With the new guidelines proposal, MAS is clearly signaling that Singapore aims to be one of the global leaders in safe, responsible AI adoption within financial services, encouraging innovation, but not at the expense of risk.
The new UK/Singapore study highlights a widening “adoption gap” between what tokenisation could enable and what the buy-side is realistically prepared to implement today.
Mastercard has announced a major push: by 2030, it aims to make online shopping payments in the Asia-Pacific (APAC) region both password-free and number-free.
As quantum computing moves closer to practical reality, the global cybersecurity community is racing to prepare for a new era of cryptographic risk. At the Singapore FinTech Festival 2025, ST Engineering joined this effort, unveiling new quantum-safe solutions designed to help financial institutions and critical infrastructure operators strengthen their defences before quantum threats emerge.
The new Franklin Onchain U.S. Dollar Short‑Term Money Market Fund allows investors in Singapore to participate with a minimum investment of just $20, enabled by fractional ownership on a blockchain-based platform.
The new partnerships with prominent Asian financial institutions, including Bank of Singapore and Hong Leong Bank (HLB), underscore Arta Finance ambition to bring institutional-grade AI-driven wealth-management capabilities to the global market.
Major fintech firms continue to accelerate their AI initiatives. Today, several AI-related deals were announced, involving Tabby, Revolut, Klarna, Singlife and Salesforce.
HSBC launches its 24/7 Tokenised Deposit Service in Singapore, extending its blockchain-based banking platform beyond Hong Kong to enable instant cross-border settlements and modernise treasury management at scale.
Among the global crypto enthusiasts, Singapore and UAE stand out with their high cryptocurrency ownership, robust search activity and rapid adoption growth.
Mobile wallets are now the payment method of choice across Southeast Asia, with 83% of Indonesian shoppers and 80% of Malaysians opting for them when making international purchases.
Through integration with UATP Ceptor gateway, AsiaPay can reach hundreds of airlines and travel merchants worldwide.
As India’s UPI has surpassed the industry giant, Visa, with over 650 million daily transactions, we prepared a brief illustration of the global payment networks’ processing volumes and values. Can real-time payments beat the cards?
Envision a future where all the transactions are paperless. For some, it feels like utopia with less theft and more convenience, while others suggest more dystopian scenarios where all your money and assets can be taken away by an evil omnipresent government at any moment. While I, personally, believe truth lies somewhere in between, many […]
Robinhood Markets Inc. plans to launch Singapore crypto offerings in the current year through the entity of the European digital asset exchange Bitstamp Ltd., which it acquired.
RedotPay and StraitsX offer crypto enthusiasts another way to spend their cryptocurrencies effortlessly at millions of Visa-accepting merchants worldwide.
Micron Technology Inc. intends to invest $7 billion to expand its manufacturing footprint in Singapore over the next few years.
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