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Which Singapore fintechs are amongst the world's best in 2026?
Which Singapore fintechs are amongst the world's best in 2026?
Grab Financial Group and wealthtechs Endowus, StashAway, Syfe, and Tiger Brokers all made it.
Asia’s fintech firms raise $2.3b as deals slow in Q2 2026
Only 116 transactions were recorded during the quarter.
Philippine central bank raises business transfer ceiling tenfold under Instapay
Previously, registered businesses could only transfer up to $822.6 (P50,000).
Stablecoins fail to crack 1% of non-wholesale cross-border payments
Consumer-to-business activity represented 22% of digital-token volume.
RHB launches Malaysia’s first bank-owned payment gateway
The platform routes online collections straight into RHB accounts with automated reconciliation.
Shinhan Bank taps StoneX to cut cross-border payment costs
It will gain access to a network of 385 banks.
Which startups are leading Southeast Asia's payments race?
Singapore-based companies dominate the list.
PvX pushes revenue-based lending for consumer apps
AI-driven competition is expected to increase demand for marketing capital.
SEA fintech funding falls 3% to $682m as early stage money shrinks
There were zero IPOs and acquisitions fell to just 6 for the H1 period.
QR Ph captures 55% as card payments lose ground: PayMongo
Interoperability lets merchants accept payments from banks and e wallets through one code.
Financial firms face $23.1m insider risk bill as AI governance lags
Only 18% have fully integrated AI governance into insider risk programmes.
Mynt IPO could raise $1.5b for GCash parent
The final price will be set later through a book building process.
Thailand SEC seeks tougher AML controls with travel rule for digital assets
The draft requires firms to share customer information with digital asset transfers.
Asia is leading payments modernisation and banks can't afford to fall behind
By partnering with fintechs, banks can combine regulatory strength with innovation, new use cases, and customer-centric solutions.
APAC banks hit by 92% of network attacks as fintech risk grows
Real-time payments and mobile services have expanded the number of exposed endpoints.
Green Link posts eightfold income growth on disciplined SME focus and AI investment
Green Link says digital banks fail by mimicking traditional models as agentic AI offers a way to serve SMEs at lower cost.
Alipay debuts AI agent interface “Ah Bao” in China
Users only need to speak to Ah Bao, pick a service listed, and pay for it without switching apps or pages.
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