Lesson 5 of 5

Payment links and local currency settlement, and what regional cooperation means for a lender

Regional cooperation also covers how money moves between Southeast Asia's markets. This lesson explains what a payment link does and why a shared hub needs fewer connections, how the central banks' regional payment connectivity initiative has grown, how frameworks for settling in local currencies work, how the region compares with Europe, and what the whole course means for a lender.

Published 23 October 2026