Coverage of APAC payment processing across East, Southeast and South Asia plus ANZ: card acquiring and domestic rails, leading APMs (UPI/India, PayNow/Singapore, FPS/Hong Kong, DuitNow/Malaysia, PromptPay/Thailand, QRIS/Indonesia, InstaPay & PESONet/Philippines, MoMo/Vietnam, PayPay/Merpay/Japan, KakaoPay/Toss/Korea), settlement currencies, and cross-border routing.
For high-risk (iGaming, FX/CFD, adult, crypto) APAC payment processing, we outline typical restrictions, licensing needs, on-shore vs cross-border setups, 3DS/strong authentication, chargeback/ADR norms, and multi-acquirer strategies to raise approval rates while staying compliant.
Authoritative resources (outbound):
MAS (Singapore) – Payment Services Act
HKMA – Faster Payment System (FPS)
NPCI – UPI
Bank Negara Malaysia – DuitNow
Bank of Thailand – PromptPay
Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) – InstaPay/PESONet
Reserve Bank of Australia / NPP – PayID
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