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Singapore FinTech Festival 2025Banking & Finance
Singapore FinTech Festival 2025

Can B2B payments in APAC finally match the speed of consumer transactions?

Fintech solutions that can address the cross-border issues that small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) face can give SMEs “the same global reach once reserved for multinationals”, said Ant International CEO Peng Yang.
Singapore FinTech Festival 2025Banking & Finance
Singapore FinTech Festival 2025

Fintech’s next frontier? Inclusion, not just innovation, says one fintech giant

Customers outside China can now pay Weixin Mini Program merchants using the local payment method they prefer.
Singapore FinTech Festival 2025Technology
Singapore FinTech Festival 2025

Tencent aims to lets customers pay globally with their local apps

Adobe Digital Insights found that 85 per cent of US consumers who have used artificial intelligence for shopping said it improved their experience.
Singapore FinTech Festival 2025Banking & Finance
Singapore FinTech Festival 2025

Security remains a priority as interest in AI ‘personal shoppers’ grows

Millions of small and medium-sized enterprises in the region face limited credit access and fragmented payment systems, the company said.
Singapore FinTech Festival 2025Companies & Markets
Singapore FinTech Festival 2025

What’s next for SE Asia? Connecting fragmented systems for financial inclusion: Amazon

OCBC aims to eventually enable its customers to reach over 50 digital wallets globally.
Singapore FinTech Festival 2025Banking & Finance
Singapore FinTech Festival 2025

Cross-border money transfers: Speed and transparency key to customers

Japan's Kaiyo Academy is trialling NEC's facial recognition payment system, allowing students to pay with just their faces even when masked.
Singapore FinTech Festival 2025Companies & Markets
Singapore FinTech Festival 2025

Japan’s NEC swaps cards for faces in biometric payment push

Airwallex is on track to surpass US$2 billion in annualised run rate within the next 12 months, says co-founder and CEO Jack Zhang.
Startups & Tech

Airwallex crosses US$1 billion in annualised revenue, eyes doubling within a year

The Indonesian fintech unicorn plans to launch operations in Mexico and Colombia by the end of the year, followed by Chile, Argentina and Brazil in 2026, Xendit’s CEO for Latin America says.
Startups

Indonesia unicorn Xendit tests Asian success with Latin America push

From left: Siti Hidayati,Artajasa; Roseanne Tan, BancNet; Nguyen Quang Minh, NAPAS; Lawrence Chan, NETS; Farhan Ahmad, PayNet ; Abraham J. Adriaansz, RINTIS.
Banking & Finance

Six Asean payment networks tie up for one cross-border system to rule them all

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