FinTech

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.

BitGo has opened a Singapore office, citing growth in its regional client base and prime-brokerage activity since it received a Monetary Authority of Singapore license in 2024.

A 6,000-consumer survey across nine markets found strong use of AI for travel discovery but much lower interest in autonomous payment decisions, with privacy and control remaining key concerns.

SEON has partnered with Philippines-based Exist Software Labs to bring its fraud prevention, identity verification and AML compliance platform to banking, fintech, payments and e-commerce clients.

Superbench has integrated HitPay's payment infrastructure to connect customer enquiries, bookings and checkout for B2C service businesses.