Visa recently announced the launch of major payment innovations for the Asia Pacific region at the Singapore Fintech Festival 2025:
Visa Intelligent Commerce will be expanded across Asia Pacific, accelerating the region’s push into agentic commerce.
Ushering in a new era where AI-powered agents shop and pay on behalf of consumers, this expansion delivers fresh progress on Visa’s agentic commerce strategy.
By introducing new security protocols and pilot programs, this expansion helps ready merchants to build upon earlier partnerships and initiatives.
Another key announcement was that Nium will be participating in Visa’s stablecoin settlement pilot, an initiative that enables select partners to settle with Visa using stablecoins across supported blockchains.
This collaboration will enable issuers, acquirers and fintechs to settle with Visa in near-real-time, accelerating cross-border fund flows and unlocking new use cases for digital money.
Powered by partnerships with leading bank apps, digital wallets, and QR payment providers across Asia Pacific, Visa’s Scan to Pay solution for QR payments significantly expands acceptance across Asia Pacific.
With millions of merchants now able to accept Visa payments through widely used wallets and payment apps, consumers benefit from greater choice and flexibility – whether shopping locally or traveling abroad.
