Singapore's central bank has moved to write its stablecoin rulebook into binding law. On 1 September 2026, the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) opened a public consultation on amendments to the Payment Services Act 2019 that would convert the stablecoin framework it finalised in 2023 from stated policy into enforceable statute. Interested parties have until 16 October 2026 to respond. Requirements that were previously supervisory expectations would become legal obligatio

FinanceX Magazine is proud to announce its official media partnership with Financial Crime 360, the UK's largest event dedicated to tackling financial crime. Taking place on Monday, 2 November 2026 at Old Billingsgate, London, the conference unites the entire financial crime ecosystem - banks, regulators, law enforcement, fintechs and solution providers - for a single, high-impact day of insight, collaboration and commercial connection. Organised by The Payments Association a

FinanceX Magazine is proud to announce its official media partnership with the World Financial Innovation Series (WFIS) Indonesia 2026, the 8th edition of one of Southeast Asia's leading financial services technology gatherings. Organised by Tradepass, the event takes place on 27–28 October 2026 at Raffles Jakarta, Indonesia, bringing together the region's most influential banking, insurance, and microfinance decision-makers. As Southeast Asia's largest economy, Indonesia con

As of this week, financial services can no longer plead surprise. August's headlines have handed the sector three stress tests at once: a fintech breach the size of a small data centre, an identity fraud curve pointing almost straight up, and a regulator that has finally stopped being polite. The uncomfortable truth about cybersecurity in finance is that most incidents follow a script. This month, however, three separate storylines landed in the same news cycle, and together

Crypto exchange operator Bullish has committed a $100m stablecoin credit facility to USD.AI, a protocol that lends against graphics processing units, extending an existing investor relationship into direct balance-sheet financing for the AI compute buildout. The facility, announced on 28 August 2026, gives USD.AI stablecoin liquidity to originate non-recourse loans secured against high-performance computing hardware. It is not Bullish's first exposure to the protocol: the NYS

As of this week, the world's two biggest card networks are running two very different playbooks on the same $300 billion table. One is buying its way in. The other is auditioning partners in public. Meanwhile, the ECB has just handed 36 firms the keys to the digital euro sandbox. If you thought August would be a quiet month for payments, you have not been paying attention. In the space of three weeks, the industry has watched a $1.8 billion acquisition close, a request for pr