Manila Halts Approvals for Digital Payment Operators Pending Fraud Review
A twelve-month freeze on licensing will let the central bank overhaul merchant verification rules and build a national QR database to trace transactions
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A twelve-month freeze on licensing will let the central bank overhaul merchant verification rules and build a national QR database to trace transactions

Airwallex, Revolut, and YouTrip are hiring aggressively in product, engineering, and operations roles, defying predictions that automation would shrink workforces.

Bank Indonesia expands its homegrown credit card network beyond government use, linking seven major banks to the nation's ubiquitous QRIS payment infrastructure

Overseas visitors drove credit card revenue index from 100 to 960 over three years as travel rebounds across Asia

LuLu Exchange rebuilt its prepaid card architecture to eliminate vendor handoffs and unify issuing, processing, and foreign exchange on a single ledger

The network's new issuer and clearing controls aim to reduce fraud and give banks, businesses greater precision over embedded payment flows.