Asian-Pacific Association of Banking Institutes (APABI)

financial fraud and money laundering have emerged as more persistent problems than originally anticipated, but these issues are not confined to technological applications. Now, just in time for our Q2 newsletter, however, agentic payments are exploding into the mainstream. The mainstream trading app Robinhood has announced the release of an agentic trading and purchase card, promising to kick-start a larger innovation process.

Two of our articles focus on this emerging area. Stablecoin regulation, meanwhile, remains another important topic, relating to the nature of money itself. The article contributed TABF by (Taiwan) demonstrates the connection between these two areas, integrating the medium with the execution. The remaining articles from IIBF (India), CBI (UK), and NIBAF Pakistan further provide updates on different countries’ situations with payments infrastructure and regulation – which remains an especially hot topic for countries with newer digital infrastructure.

On that note, Cambodia is another country which has rapidly upgraded its payments systems at an impressive pace. Our registration link for the August 18-20 Biennial Meeting & Conference in Phnom Penh is now live – make sure to sign up here if you have not already. I hope all members will have the opportunity to take part in our flagship gathering, and I look forward to seeing representatives from across the Asia-Pacific region shortly!

Regards,

David Stinson
Editor-in-Chief, APABI Focus Newsletter