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Meta has launched Muse, a personal AI agent that can work across connected apps, continue tasks in the background and seek approval for sensitive actions. It is rolling out first in the United States through a dedicated app and WhatsApp.

Juniper Research forecasts global omnichannel payment platform revenue will rise 57 percent from $56 billion in 2026 to $108 billion in 2031.

Singapore banking group DBS and US payment firm Stripe have announced a strategic partnership to accelerate the growth of agentic commerce and cross-border payments in Asia.

In early 2027, Stripe will bring the full Stripe Treasury experience to Singapore, adding the ability to spend from balances and pay recipients anywhere in the world directly from the Stripe Dashboard.

We talked to Sarita Singh, Regional Head & Managing Director, Stripe, Southeast Asia & Greater China, to learn more about the firm’s achievements in 2025 and its plans and aspirations for 2026. She also shared her views on the outlook of tech ecosystem in Southeast Asia for 2026.

Traditional professional services businesses will resemble software companies over time with AI technology, according to Multiplier Holdings CEO Noah Pepper. AI will handle repetitive tasks while humans will focus on client relationships and quality assurance, he said, adding that the convergence of information-handling businesses with software companies is…

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.

“Asia is showing extraordinary resilience and focusing on international growth,” said Sarita Singh, regional head and managing director for Southeast Asia, India, and Greater China at Stripe.

Innovation in AI is just getting started. But if there’s one lesson from the boom so far, it’s this: success doesn’t belong solely to the fastest builders. It belongs to those who understand what customers need, move fast and smart to meet those needs, and choose systems that can scale with them.

Aspire, the Singapore-based finance platform for businesses, has integrated with Stripe, a global financial infrastructure platform, to offer businesses more ways to receive payments—faster and seamlessly.