FinTech

Singapore’s Thunes expands real-time payouts to Venezuela

Thunes, the Singapore-based payment firm,  announced Tuesday the expansion of its Direct Global Network into Venezuela, one of Latin America’s critical financial corridors. 

Car marketplace Carro sets up S$450M car-loan securitisation, first in Singapore

Carro, Asia Pacific’s leading online automotive marketplace has set up a S$450 million asset-backed securitisation facility backed by Singapore car loan receivables.

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Can Bitcoin endure the oil shock?

LVRG Research examines the impact of the 2026 oil shock on Bitcoin, inflation, Treasury yields and investment in AI infrastructure.

New Relic survey points to gaps in financial-sector AI monitoring

New Relic’s 2026 financial-services observability report links compliance and AI governance to increased monitoring demand.

ShopBack adds TADA ride-hailing to ShopBack Pay in Singapore

ShopBack and TADA have partnered to let eligible Singapore riders pay for trips through ShopBack Pay and receive cashback.

Thunes and Coinbase join forces to drive next generation global payments

Singapore payment firm Thunes and US cryptocurrency firm Coinbase announced Monday a strategic collaboration to drive the next generation of global payments.

India’s Pine Labs sees Singapore as template for Southeast Asia’s unified payment push [Q&A]

Pine Labs has launched a unified payments platform in Singapore, combining payment acceptance, acquiring, installment payments, and customer engagement for merchants.

FICO poll finds 77% of APAC banking executives prioritize industry-specific AI

A FICO poll of banking executives across Asia Pacific found that 77 percent consider it extremely important for AI tools used by banks to be built for financial services. The survey, released October 15, points to privacy, regulation and…

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Tech firms demonstrate cross-platform trust for AI agents

GoDaddy, Infoblox, Google, Cloudflare and Singapore's IMDA have demonstrated an open trust architecture for cross-platform AI-agent transactions.

Fireblocks’ Itai Turbahn on making embedded wallets feel like consumer payments [Q&A]

Fireblocks VP Itai Turbahn discusses embedded-wallet security, recovery, custody, sandbox testing and cross-border consumer payments around TrueMoney's THBT rollout.