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BPI digital platforms unavailable on 4 October 2025
BPI digital platforms unavailable on 4 October 2025
System integration will take place from 8AM to 6PM.
Banks expand cyber defenses with penetration tests, team drills
Asia outpaces other regions in cybersecurity leaders reporting to CEOs.
How banks boost risk controls as tokenisation, AI reshape capital markets
Real-time handling and monitoring is the way to go.
SCB Easy App unavailable on 5 October 2025
The app is being upgraded during the period, SCB said.
Visa launches AI-powered commerce initiative
It is working with Ant Int’l, Grab, and Tencent to enable an AI-powered checkout experience.
PayPal enables payment acceptance from over 200 markets
The new solution allows businesses to hold multicurrency balances.
Cake Digital Bank’s facial biometrics clinches highest-level ISO certification
Its system verifies without need for interaction such as blinking or facial gestures.
ANZ Bank set to unveil password-less web banking in mid-2025
Authentication will be done through biometrics or log-in request app approval.
Financial services, insurance lose $2.2m per hour from outages: study
The value they lose is 16% higher than the average across all industries.
Payment infrastructure provider Juspay offers new office in Singapore
It shared plans to scale its Singapore team.
Malaysia and Thailand to strengthen joint efforts in cybersecurity
They aim to enable more effective information sharing and capacity building.
1 in 3 Indonesians blame banks for scam losses: study
Indonesians generally do not expect refunds but do expect protection, FICO found.
CommBank establishes tech hub in Seattle
The first cohort focuses on learning to fast track adoption of agentic AI and gen AI solutions.
Philippine central bank eyes AI rules for banks
Artificial intelligence should not diminish banks’ responsibility to uphold data privacy.
SMBC inks MOU to explore commercialization of stablecoins
They will explore technical, regulatory, and market infrastructure requirements for it.
BNP Paribas names Marc Camus as chief information officer
Camus will oversee the bank’s IT strategy and IT System security.
NAB removed nearly 600 fake websites and products in 2024
They use spoofed URLs, promotions that pressure quick decisions, and fake testimonials.
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