Why cross-border payments are Asia’s next big tech frontier — Insights from an Indonesian unicorn

Indonesian fintech unicorn Xendit is helping reshape Southeast Asia’s payment landscape by offering Stripe-like infrastructure tailored to the region’s unique challenges. In this episode of CNBC's "Beyond the Valley," Xendit co-founder and Chief Operating Officer Tessa Wijaya joins Arjun Kharpal at the Singapore Week of Innovation and Technology (SWITCH) to discuss unifying a fragmented payments system landscape, learning from her first startup in the food business and the challenge of moving the Asian payment market away from QR codes. See Privacy Policy at and California Privacy Notice at .

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Why cross-border payments are Asia’s next big tech frontier — Insights from an Indonesian unicorn is an episode from Beyond The Valley by CNBC.

This episode is 00:16:04 long.

This episode was published on Nov 7, 2025.

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