The Philippines has more e-wallet users than bank account holders, yet only about 2% of Filipinos own stocks. That is well behind Malaysia, Thailand and Vietnam. Mynt’s IPO tested whether the wallet could close that gap. GCash users could buy 100 shares for ₱660 without leaving the app. This session looks at who became a shareholder for the first time, what made it work, and how Southeast Asia can widen ownership while still protecting first-time investors.

Explore how Beyondsoft helps enterprises navigate VMware migration challenges and simplify multi-cloud operations. Through a real-world migration case, discover practical strategies to minimize downtime and migration risks. See how Beyondsoft’s Cloud Management Platform (CMP) enables unified management, monitoring, and cost optimization across cloud environments.

For decades, payment systems have been designed around human behaviour. AI agents could upend those assumptions. Unlike humans, agents do not care about rewards, interfaces or brand loyalty. They optimise for speed, cost, reliability and programmability. As agents begin making payments on behalf of users and businesses, they may transact at a scale and frequency never seen before — and they will do so without the friction, loyalty, and psychology that payment systems have long relied upon to manage risk and drive behaviour.
 
This raises three questions. Can machines be trusted to make payments using our rails — and who is accountable when something goes wrong? Can agents genuinely serve users and merchants better than today's systems, or do they simply add a layer of opacity between people and their money? And what does the next generation of payment infrastructure need to look like to make agentic commerce safe, inclusive, and scalable? As PayNow Generation 2 considers capabilities relevant to agentic commerce, this session tackles all three.