain for Real-World Assets (RWA) yield launched by Clearpool , is joining forces with First Digital , a Hong Kong-based group offering global multi-asset custodial, trust, payments and stablecoin solutions, as part of WakeMaker, Ozean’s accelerator programme.

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Fintech News

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

This includes QR code payment settlements and multi-currency transaction capabilities, providing businesses with more secure and streamlined international payment options. The collaboration integrates BNY’s payment infrastructure with FOMO Pay’s offerings.

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Fintech News

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

Airwallex, a global payments and financial platform, has formed a multi-year collaboration with the McLaren Formula 1 team. Previously constrained to a single currency account based in the UK, McLaren faced challenges like high foreign exchange fees, slow transaction times, and additional charges. billion annually.

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Fintech Finance

JUNE 11, 2025

The integration will streamline transactions, reduce settlement complexities, and enhance operational efficiency for SMEs. ” Whalet specializes in supporting SMEs with comprehensive global payment solutions, including one-click store setup, global accounts, pay-ins, payouts, currency exchange, and card issuance. .

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The Fintech Times

JANUARY 26, 2025

Vincent Chok , CEO at First Digital “2025 is undoubtedly going to be a breakout year for stablecoin adoption, with businesses increasingly looking for solutions that address regional challenges like cross-border payment friction and currency volatility,” explained Vincent Chok , CEO at First Digital.

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Fintech Finance

OCTOBER 1, 2024

Through this partnership with Mangopay, Paybyrd will be able to offer multi-currency settlement and bulk payouts, fuelled by Mangopay’s flexible virtual IBAN, global payouts and FX solution. Mangopay specialises in providing modular, embeddable payment and fintech infrastructure that powers leading platforms worldwide.

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