Asia Payments Research

Feb

Investment accelerates in Philippine digital payments firms

Next to Indonesia, the Philippines is perhaps the most exciting emerging market for fintech investment in Southeast Asia right now. Like Indonesia, the Philippines is an island archipelago nation with a large unbanked population – 47% of the adult population – and geography that makes physical bank branches impractical in…

Jan

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How data personalization is driving the future of Asia’s digital finance

Across Asia, new ground is being covered daily in product personalization by fintech disruptors. Superapps like China’s Alipay and India’s Paytm are delivering hyper-personalised offerings that can specifically target their customers’ ever-changing needs. Digital finance players are using data to meet unique customer challenges and create seamless, omnichannel experiences, taking…

Nov

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Philippines steps up payments digitization

The Philippines is accelerating digitization of payments, both domestically and cross-border, in line with a goal of the country’s central bank (BSP) for 50% of retail payments to be cashless by 2023. One of the most important new developments in this space is the link-up between the respective real-time and…

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