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We’re delighted to have partnered with Alchemist for Another Coffee Festival as the official cashless payment provider, keeping payments simple and seamless so everyone could focus on enjoying their next great cup. Thank you to Alchemist for trusting us, to everyone who joined the festival, and especially to our Debia team for making it happen. Here’s to more great coffee, seamless payments and exciting collaborations ahead! 🤝

What makes a great cup of coffee? ☕ We asked professional baristas at Another Coffee Festival 2026 to share their tips, brewing insights, and coffee secrets. Discover 34 specialty roasters from around the world at Guoco Tower Urban Park, Singapore, from 3–6 September 2026. The festival is cashless, with easy card and QR payments powered by Debia. 📍 Guoco Tower Urban Park, Singapore 📅 3–6 September 2026

Coffee lovers, this one’s for you. ☕✨ Another Coffee Festival is happening 3–6 September at Guoco Tower Urban Park, bringing together 34 local and international specialty coffee roasters. Discover new brews, meet the people behind them, and enjoy a fully cashless experience with easy Card & QR payments powered by Debia. 📍 Guoco Tower Urban Park📅 3–6 September 2026 See you at Another Coffee Festival! ☕

Great coffee brings people together. Seamless payments keep the experience flowing. We’re proud to be the official payment provider for Another Coffee Festival 2026, bringing together 34 local and international roasters in Singapore. At this cashless event, Debia makes it easy to pay by card and QR, helping roasters focus on their craft and visitors enjoy every cup. 📍 Guoco Tower Urban Park, Singapore 📅 3–6 September 2026 Join us to discover new coffees and meet the people

X Money finally launches nationwide, turning X into a real financial platform On 27 July, Elon Musk's X began a nationwide rollout of X Money to Premium and Premium+ subscribers across the United States, following a limited beta that started earlier in the summer with a small group of verified users. First announced in 2023 and delayed repeatedly since, the launch gives eligible users an X-branded Visa debit card, available in both virtual and physical metal formats, that can

Yesterday, Team Debia had the pleasure of enjoying dinner at Jack’s Place, one of our newest merchant partners. For six decades, Jack’s Place has been part of Singapore’s dining story, bringing generations together over its signature sizzling steaks and Western favourites. We’re proud to welcome such an established homegrown brand into the Debia merchant network and even happier to experience the food together as a team. 💙 #Debia #JacksPlace #MerchantPartner #SingaporeBusine

Three stories from the past two weeks show financial institutions choosing to build and own critical infrastructure themselves rather than wait for it or rent it. Revolut secured a full French banking licence, becoming a genuine dual-hub European bank. Mastercard completed its acquisition of stablecoin infrastructure provider BVNK, buying its way into digital asset settlement. And Singapore's Bank of Singapore deployed agentic AI to nearly halve how long it takes to onboard a

Team Debia enjoyed lunch at one of our newest merchant partners, Arnold’s Fried Chicken! A true Singapore favourite since 1984, Arnold’s has been delighting generations with its signature fried chicken. It’s always rewarding to support the local businesses that make Singapore’s food scene so special. Great food, great company, and an even greater partnership!

Singapore / Kuala Lumpur - 31/07/2026 Debia Sdn. Bhd. ("Debia Malaysia"), the Malaysian subsidiary of Debia Pte. Ltd. ("Debia Group"), is pleased to announce that Bank Negara Malaysia ("BNM") has granted Debia Malaysia an In-Principle Approval for its registration as a Merchant Acquirer under the Financial Services Act 2013 ("FSA"). The In-Principle Approval represents a significant milestone in Debia Group's regional expansion strategy and reflects the progress made by Debia

Three stories from the past week show a clear pattern: fintechs are choosing to own their regulated infrastructure outright rather than lease it from partners. Circle secured a national trust bank charter for its stablecoin reserves. Klarna applied for its own US banking licence. And Singapore's M-DAQ Global picked up direct, regulated payment infrastructure in Vietnam. Here is what is happening, and why it matters for merchants, partners and financial institutions. Circle

Three stories from the past week show regulated finance racing to build its own version of the speed and flexibility crypto has long promised, on infrastructure banks and regulators actually trust. Swift has switched on a blockchain ledger with 17 of the world's largest banks. An institutional crypto trading venue has landed fresh backing from one of Japan's biggest financial groups as it pursues a US bank charter. And Singapore's iFAST is quietly assembling one of Asia's mos

Three stories from the past week ask the same underlying question in three very different settings: who stays in control when money starts moving through AI agents, blockchains and cross-ownership deals rather than familiar human-led channels. Robinhood used a London keynote to launch its own public blockchain and a suite of AI-driven trading tools. Canada's EQB completed a landmark acquisition that makes grocery giant Loblaw a near 20 percent shareholder in a bank. And Singa

Three stories from the past two weeks show agentic commerce, crypto consolidation and cross-border payment connectivity all maturing from pilot to production on three different continents. In France, an AI agent completed a live purchase entirely inside existing banking infrastructure. In Japan, SBI Holdings placed its biggest bet yet on crypto exchange consolidation ahead of tighter regulation. And between Indonesia and China, a QR payment corridor built over a year of sandb

This week delivered one of the most consequential stablecoin launches to date, an acquisition reshaping how banks deploy AI, and a reminder that Singapore is already sitting at the table when the biggest names in global payments rewrite the rules. A 140-company consortium including Visa, Mastercard, Stripe, BlackRock and Coinbase has launched a rival to Circle’s USDC. Backbase has folded a pioneer in banking AI into its operating system. And DBS Bank, alongside regional super

Today is a hard deadline day in European crypto. The transitional period for the EU’s Markets in Crypto-Assets Regulation (MiCA) ends across all 27 member states, and any entity providing crypto-asset services to EU clients without a full MiCA authorisation must cease operations. Two of the past week’s biggest sector stories tell the practical version of what that means. Standard Chartered has quietly secured full MiCA and E-Money Institution licences in Luxembourg just days

Three stories from the past week show how the plumbing of the next phase of finance is being installed in plain sight. Meta is taking a 20 percent stake in Indian fintech CRED and lifting its founder to run WhatsApp. Deluxe is acquiring Celero Commerce to push its payments and data revenue mix toward 57 percent. And in Hong Kong, lawmakers are wiring up tax oversight just ahead of the first regulated stablecoin launches from HSBC and Anchorpoint Financial. Here is what is hap

Payments infrastructure does not make headlines the way consumer apps do, but the decisions being made this week in Singapore, Europe and the US will directly affect how merchants get paid, how customers check out and how quickly funds arrive. Here is what you need to know. Airwallex Raises $320 Million as Payments Move into AI-Native Finance Airwallex has raised $320 million in new funding at a valuation of $11 billion, according to Reuters. The investment will support globa

Three announcements from the past few days show the rails of money being redrawn on three very different fronts at the same time. The US Senate has voted to keep the Federal Reserve out of central bank digital currencies until at least 2030, while keeping the door open for private stablecoins. In Ukraine, Mastercard and the country’s largest bank have completed the first AI agent payment. The US Senate Has Blocked the Federal Reserve from Issuing a CBDC On Monday 22 June,

Three announcements from the past two days, in London, London again and Singapore, capture how the next phase of finance is being assembled across three layers at the same time. One of the UK’s biggest banks is hiring close to 300 specifically agentic AI roles. The Bank of England has scrapped its proposed personal stablecoin holding limits in favour of a single issuance cap. And in Singapore, eToro has switched on Singpass-based onboarding for the city-state’s investors. Her

Three stories from the past week capture three of fintech’s most consequential vectors at the same time. A crypto payments leader is buying AI accounting agents to bring the back office up to the speed of stablecoin payments. One of South Korea’s biggest internet-only banks is stepping onto a public blockchain to rebuild cross-border remittances. And in the Philippines, the company behind one of Asia’s most successful super-apps is preparing what could be the country’s larges