APAC Meet-Ups

The MAG and Nuvei co-hosted an executive roundtable at DOMO, Fairmont Hotel Singapore, bringing together payments professionals and merchants to explore how digital-first companies can scale confidently across APAC and beyond. Attendees engaged with peers, shared practical insights, and dug into strategies around localized payments, transaction intelligence, and intelligent fraud prevention.

The MAG is appreciative of everyone who participated, and especially thankful to Nuvei for their partnership in bringing this Meet-Up together.

The MAG hosted its third interactive merchant-only session on important payments topics, including Foreign Exchange (FX), POS, and strategic partnerships across the ASEAN markets. The session featured special guests from Airwallex and JCB and included representation from some of our Advisory Panel merchant companies.

The key topics included:

• Airwallex’s Customer Value Proposition, with a focus on multi-currency settlement/FX product
• Product roadmap (including launch of POS product in Q1’25)
• How Airwallex and JCB collaborate
• JCB's presence in ASEA

The MAG hosted its second Merchant Meet-Up for 2024 at the Visa Innovation Center in Singapore on 13 August 2024. The event featured engaging tours and dynamic networking sessions with over 40 participants from merchants across the payments industry.

Key topics and showcases from the Visa Innovation Tours included:

• Social Commerce: Insights on leveraging payments for seamless social commerce experiences.
• Co-brand Issuance: Strategies for co-branded payments solutions.
• Payments Fraud: Exploring fraud detection and prevention in the payments ecosystem.
• Retail Innovations: Demonstrations of Augmented Reality, Tap to Phone, and Visa Flex for an enhanced retail experience.
• Data Dashboard: Personalization and data-driven strategies for improved customer engagement.

• Payments Orchestration Layer Use Case Study
• Metrics for Viewing Improvements in Payments Orchestration
• Scalability and Flexibility