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Apple Pay landed in the Philippines on cards. The national payment rail was already there.

Apple Pay went live in the Philippines on Visa and Mastercard cards. National payment rails already give consumers a cashless default from a bank account or participating app.

17 September 2026 · Philippines · India · Thailand · Indonesia · ASEAN

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Thailand’s latest payment moves are about access, not just checkout

PromptPay has established Thailand’s digital-payments baseline. A TAT cross-border QR programme, Siam Piwat’s visitor-wallet acceptance and TrueMoney’s cardless tap-to-pay offer each address a different access gap at checkout.

5 August 2026 · Thailand · Vietnam · South Korea · Singapore · Malaysia