Payments

Singapore companies face worsening payment delays, survey finds

2026-09-01T04:45:20.000Z
PayPal had reportedly found Advent and Stripe’s initial bid insufficient, and the two sides were negotiating a potential higher price. 

Advent, Stripe abandon US$50 billion pursuit of PayPal: sources

2026-08-28T03:10:40.000Z
In emerging markets, discovery, engagement, and transactions are increasingly happening within the same mobile ecosystem.
THE BROAD VIEW

The global e-commerce playbook is being rewritten in emerging markets

2026-07-10T23:00:00.000Z
Around 75% of cross-border SWIFT payments now reach the receiving financial institution within 10 minutes.

Tokenisation could ease liquidity bottlenecks in next phase of cross-border payments, say panellists

2026-07-03T09:28:02.000Z
DBS, OCBC, UOB and Nets will ensure that ATMs, branches and cashpoints are within 500 m of every Housing & Development Board block by 2027.

More cash, not less digital – expanded cash access does not signal retreat from Singapore’s payments push

2026-06-27T01:00:00.000Z
Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Trade and Industry, and chairman of MAS Gan Kim Yong says to scale AI in finance, Singapore needs people who know how to use, question, govern and improve AI tools, instead of just building them.

Singapore to upgrade PayNow, launch new finance institute to drive innovation

2026-06-25T12:32:54.000Z
Stripe's head of global product Abhinav Tiwari said that being in Singapore will help Stripe better serve its clients in the region.

Stripe moves head of global product to Singapore to drive Asia-Pacific growth

2026-06-11T03:00:00.000Z
Digital payment methods are expected to account for 97% of total e-commerce transactions by 2029, the study has found.

South-east Asia’s e-commerce market to hit nearly US$290 billion by 2029: study

2026-05-13T09:35:59.000Z
Founded in Curitiba in the early 2010s, Ebanx reached ‘unicorn’ status in 2019 – a label for startups valued at more than US$1 billion.

Brazilian payments unicorn Ebanx makes South-east Asia push

2026-04-16T09:15:42.000Z