Singapore, Malaysia and Thailand team up to make stablecoin payments easier

Singapore has brought Malaysia and Thailand into its BLOOM initiative, bringing three Southeast Asian central banks together to develop common approaches for cross-border transactions involving regulated stablecoins and tokenized bank deposits. Malaysia and Thailand's central banks have joined Singapore's BLOOM initiative to coordinate cross-border digital money settlement. Ripple, Mastercard, Maybank and other major payment companies have joined the expanded initiative. The project covers regulated stablecoins, tokenized deposits, interoperability and programmable compliance controls. Malaysia is testing ringgit stablecoins, while Thailand is consulting on rules for baht-backed stablecoin issuers.