Payments Research

Feb

India’s bold move to link UPI with Alipay+ and beyond

India’s Unified Payments Interface (UPI) has long been the undisputed king of domestic retail transactions, processing nearly 19 billion transactions a month as of early 2026. But the platform is no longer content with just dominating the home turf. In a move that signals both pragmatic economic ambition and a…

Feb

Payments Research

Shifts redefining Singapore’s payment ecosystem

Singapore has long been recognized as a global financial hub, but recent data suggests a profound maturation in its payment landscape. According to the Payments’ State of Play 2026 report by the Singapore FinTech Association (SFA) and PwC Singapore, the city-state has moved beyond simple digital adoption to a phase…

Jan

Payments Research

Indonesia’s Artajasa taps the Alipay+ network

For a tourist in Jakarta, the ubiquitous checkered square of a QRIS (Quick Response Code Indonesian Standard) code is as common as a street-side bakso vendor. Since its launch, the national standard has done for Indonesian payments what the steam engine once did for trade—it brought order to chaos. Now,…

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