The 2017 adoption of the Model Law on Electronic Transferable Records (MLETR) by the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL) has provided a legislative template for the use… read more →
South Asia and South-East Asia have long been viewed as fertile ground for fintech innovation. Mobile payments, real-time settlement systems, digital identity, and alternative credit models emerged here not by… read more →
A textile exporter in Vietnam ships a container of finished goods to a retail buyer in Germany. Payment terms: 90 days from receipt. The factory needs to be paid within… read more →
Artificial intelligence (AI) agents can now plan, negotiate, and optimise a $2.4 million cross-border shipment in under half a second. They can match supplier terms, verify tokenised documents, pull live… read more →
The credit and political risk landscape has, in the past year, been driven by significant fluctuations in geopolitics and trade, whether in tariff wars or actual wars, while technological developments… read more →
Alfred Hitchcock’s 1959 North by Northwest is a film about mistaken identity, spy networks, and hanging off Mount Rushmore. But at its core, it’s about a man hurtling towards destinations… read more →
South-East Asia has moved beyond the label of “emerging” and into something far more consequential: a payments-first economic region operating at real scale. The region’s digital economy is on track… read more →
South-East Asia is a critical region for the global economy. With a GDP of $6.36 trillion, Indonesia alone is the world’s sixth-largest economy, surpassing Brazil, France, and the UK. As… read more →
It is generally agreed that adoption of electronic trade documents will lead to efficiency – both in terms of time and costs. Let’s consider the example of a bill of… read more →
The first few months of 2026 have seen strides towards agentic commerce and agentic payments. Sea Ltd announced its collaboration with Google to advance agentic commerce and agentic payments. Sea… read more →
