Hi fintech friends,
Every week there’s a new “AI something” job on LinkedIn. This week it’s Airwallex’s turn: they’re hiring Agent Builders straight into the CEO’s office, pointed at the messy, unglamorous back office work that keeps the company running. Are you the one?
Product & Partnership Launches
Alipay expanded its AI Pay service to support OpenClaw-type autonomous agents.
Ant International upgraded Alipay+ with privacy-enhancing technologies to encrypt transaction data for 1.8 billion accounts across its global merchant network.
Airwallex planned expansions into Indonesia and Vietnam following the acquisition of local licensed entities and a 107% revenue surge in Singapore.
OSL Group partnered with Circle to launch a dedicated USDC trading zone and provide 1:1 USD-to-USDC conversions for compliant digital settlement.
SUNRATE signed an agreement with Hong Kong’s OASES to establish the city as a strategic hub for Web3-focused digital finance and cross-border payments.
Visa collaborated with TikTok to launch a UK creator card, allowing influencers to access earnings from gifts and brand deals more quickly.
Airwallex CEO Jack Zhang began hiring technical agent builders to design and deploy AI systems capable of executing decisions across legal, risk, and HR functions.
Shanghai Commercial Bank partnered with HashKey Exchange to issue Asia’s first co-branded Visa credit card between a traditional bank and a digital-asset platform.
Financing & Acquisition
Tencent and Alibaba entered talks to invest in AI startup DeepSeek at a valuation exceeding US$20 billion to support advanced reasoning model development.
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