FinTech

Samsung Malaysia Electronics and Malayan Banking Berhad (Maybank) have jointly launched QR payment functionality within Samsung Wallet in Malaysia, allowing eligible Samsung Galaxy users to access Maybank's MAE Scan & Pay feature natively within the wallet application from July 21, 2026.

US payments company Visa and China's Lianlian DigiTech have completed their first live business-to-business agentic transaction using LoopXPay, Lianlian's AI agent, in which the agent sourced a product sample from a supplier and completed the purchase within a single automated workflow.

Singapore's Ant International has added Hong Kong's Hang Seng Bank to its Alipay+ payment network as the gateway's first banking partner in Hong Kong, allowing Hang Seng Mobile App users to make QR code payments at more than 100 million merchants across more than 55 countries and regions.

Vietnam should speed up the update of its regulatory sandbox framework for financial technology (fintech) sector as the country has established international financial centers in Ho Chi Minh City and Danang and pursues a double-digit economic growth target.

The United States-based enterprise software company ServiceNow (NYSE: NOW) will invest $40 million in India's BUSINESSNEXT, a banking and financial services software platform, to accelerate the adoption of AI-driven banking operations across Asia-Pacific.

As many as 93 percent of finance professionals globally are concerned about the integrity and verifiability of AI-generated insights, according to a survey.

Singapore's Ant International has closed a Series A equity financing round of approximately $1.2 billion, with participation from existing investors Ant Group and Alibaba Group, alongside other unnamed international investment institutions.

Singapore-based Ant International has integrated its Alipay+ payment gateway with Argentina's national QR payment scheme Transferencias 3.0, enabling international visitors to make digital payments at merchants across the country using their home-market payment apps.

We believe the platforms that will shape the next chapter of wealth management won’t necessarily be the ones serving the most sophisticated investors. They’ll be the ones that bring the most people into the system for the first time and build the trust to keep them there. 

Bay Smart Capital Ventures Sdn Bhd (CapBay), a Malaysian FinTech company, is collaborating with the Malaysia Digital Economy Corporation (MDEC) through the MD Technology Financing Program to expand access to growth financing for Malaysia Digital (MD) Status companies.