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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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A new industry code, layered on Singapore’s payment licence, sets out what a participating firm will put on the screen, in the contract, and in the complaints file when a customer disputes a charge.
1 September 2026 · Singapore

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Grab still sells rides and meals at scale. Its fastest-growing business is now regulated finance. That is reshaping what “super-app” means for investors.
24 August 2026 · Singapore · Indonesia · Malaysia · ASEAN

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Longbridge’s Singapore AI suite puts research, portfolio context and order preparation in one dialogue. The open question is whether approval, advice labels and accountability still hold when a model output becomes an action.
17 August 2026 · Singapore

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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