FinTech

The Philippine SEC cleared Mynt's proposed GCash IPO of up to PHP 92.32 billion, subject to remaining requirements and final offer terms.

Singapore’s Ant International has received a payment-institution license from Brazil's central bank, expanding its regulated presence in the country's payments market.

Ping An Digital Bank has launched receivables-backed financing of up to $5 million for eligible cross-border e-commerce merchants.

XTransfer has secured in-principle approval for a UAE retail payment services license, subject to completing the central bank's pre-issuance conditions.

Pencil Finance says its first $1 million student loan bundle completed an on-chain cycle, with principal and yield returned to funders.

Paydibs has launched a six-month merchant financing service in Malaysia with repayments linked to weekly payment settlements and transaction activity.

Japan's cashless payment platform NETSTARS and Singapore-based imToken, a Web3 wallet provider, will explore collaboration toward the real-world adoption of stablecoin payments.

Malaysia-based hotel technology company ROOMIE has launched an integrated payment gateway that brings regional payment methods into hotel guest journeys.

Simpaisa and Tencent Cloud are assessing a cloud transformation covering compute, Kubernetes, databases, messaging, monitoring and security infrastructure.

Global Financing for Education is launching its Pay It Forward model across ASEAN, providing eligible students with upfront education funding and linking contributions to income after graduation.