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Visa, UMSI and DOT extend card payment acceptance to Philippine regional tourism businesses
Visa, UMSI and DOT extend card payment acceptance to Philippine regional tourism businesses
Philippines – Visa and USSC Money Services, Inc. (UMSI) have onboarded 100 tourism merchants in Siargao to a smartphone-based payment tool that removes the need for traditional card terminals, according to Visa. The merchants, spanning homestays and accommodations, restaurants and cafés, surfing instructors...
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Inside the Firewall: Balancing trust, control and risk through AI agents and digital payments–as told by industry leaders
As financial services continue to adopt artificial intelligence, AI agents are beginning to take on a more active role in digital payments, moving beyond providing recommendations to initiating transactions on behalf of individuals and businesses.  This shift presents opportunities to improve...
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Sumsub, MarCoPay integrate fraud detection and AML screening for digital payments
Manila, Philippines – MarCoPay has partnered with identity verification and compliance provider Sumsub to strengthen fraud prevention, customer onboarding and transaction monitoring for its digital financial services serving Filipino seafarers and their families. The partnership aims to support MarCoPay’s...
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Visa doubles down on tokenisation, biometrics in Singapore security push
Visa doubles down on tokenisation, biometrics in Singapore security push
Singapore – Visa unveiled its ‘Singapore Security Roadmap 2026 and Beyond’, a strategy aimed at strengthening the resilience of the city-state’s digital payments ecosystem against an increasingly sophisticated fraud and scam landscape.  The update comes as a study found that close...
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Juspay launches ‘Breeze Universal’ to make brands discoverable across AI shopping platforms
Juspay launches ‘Breeze Universal’ to make brands discoverable across AI shopping platforms
India – Juspay, a global payments technology company, has launched Breeze Universal, a pilot offering that enables brand discovery across AI platforms including ChatGPT and Claude, as well as first-party surfaces of merchants and banks. The launch expands Breeze, Juspay’s commerce technology...
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Tencent Cloud, Simpaisa explore large-scale cloud transformation for Fintech operations
Tencent Cloud, Simpaisa explore large-scale cloud transformation for fintech operations
Pakistan – Pakistani fintech firm Simpaisa has entered a strategic collaboration with Tencent Cloud, the cloud arm of Chinese technology giant Tencent, to explore a large-scale transformation of its cloud infrastructure. The move, announced on 3 September 2026, is aimed at improving infrastructure efficiency...
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PPMI expands QR Ph's global footprint through Alipay+ partnership
PPMI expands QR Ph's global footprint through Alipay+ partnership
Philippines – Filipino merchants can now accept payments from international shoppers through their existing QR codes, following a new partnership between the Philippine Payments Management, Inc. (PPMI) and Ant International’s Alipay+. The tie-up officially activates Alipay+ on QR Ph, linking...
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TenPay Global, ShopeePay team up to bring QR payments to Southeast Asian travellers in China (1)
TenPay Global, ShopeePay team up to bring QR payments to Southeast Asian travellers in China
Singapore – Tencent‘s cross-border payment platform TenPay Global has partnered with Southeast Asian digital payments provider ShopeePay to roll out scan-and-pay functionality in China, the two companies announced on Wednesday, August 19, 2026. The partnership allows ShopeePay users to scan and...
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Tod’s expands unified commerce strategy with Adyen payments rollout (1)
Tod’s expands unified commerce strategy with Adyen payments rollout
Hong Kong – Luxury fashion group Tod’s has completed a global payments rollout with fintech company Adyen, consolidating payment operations across more than 100 stores and digital storefronts in 14 countries. The three-month implementation brings Tod’s physical and digital payment channels under a...
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GoTyme Bank launches Apple Pay in the Philippines with Paymentology
Manila, Philippines — GoTyme Bank has launched Apple Pay for its customers in the Philippines, with global issuer processor Paymentology supporting the rollout. The launch enables GoTyme Bank customers to add their debit cards to Apple Wallet and use Apple Pay for contactless payments in stores, within...
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