Watch more: Digital Shift With Visa’s Stephen Karpin In Singapore, more than 3 in 4 consumers are already using artificial intelligence to help them shop. They research products, compare options and navigate the sprawl of digital commerce through large language models that have become a...
Watch more: Need to Know With Visa’s Chavi Jafa Nearly half of growth corporates across Asia Pacific, companies with revenues between $50 million and $1 billion, say they don’t use working capital tools. Not because they don’t need them, but because what’s available doesn’t match...
The rapid advancement in payment innovations across the Asia-Pacific (APAC) region is transforming the digital commerce landscape. But those advancements, including digital wallets and digital payment methods, aren’t uniform or one-size-fits all. “APAC is a very vast and diverse market,” Raymond Cui, country manager for...
Standard Chartered Bank Hong Kong (SCBHK), Animoca Brands and HKT have agreed to form a joint venture to issue a stablecoin backed by the Hong Kong dollar. The new joint venture intends to apply for a license from the Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) under a new...
April 04, 2025
The rapid advancement in payment innovations across the Asia-Pacific (APAC) region is transforming the digital commerce landscape. But those advancements, including digital wallets and digital payment methods, aren’t uniform or one-size-fits all. “APAC is a very vast and diverse market,” Raymond Cui, country manager for China at Nuvei, told PYMNTS. “It includes mature markets like […]
February 06, 2024
In recent years, the Asia-Pacific (APAC) region has emerged as a driving force in the digital payments space, with the region’s rapid technology adoption and changing consumer behaviors positioning it...
December 27, 2022
Expansion into the Asia-Pacific (APAC) region remains difficult because eCommerce merchants aren’t offering local payment methods. This came through clearly in the new study “The Emerging APAC Opportunity: Local Payment...
December 01, 2022
Local FinTech wallets are a key part of the Asia-Pacific (APAC) eCommerce ecosystem. Whether Alipay in China, Paytm in India, Kakao Pay in South Korea or Rakuten in Japan, shoppers...
May 20, 2026
Visa and Trip.com Group have forged a new strategic partnership designed to merge global payment infrastructure with customized digital travel bookings across the Asia-Pacific market, according to a Tuesday (May 19) press release issued by Visa. The memorandum of understanding designates Trip.com Group as a global anchor partner for Visa Destinations, a curated program that […]
February 17, 2025
Standard Chartered Bank Hong Kong (SCBHK), Animoca Brands and HKT have agreed to form a joint venture to issue a stablecoin backed by the Hong Kong dollar. The new joint venture intends...
January 14, 2025
Money movement platform Thunes says it has added PayPal’s Hyperwallet to its Direct Global Network. With this movement, Hyperwallet customers can send money in real time to more than 450 million mobile wallets and bank...
May 31, 2024
London-based FinTech company Revolut has reportedly set its sights on the Asia-Pacific (APAC) region for its global expansion strategy. Charlie Short, head of growth at Revolut, told Bloomberg the company...
