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Financial Services

Helping companies, fintechs, and governments navigate policy, regulatory, and stakeholder complexity to unlock inclusive, trusted digital finance.

Who we are

Empowering financial innovation for broader prosperity.

We help banks, payment providers, and fintech innovators shape enabling policy, secure market access, and forge partnerships that advance digital payments and financial inclusion while delivering long-term economic benefits.

Our team works seamlessly across borders and institutions, delivering results that support business objectives and strengthen financial ecosystems.

Our Focus Areas

  • Real-time and instant payments
  • Cross-border payment interoperability
  • Fintech licensing and market entry
  • Open banking and data governance
  • Financial inclusion and consumer protection
  • Digital identity and authentication
  • Economic impact and market analytics
  • Regulatory convergence and standards
  • Public-private partnerships
What we do

Our financial services capabilities

Our experts help institutions navigate evolving regulations, adopt innovative technologies, and build resilient strategies that drive inclusion, trust, and growth.

Market Shaping

We build the evidence, narratives, and coalitions that influence policy agendas, accelerate adoption of new payment rails, and open fresh growth opportunities across regions.

Regulatory Strategy

Our specialists map multi-jurisdictional requirements, anticipate rule changes, and design engagement plans that shorten licensing timelines, cut compliance costs, and open new markets.

Data Policy and Trust

We craft cross-border data-flow, privacy, and open-banking frameworks that balance innovation with consumer protection, using our global data-policy database for actionable insight.

Cloud and Digital Infrastructure

We develop roadmaps for secure, compliant cloud migration while addressing localisation, resilience, and supervisory expectations so institutions can modernise core systems confidently.

Stakeholder Engagement

By identifying key decision-makers and crafting targeted outreach, we help clients earn credibility, influence reforms, and embed themselves in national fintech dialogues.

Coalitions & Partnerships

We bring together banks, fintechs, regulators, and civil society to align interests, reduce risk, and drive coordinated policy change.

Reputation Transformation

Our communications experts position clients as trusted partners in advancing inclusive finance, aligning public priorities with commercial objectives through thought leadership and CSR.

Monitoring

Continuous horizon-scanning delivers real-time alerts on legislative, regulatory, and market developments in more than 200 jurisdictions, keeping clients ahead of risks and opportunities.

Our work

Case studies

Explore examples of how we’ve helped clients in the financial sector.

Driving market entry for a global B2B payments provider
A global B2B payments company turned to Access Partnership to support its expansion into Thailand, leveraging our on-the-ground expertise, local connections, and strategic insight to enter the market.
Supporting regional expansion in Southeast Asia
A global technology company needed support for a strategic expansion across Southeast Asia, with a focus on deepening stakeholder relationships and securing market access in Singapore and Indonesia.
Protecting cross-border data flows in Vietnam
Faced with a major data regulation threat in Vietnam, a global payments company relied on Access Partnership’s advocacy strategy to reshape the draft law and protect its ability to operate.
Our expertise

Meet our experts

Our team includes economists and regulatory specialists working seamlessly to strengthen financial ecosystems.

Marcus Ng
Leadership, Economics Strategy
Lim Hui Yi
Client Services
Swee Cheng Wei
Economics Strategy
Abhineet Kaul
Economics Strategy
Koh Wan Ling
Economics Strategy
Nur Ridhuan
Economics Strategy
Megan Lim
Economics Strategy
Atharva Brahmecha
Economics Strategy
Daryl Teo
Economics Strategy
Contact us

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