Payments

120,000 merchants accept e-payments from Philippines, Hong Kong, Malaysia, Thailand.

Stripe to expand with launch of cashless terminals in Singapore.

More Southeast Asian countries moving in the direction of early issuer Cambodia.

The majority stake gives Ant access to large regional retailers and airlines.

China’s central bank may fine Tencent hundreds of millions of yuan.

Fintech services are integrating with business networks developed by the country’s largest enterprises.

Brankas, Finantier, and Brick are among some of the upstarts that are driving fintech adoption in the region.

The firm provides services to companies such as travel platform Trip.com and fast fashion upstart Shein.