Friday
August 7
2026

Report: The End of Manual Finance? AI Agents Are Coming for Startup Payments

By Sainul Abudheen K

For years, the promise of fintech in Southeast Asia was to take paperwork out of finance. Cash became wallet balances. Invoices moved from filing cabinets into enterprise resource planning systems. Payment approvals shifted from email chains to dashboards. The broad direction was clear: digitise what used to be manual.

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Source: e27 (link opens in a new window)

Categories
Finance, Technology
Tags
artificial intelligence, digital payments, fintech, startups