Thunes Wins Best Payment Solution at the Asian Banking & Finance Fintech Awards 2025
Award represents latest industry recognition for Thunes’ Direct Global Network
Singapore – 9 July 2025 – Thunes, the Smart Superhighway to move money around the world, has been named Best Payment Solution at the Asian Banking & Finance Fintech Awards 2025. This accolade underscores the trust and recognition Thunes has earned from the banking industry across Asia Pacific and beyond, for its vital role in enabling real-time, seamless connectivity between banks and mobile wallets.
The Asian Banking & Finance Fintech Awards celebrate forward-thinking companies that demonstrate leadership, innovation, and customer-centricity in today’s rapidly evolving financial services landscape.
After a thorough assessment process, Thunes was chosen for its outstanding capability to solve the complex challenges of cross-border payments using scalable, next-generation technology. This award recognises how Thunes empowers financial institutions to make fast, transparent payments to over 120 mobile wallet brands worldwide through its proprietary Direct Global Network. With Thunes’ Network, institutions can seamlessly send real-time cross-border transactions to mobile wallets across 130 countries in 80 currencies, dramatically improving speed, transparency, and reach for customers.
The recognition also highlights Thunes’ achievements in product development, operational excellence, and its crucial role in enhancing interoperability, key to expanding financial inclusion and enabling access across both mature and emerging markets.
“It’s a great honour to be recognised here in Singapore, a global fintech hub that embodies the spirit of innovation shaping our region. This award recognises the transformative impact of our proprietary Direct Global Network as a powerful driver of financial inclusion. By connecting banks and financial institutions to underserved communities around the world, we’re enabling real-time access to cross-border payments and opening doors to greater economic participation for all.”
Pamela Ho, Head of Network, APAC at Thunes
“This recognition from the Asian Banking & Finance Fintech Awards underscores the value we bring to financial institutions through innovative solutions, and the growing amount of trust that financial institutions around the world are placing in Thunes. By simplifying real-time, cross-border payments and opening up access to mobile wallets, we’re helping banks deliver faster, more transparent services to their customers. We’re incredibly proud of our team of Thunesters and our Members who make achievements like this possible.”
James Teodorini, Head of Asia Pacific at Thunes
As Thunes continues to expand its proprietary Network and push the boundaries of financial technology to include the next billion end users in the global economy, the Asian Banking & Finance Fintech Award serves as a testament to its role as a revolutionary force in the world of cross-border payments.
Contact:
Amelia Fairbairn, Headland, thunes@headlandconsultancy.com
Anna Birdsall-Strong, Director of Brand and Public Relations, anna.birdsall@thunes.com
About Thunes:
Thunes is the Smart Superhighway to move money around the world. Thunes’ proprietary Direct Global Network allows Members to make payments in real-time in over 130 countries and more than 80 currencies. Thunes’ Network connects directly to over 7 billion mobile wallets and bank accounts worldwide, as well as 15 billion cards via more than 320 different payment methods, such as GCash, M-Pesa, Airtel, MTN, Orange, JazzCash, Easypaisa, AliPay, WeChat Pay and many more. Thunes’ Direct Global Network differentiates itself through its worldwide reach, in-house SmartX Treasury System and Fortress Compliance Platform, ensuring Members of the Network receive unrivaled speed, control, visibility, protection, and cost efficiencies when making real-time payments, globally. Members of Thunes’ Direct Global Network include gig economy giants like Uber and Deliveroo, super-apps like Grab and WeChat, MTOs, fintechs, PSPs and banks. Headquartered in Singapore, Thunes has offices in 14 locations, including Atlanta, Barcelona, Beijing, Dubai, Hong Kong, Johannesburg, London, Manila, Nairobi, Paris, Riyadh, San Francisco and Shanghai. For more information, visit: https://www.thunes.com/
