FinTech

Agentic commerce, bank-backed wallets, and Click to Pay are the three technologies expected to have the most significant impact on consumer payments over the next 12 months, according to the Consumer Payments Tech Horizon report, released by Juniper Research.

The ASEAN+3 Macroeconomic Research Office (AMRO) said Malaysia’s digital finance ecosystem is entering a more mature phase but faces key structural challenges, including fintech profitability pressures, rising cyber risks and regulatory gaps in fast-growing credit segments such as buy-now-pay-later (BNPL).

LTFRB has partnered with Maya to support digital fuel subsidy disbursements for eligible PUV drivers and operators in the Philippines.

Fintech firm Longbridge on Friday inaugurated its new Singapore office, reinforcing Singapore as its headquarters and regional base.

BitGo Singapore Pte. Ltd., a subsidiary of BitGo Holdings, Inc. (BitGo), the digital asset infrastructure company, and dtcpay, a digital payments company, announced Tuesday a partnership to support the continued development of secure, compliant digital asset payment infrastructure across global markets.

Mynt, the Philippine fintech company behind digital wallet GCash, said on Wednesday its board and shareholders had approved the filing of a registration statement with the Securities and Exchange Commission and a listing application with the Philippine Stock Exchange for a potential initial public offering (IPO).

Choco Up, Asia's leading growth financing platform, has raised a $15 million credit facility from private credit investment company AlteriQ Global to expand access to growth capital for Singapore's small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), with the first drawdown already completed.

Europe's largest asset manager Amundi, asset servicing group CACEIS, and Ant International have launched their tokenized share classes for the Amundi Money Market Fund – Short Term, denominated in Euro and US dollars, developed for Ant International's intra-group liquidity management needs.

API-first, SaaS platforms are the right foundation for payments modernization, fraud prevention, and cross-border scaling in Southeast Asia, David Becker, Managing Director for Asia Pacific at Mambu, said to TNGlobal.

Global bank HSBC has on Tuesday announced its collaboration with Mastercard in Singapore to pilot new capabilities that support the future of business to business (B2B) commerce.