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Infographic: Southeast Asia's Next Fintech Moat Is Settlement Finality, Not the Stablecoin

13 October 2026·27 words·1 min

Infographic: Infographics Digital Economy Payment Fintech Tokenised Deposits Wholesale Cbdc Settlement Finality

Original article: Southeast Asia’s Next Fintech Moat Is Settlement Finality, Not the Stablecoin

Editorial infographic comparing Southeast Asia's tokenised-money settlement race, showing MAS's S$10 million tokenised bill trial settled in wholesale CBDC, the first live SGD interbank tokenised deposit payments by DBS, OCBC and UOB, Swift's 17-bank shared ledger, Visa's 46% stablecoin intent against 16% usage, and Project Nexus linking roughly 80 instant payment systems. — Tokenised money only matters if it settles at par, at any hour, with finality.