Fintech

AEON Credit has since strengthened SOPs and retrained staff after BNM's RM520,000 penalty.

OJK's new framework gives Indonesian regulators power to restrict platforms that mislead financial consumers online.

Singapore benchmarks PayNow Gen2 upgrades against eleven payment systems including India's UPI and Brazil's PIX.

Amazon Web Services says the Hanoi Local Zone supports single-digit millisecond latency for eligible applications. That matters for financial-services use cases where speed, resilience and user experience are operational priorities.

Thailand’s first operational virtual bank is now live. Clicx Bank’s debut creates a practical benchmark for regulators and incumbents assessing the future of digital-only banking.

Cross-border settlement still costs up to 6.8% of transaction value in traditional correspondent banking models. Stripe is positioning stablecoins as its solution to that cost problem across Southeast Asia and beyond.

Nuvei explicitly named agentic commerce and stablecoin payments as key use cases the Payoneer merger is designed to address. The next payments infrastructure layer is being built now.

Deel completes its stablecoin infrastructure stack, connecting payroll funding, salary payouts, and contractor wallets on one platform.

The 2026 LexisNexis Cybercrime Report confirms fraud is scaling faster than the defenses protecting Southeast Asia's digital financial infrastructure.

Asia leads global stablecoin adoption at 56% institutional live rate; Flow gives regional PSPs the infrastructure to capture that volume compliantly.