APAC Meet-Ups

Join merchant leaders across the Asia-Pacific region

Join merchant leaders for exclusive Meet-ups that transform real-life payments challenges into competitive advantages. Join us to navigate regulatory landscapes and emerging technologies through peer connections and actionable insights tailored to APAC markets.

Upcoming and Recent APAC Meet-Up Events

30 April 2025 MAG Event Summary

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

13 August 2024 Event Summary

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.

7 March 2024 Event Summary

We held a meet-up for 30 merchants at Google’s offices in Singapore to participate in a highly interactive workshop discussion on Payments Orchestration across the APAC markets.

The topics were presented by our sponsors Juspay and Liquid Group and included: