Singapore

The move follows the first live interbank settlement using wholesale digital currency.

DBS PayLah! users will soon be able to make payments at Alipay+ merchants.

The app will first launch in Singapore.

The system aims to speed up global payments and provide quicker access to funds.

Industry players are integrating services into everyday devices and platforms.

It integrates AI across its operations whilst keeping the bank human-centric and trusted.

It also plans to create frameworks to ensure AI reliability and transparency.

Artificial intelligence (AI) is set to reshape fraud detection and financial crime prevention across the global financial system, according to Swift Chief Executive Officer Javier Pérez-Tasso.

Falcon TST now handles about 60% of the company’s global transactions.

Central to this effort is Mastercard’s Agent Pay framework.

Human oversight remains crucial to manage AI safely.

It aims to enhance cross-border opportunities for financial institutions and AI firms.

The plan spans basic AI literacy to advanced development as technology reshapes jobs.

DPM Gan also said Singapore is focusing especially on financial services to stay globally relevant.

Technology should empower people, not replace human judgment and empathy.

Good regulation, he argued, should function as “a safety belt, not a brake."