FintechNews.sg – Weekly Newsletter

Posted on December 15, 2025 at 09:05 PM

FintechNews.sg – Weekly Newsletter

Period: Dec 9 2025 – Dec 15 2025

📝 Executive Summary

This week’s fintech landscape continued to demonstrate strong momentum across digital assets, payments, AI adoption, and institutional partnerships. A high‑profile legal outcome in crypto underscored regulatory enforcement risks, while major infrastructure experiments signalled tangible progress in tokenised cross‑border financial flows. Institutional expansion in digital assets was highlighted by a strategic partnership between Standard Chartered and Coinbase aimed at broadening institutional services.

Asia‑Pacific’s broader digital finance environment was also in focus, with comprehensive event coverage outlining key APAC fintech gatherings for Q1 2026 and a global study highlighting uneven but widespread AI integration in financial services. Traditional finance intersects with technology as IBM announced a significant acquisition to bolster AI and data capabilities, reinforcing the AI‑tech convergence trend.

On the regional front, FintechNewsSG published a wide array of corporate updates — from funding rounds and profitability milestones to product launches and regulatory compliance features — reflecting healthy ecosystem activity in SEA and beyond. Notable movements included SME lending enhancements, digital banking product innovation, and payments interoperability developments.

  • Institutional Digital Assets Growth: Standard Chartered and Coinbase deepen collaboration to build custody, staking and trading services for institutions. (Fintech Singapore)
  • AI Implementation Gap in Finance: AI adoption is widespread but full integration remains a challenge, highlighting execution gaps across firms. (Fintech Singapore)
  • Cross‑Border Tokenisation Trials: A POC between Ant International, HSBC and Swift shows evolving experimentation in blockchain‑based cross‑border liquidity flows. (Fintech Singapore)
  • Fintech Funding & Profitability Indicators: Airwallex’s US$330 M Series G and Syfe’s reported profitability signal continuing investor confidence and business scaling. (Fintech Singapore)
  • Regulatory and Enforcement Signals: High‑profile crypto fraud sentencing and new regulatory bodies establish heightened supervision in digital assets. (Fintech Singapore)

🇸🇬 Singapore

Crypto / Digital Assets

Blockchain / Payments Infrastructure

AI in Finance

Payments

Digital Banking

Security / Fraud

🌏 Southeast Asia

Payments

WealthTech / Funding

Funding / Growth

🌏 Asia

Corporate & Investments

Payments / E‑commerce

🌍 Global

Digital Assets

Events / Market Intelligence