Asia news and trends

Mastercard Teams With 4thWave to Tap a $7 Trillion Payments Market
Partnerships // January 09, 2024

Mastercard teamed with Banking-as-a-Service (BaaS) provider 4thWave to streamline B2B payment flows. The partnership targets businesses in Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA), as well as Asia, according to a Tuesday (Jan. 9) press release. It will use 4thWave’s supply chain finance platform for...

Ant Group Expands Payments Partnership With Italy’s Tinaba
Partnerships // July 03, 2023

Alipay and Tinaba have expanded their partnership to help Italian travelers make payments in Asia. Tinaba, a Milian-based payments company, announced in a press release the latest iteration of the team-up late Sunday (July 2), saying it would let customers from Italy make cross-border payments via QR code at Alipay+ partner merchants...

Advanced Automation Helps Enterprises Manage Spend on a Global Scale
Spend Management // May 31, 2023

Companies navigating the shifting landscape of global commerce see the promise of new markets, of bringing their products and services to new geographies. As they do so, they establish offices and workforces in far-flung territories to tap into global supply chains, sourcing supplies and other...

Fintiv and Geoswift Partner on Digital Remittances to Asia
Cross-border Payments // February 03, 2023

Fintiv and Geoswift have partnered on enabling cross-border remittance payments into Asia. The collaboration — which brings together Fintiv’s mobile commerce platform and Geoswift’s payment technology and Asian cross-border payments expertise — will allow the remittances to be made through Fintiv’s mobile wallets, the companies...

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Advanced Automation Helps Enterprises Manage Spend on a Global Scale

May 31, 2023
Companies navigating the shifting landscape of global commerce see the promise of new markets, of bringing their products and services to new geographies. As they do so, they establish offices and workforces in far-flung territories to tap into global supply chains, sourcing supplies and other inputs. Keeping track of day-to-day operations is a challenge for […]

East-West Commerce Gets Biometrics Boost and Automated Compliance

November 02, 2022
The promise of cross-border commerce is always the opportunity to tap into new markets. But no two countries, or even markets within a given country, are quite the same, especially...

Data Brief: 52% Shopping Carts Originating in APAC Get Abandoned

September 26, 2022
With roughly 4.3 billion people living in the Asia-Pacific (APAC) region, stretching across more than a dozen countries, and with internet connectivity growing by leaps and bounds, it’s no secret...

Israel’s Red Dot Capital Likes Southeast Asia’s COVID Comeback Story

November 20, 2020
Fresh on the heels of a $200 million round of fundraising, Tel Aviv’s Red Dot Capital is accelerating opportunity half a world away in Southeast Asia, as Israeli companies weigh their traditional U.S.-first...

Quick Reads
NetXD and Visa Expand Cross-Border Payments Partnership to Asia

May 21, 2024
NetXD has expanded its cross-border payments partnership with Visa B2B Connect. After onboarding banks in Europe and the Americas, the collaboration is now moving to Asia, NetXD said in a Tuesday (May 21) news release. “Visa is committed to modernizing cross-border payments around the world and the collaboration with NetXD will help our clients start […]

Mastercard Teams With 4thWave to Tap a $7 Trillion Payments Market

January 09, 2024
Mastercard teamed with Banking-as-a-Service (BaaS) provider 4thWave to streamline B2B payment flows. The partnership targets businesses in Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA), as well as Asia, according to...

Ant Group Expands Payments Partnership With Italy’s Tinaba

July 03, 2023
Alipay and Tinaba have expanded their partnership to help Italian travelers make payments in Asia. Tinaba, a Milian-based payments company, announced in a press release the latest iteration of the team-up late Sunday...

Fintiv and Geoswift Partner on Digital Remittances to Asia

February 03, 2023
Fintiv and Geoswift have partnered on enabling cross-border remittance payments into Asia. The collaboration — which brings together Fintiv’s mobile commerce platform and Geoswift’s payment technology and Asian cross-border payments...