Central Banks Just Moved Real Dollars Through a Tokenized Pipe in Under 90 Seconds
TD Bank and BNY completed a real-value tokenized payment through Project Agorá, the BIS-convened wholesale settlement initiative, with cross-border transactions…
Category: Fintech
Singapore Just Put $173 Million Behind Its Next Fintech Bet — And AI Is the Biggest Line Item
MAS is committing S$220 million ($173 million) over three years to FSTI 4.0, a 46.7% jump from the prior scheme,…
Maya’s IPO Was Supposed to Happen This Year. Now Its Own Chairman Says the Holdup Is ‘Not Us, It’s Them.’
Maya's dual US-Philippine IPO has slipped from a planned 2026 debut to a 2027 target, with PLDT chairman Manuel Pangilinan…
The Philippines Just Blew Past Its 2028 Digital Payments Target — Three Years Early. The Reason Has Almost Nothing to Do With Apps.
Digital payments hit 64.7% of Philippine retail transaction volume in 2025, clearing the BSP's 60-70% target three years before its…
BPI Is Quietly Running the Philippines’ Most Consequential Stablecoin Experiment Yet
BPI has partnered with clearinghouse Meridian to pilot stablecoin-based settlement for OFW and freelancer remittances, with a full rollout targeted…
The US Passed a Landmark Stablecoin Law a Year Ago. The Rules Still Aren’t Written.
A year after the GENIUS Act became law, six federal agencies missed their July 18 deadline to finalize stablecoin rules,…
The UK Just Turned Buy Now, Pay Later Into a Regulated Credit Product
New FCA rules took effect July 15, requiring BNPL lenders to run affordability checks and answer to the Financial Ombudsman…
BSP Is Quietly Rewriting the Rules for Every Digital Bank and E-Wallet in the Philippines
The central bank is forcing every supervised bank and e-wallet to kill SMS and email one-time passwords by the end…
Stablecoins Went From Crypto Curiosity to Bank Infrastructure in About a Year
A dollar-backed stablecoin law signed in the US in mid-2025 is now reshaping global payments infrastructure, with Klarna, Stripe, and…
GCash and Maya Are Both Racing Toward an IPO. Only One Timeline Looks Solid.
The Philippines' two largest digital wallets are both eyeing 2026 stock listings, with Maya further along on a dual Manila-New…