The ASEAN Digital Economy Framework Agreement could unlock up to $1 trillion in additional economic potential. But its real significance may be in removing the barriers that have kept Southeast Asia’s digital economies apart.
Cash on delivery fell from about half of SEA ecommerce payments in 2019 to well under a third today, heading below 25% by 2027. Why COD persists, and why it’s finally dying.
ZaloPay isn’t trying to be Vietnam’s everything app. It’s trying to be the payments layer inside the app that already is — Zalo, the messaging platform used by 98% of … Read more
PhonePe processes nearly half of all digital payments in India, and it’s not particularly close. As of December 2025, the Walmart-backed fintech held a 48.7% share of UPI transaction value … Read more
Paytm’s story is the most dramatic comeback arc in Asian fintech. The company — formally One97 Communications — went public in November 2021 at a $20 billion valuation, watched its … Read more
Asia’s fintech ecosystems don’t scale the way Western ones do. They scale faster, wider, and along a predictable ladder that starts with payments and climbs through lending, insurance, and wealth … Read more
Southeast Asia’s digital payments market has crossed the $1 trillion threshold in total transaction value — and the infrastructure that makes it work looks nothing like what you’d find in … Read more
PhonePe handles about 45% of UPI transactions by volume and about 49% by value in India (December 2025). Paytm handles roughly 7.7% by volume. Two years ago, that gap was … Read more
GoTo Group — the parent company behind Gojek, GoPay, and a minority stake in Tokopedia — posted full-year net revenue of Rp 18.3 trillion (~$1.1 billion) in 2025, up 24% … Read more
Grab Holdings isn’t just a ride-hailing company anymore — and hasn’t been for years. As of 2025, Grab operates across eight Southeast Asian countries and 900+ cities with more than … Read more
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