Managers of Wealth Asia Pacific

Apple Pay launches for Mastercard cardholders in the Philippines

The launch extends Apple Pay's footprint in Southeast Asia, a region where mobile wallets have become an increasingly common alternative to physical card payments.

HSBC to establish Global AI Centre of Excellence in Singapore

The CoE will initially focus on enhancing customer wealth journey conversations, introducing agentic treasury solutions and developing AI-enabled digital payments.

Brookfield bets on AI inference, clean power in India while tackling curtailment risks

It expects the country to add 6 GW in data centre capacity for AI inference over the next 5 years

Eddid Financial, SageRock Capital, and ArtWise Sign MOU to Drive Art Tokenisation and Blockchain Finance in Hong Kong

This collaboration combines the respective expertise of the three parties across investment architecture, compliant financial services, and the art sector.

GrabPay Singapore Profit Rises to S$14 Million in 2025

Transaction revenue grew while lower operating costs helped improve gross profit.

Visa Plans 2,600 Job Cuts With Tech and Product Teams Most Affected

The payments group is reviewing how it allocates resources as AI changes the way work is carried out across the business.

OCBC Deploys Agentic AI to Speed Up Wealth Client Onboarding

The platform completes much of the KYC process before relationship managers engage prospective clients.

Monetary Authority of Singapore and the Bank of Thailand ink cybersecurity MoU

The MoU formalises and expands the ongoing collaboration between MAS and BOT to strengthen cyber resilience and combat digital fraud across their respective financial sectors.

Opening Remarks at FiNETech8 on “Navigating Quantum Duality”

Carmen Chu, Executive Director (Banking Supervision), Hong Kong Monetary Authority

AI Is Becoming Singaporeans’ New Financial Assistant

The findings indicate that AI is moving beyond information gathering.

Thunes Named a 2026 World's Top FinTech Company by CNBC and Statista

For the second year running, cross-border payments leader Thunes, named on the prestigious list

Ant International Raises US$1.2 Billion for Overseas Expansion

The proceeds will support merchant payments, business account services and credit technology across international markets.

PILLAR Targets Middle East Expansion With US$15 Million Series A Round

The Singapore-headquartered startup will use the capital to deploy its artificial intelligence mortgage infrastructure across the Middle East

Singapore Introduces Data Initiatives Covering AI and Cross-Border Privacy

The regulatory updates recommend specific consent for AI model training and introduce frameworks to reduce compliance costs for international data transfers

Banks Race to Set Rules for AI Payments

The initiative comes as AI agents are increasingly executing transactions on behalf of businesses and consumers.

Ant Group firms lead Asia media mentions over DBS and Visa

Visa ranked third at 165 whilst Mastercard logged 158.

Telecoms turn AI into metered service for businesses

Operators bundle computing power with connectivity to tap enterprise demand.

Why Hong Kong Ultimate FinTech and Wealth Hub

For an industry built on digital economics, exponential growth demands global connectivity, and Hong Kong offers unparalleled access to Asia Pacific markets.

MAS Partners Industry to develop Safeguards for AI Agents in Finance

SAFR is developed under MAS’ BuildFin.ai[1] initiative, which supports the responsible development and deployment of AI solutions in the financial sector.

Fintech Rising Star QTGM Launches Brand Identity: Redefining FX and CFD Trading Through Quantum Thinking

As market environments become increasingly complex and volatile, traditional prediction-driven trading approaches are being challenged.