FinovateFall 2019: What’s Shifting In Fintech Innovation

Much of this year’s agentic payments discussion has focused on protocols. At its merchant focused Voyage event on September 9 in Shanghai, Ant International took a broader view. Its senior executives argued that the most immediate AI opportunities lie in automating merchants’ existing payment and finance workflows. At the same time, the company is building […]

Payments companies often describe themselves as global platforms. But in Asia-Pacific (APAC), global reach matters little if a provider can’t make local payments work reliably. That was my main takeaway from Xendit’s recent analyst day in Kuala Lumpur. The company presented a platform spanning payment acceptance, payouts, treasury, and embedded finance. It reported processing more […]