Collaborate to Navigate Driving Payment Innovation Across Borders

2026

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This report synthesizes insights from three closed-door roundtables hosted by HSBC and the Emerging Payments Association Asia (EPAA) in 2025, highlighting the critical need for collaboration to drive payment innovation across borders in Asia.

* Explores the widening gap between digital behaviors and cross-border financial infrastructure, driven by real-time expectations and legacy systems.
* Identifies five defining themes shaping the future of cross-border payments, including regulation, platform-led models, fraud, and interoperability.
* Presents a shared blueprint for the industry, emphasizing collaboration, digital-first compliance, transparency, interoperability, and tokenization.

Tags: cross-border payments, payment innovation, Asia Pacific, collaboration, digital economy

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