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The Philippine fintech giant's potential listing raises questions about retail participation in one of Southeast Asia's most widely used financial platforms.
A twelve-month freeze on licensing will let the central bank overhaul merchant verification rules and build a national QR database to trace transactions
The e-wallet operator will become the first company to use the Philippines' new lower public float rules for exceptionally large issuers
The e-wallet operator's parent company Mynt aims to raise up to $1.6 billion in a deal that would more than double the country's IPO record
SwiftPay warns that businesses are falling behind consumers in electronic payment infrastructure, creating reconciliation bottlenecks in finance operations
The AI platform processes handwritten records and e-wallet screenshots for lenders struggling with backlogs and incomplete borrower data
Airwallex, Revolut, and YouTrip are hiring aggressively in product, engineering, and operations roles, defying predictions that automation would shrink workforces.
Bank Indonesia's push for a homegrown payment system faces early skepticism as consumers cite overseas transaction needs and question practical utility
National Bank of Cambodia integrates WeChat Pay into its unified QR acceptance system, targeting cross-border retail payments without currency friction
Vulcan processes 3,000 signals per transaction, trained on four billion payments to cut fraud and route payments more effectively
BSP says affordability and literacy barriers must fall before digital payments can truly serve the unbanked
As mobile transactions embed themselves into everyday commerce, banks and regulators face new pressure to ensure uptime, security, and wider credit access across the archipelago.
Wise pushes central bank talks as Philippines grapples with opacity in cross-border transfer costs that affect billions in annual flows
South Korea's tech giant will separate its messenger and AI operations from fintech and content businesses, creating Kakao AI and Kakao X as independent entities.
The Philippine remittance firm's board has greenlit a binding term sheet with Surepay Technologies while disclosing a major shift in ownership structure.
Bank Indonesia expands its homegrown credit card network beyond government use, linking seven major banks to the nation's ubiquitous QRIS payment infrastructure
Companies across the country are overhauling internal accounting systems to keep pace with stricter digital tax administration and evolving policy frameworks
Visa reports solid early momentum for the mobile wallet service, but cautions that broader reach hinges on more financial institutions coming online and sustained consumer engagement.
New survey data reveals growing comfort with credit products even as near-term financial confidence weakens across the archipelago
Philippine bank partners with Gogolook to give eligible clients Whoscall Premium as fraudulent calls and messages grow more sophisticated across Southeast Asia.
Bank Indonesia expands its digital credit card scheme to individuals and businesses, starting with eight major lenders including CIMB Niaga
