FinTech
Paydibs’ Tee Kean Kang on sales-linked financing, transaction data and SME credit [Q&A]
Paydibs CEO Tee Kean Kang discusses sales-linked merchant financing, transaction data in credit assessment, affordability and how embedded finance could change SME access to working capital in Malaysia.
Al-Futtaim taps Juspay to unify payments across 50 brands and 12 markets
Al-Futtaim has selected India-headquartered payments technology company Juspay to deploy a common orchestration layer across 50 brands and 12 markets, with the rollout beginning in September 2026.
Philippines’ PayMongo targets fourfold revenue growth in 2026
Philippine payments company PayMongo is targeting revenue at about four times last year's level while expanding beyond transaction fees into subscription and merchant services.
India’s PhonePe gets in-principle UAE approval for two payment licenses
India's PhonePe has received in-principle approval from the UAE central bank for two payment licenses, moving it closer to locally regulated operations in its first overseas market.
Simpaisa, Tencent Cloud assess large-scale fintech cloud transformation
Simpaisa and Tencent Cloud are assessing a cloud transformation covering compute, Kubernetes, databases, messaging, monitoring and security infrastructure.
Vietnam should fast-track fintech sandbox as financial centers take shape, say experts
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.
Malaysia’s fintech firm Ascertain Group expands to Indonesia, Oman, India
Ascertain, a Malaysian financial technology and payments ecosystem provider, is expanding into Indonesia, Oman, and India, in order to exporting its homegrown financial infrastructure.
API-first architecture can help to banking modernization in Southeast Asia, says Mambu MD [interview]
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.
Vietnam, South Korea launch cross-border QR payment service
Bank for Investment and Development of Vietnam (BIDV), Vietnam National Payment Corporation (NAPAS), and South Korea's KEB Hana Bank and GLN International, launched a cross-border QR code payment service connecting Vietnam and South Korea on Thursday.
FinTech giant Stripe banks on stablecoin & AI for APAC growth [interview]
Headquartered in San Francisco and Dublin, Stripe processes over $1.4 trillion of payments annually, equivalent to 1.3 percent of global GDP. Stripe users include half of the Fortune 100, 80 percent of the Forbes Cloud 100 and 78 percent of the Forbes AI 50.
