The UAE–India relationship is becoming a major channel for fintech, AI, remittances, logistics, capital and digital infrastructure. UAE–India bilateral merchandise trade reached US$83.7 billion in FY24, almost double the US$43.3 … Read more
Capital, fintech, AI infrastructure, crypto, family offices and regional headquarters make UAE–Singapore a powerful small-state technology relationship. The UAE and Singapore each have populations under 10 million, yet together they … Read more
Singapore remains the operating layer for US technology, capital and regulation across Southeast Asia. US–Singapore bilateral trade hit S$145.7 billion (around US$112.6 billion) in 2024, with the US running a … Read more
Education, fintech, skills, climate technology and consumer platforms give Australia and Indonesia more digital overlap than the relationship usually suggests. Australia and Indonesia are direct neighbours with a combined population … Read more
The next phase of UK–Vietnam ties could be shaped by fintech, education, AI services, healthtech and digital transformation. UK–Vietnam bilateral trade hit a record US$8.4 billion in 2024, up 18% … Read more
A working tracker of who owns mobile payments across fifteen Asian markets. Alipay and WeChat Pay in China, UPI in India, GCash in the Philippines, and a region-specific stack everywhere else.
Dana has done something none of its Indonesian competitors have managed: it’s built a user base approaching 200 million — roughly 70% of Indonesia’s population — without being embedded inside … Read more
OVO is one of Indonesia’s four dominant e-wallets — alongside GoPay, Dana, and ShopeePay — serving over 110 million registered users across 300 cities. It’s also, since October 2021, a … Read more
GCash isn’t just the Philippines‘ most popular e-wallet — it’s become the financial infrastructure for a country where 66% of adults still lacked a bank account as recently as 2019. … Read more
Asia-Pacific’s digital wallets processed $36.8 trillion in spending in 2024 (Juniper Research), and the fight for dominance is getting nastier. GCash commands 89% of the Philippines’ mobile wallet market with … Read more