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    Instant Payments Explained: What Real-Time Really Means for Merchants in 2026

    December 26, 2025Updated:December 26, 202514 Mins Read

    Instant payments have moved from “emerging” to expected in a surprisingly short amount of time. In many markets, customers now…

    Why Southeast Asia Still Can’t Scale Payments as One Market (and What Merchants Must Do Instead in 2026)

    December 24, 2025Updated:December 26, 202518 Mins Read

    If you’ve spent any time looking at expansion decks for Southeast Asia, the narrative is always the same: 680 million…

    Designing Payments for the Gulf Consumer: Why Middle East Checkout Behaviour Defies Global Assumptions in 2026

    December 24, 2025Updated:December 26, 202518 Mins Read

    For many global merchants, checkout design is built on a familiar assumption: cards first, everything else as an optimisation layer.…

    Asia’s Payment Fragmentation Problem: Why Merchants Must Design Country-by-Country Checkout Strategies in 2026

    December 22, 2025Updated:December 23, 202517 Mins Read

    For many global merchants, “Asia” is still treated as a single expansion decision. One checkout flow, one set of payment…

    Japan’s Long Goodbye to Cash: How New Digital Payment Policies Are Forcing Merchants to Rethink Acceptance in 2026

    December 22, 2025Updated:December 29, 202520 Mins Read

    Japan has been saying goodbye to cash for years, just not loudly. Unlike markets where governments force abrupt transitions, Japan’s…

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