Payments

As treasurers show more interest in the use of digital assets, the two firms will integrate stablecoins into payment flows over the next few months.

Market fragmentation has left Asian treasurers playing catch-up when it comes to leveraging the benefits of artificial intelligence. Paul Golden spoke to several senior market participants.

Payments, including remittances, across Australia, Bangladesh, Canada, China, Germany, India, Pakistan, Spain, Thailand, the UK and the US, will come with certainty of cost, end-to-end traceability, and faster speeds, with over 25 banks go live by the end of June.

Digitalisation is being brought to the logistics sector through easier document validation and payment processing, significantly reducing time and cost for carriers and shippers.

The aim is to improve liquidity management, optimise cash flows and meet more payment deadlines for clients of the Bahrain-headquartered bank.

CorporateTreasurer's editorial team picked six key stories across different areas, such as fundraising, tokenisation and sustainability, which impacted Asia Pacific treasurers in 2025.

Institutional demand, regulatory clarity and technological maturity are aligning to push tokenised money and digital settlement deeper into mainstream finance, according to a high-level panel discussion in Singapore.

Philippines’ fintech GCash's wallet app is teaming up with Google Play for payments; the method uses biometric verification.

Zand AED is the country’s first regulated, multi-chain AED-backed stablecoin on public blockchains.

Several banks are exploring token transfers between systems and tackling interoperability concerns, including through Project Ensemble which is entering a new phase in 2026.

Brazil’s Banco Inter and Chainlink have completed a blockchain-based cross-border settlement pilot that many in trade finance have discussed for years.

Corporate treasurers across Asia Pacific are fast-tracking their shift toward real-time, data-driven operations as they brace for heightened market volatility, HSBC’s latest survey shows.