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60% -- unbanked population share for Southeast Asia population (2025)
Between 60% and 70% of the population in Southeast Asia lacks traditional bank accounts but owns mobile phones.
- Reported as a range (60-70%) in source text
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60%
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Data Vintage
2025
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B
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50
Source Trust
60
Citation Chain
20
Independence
30
Methodology
45
Freshness
95
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torsion.ai
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https://torsion.ai/stablecoin-market-entry-beyond-payment-processor-reach/ ↗
Source Article
Using Stablecoins When Traditional Payment Processors Say No
TL;DR
- Stripe operates in only 46 countries, PayPal bans 15 nations entirely
- Stablecoins processed $8.9 trillion in H1 2025 alone more than Visa and Mastercard combined
- GENIUS Act (US) and MiCA (EU) passed in 2025 providing federal regulatory frameworks that eliminate compliance uncertainty.
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torsion.ai
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Southeast Asia population: 60% unbanked population share. Source: torsion.ai (2025). Via Lighthouse Intelligence -- https://lighthousedata.io/data/sea-unbanked-mobile-owners
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<blockquote cite="https://lighthousedata.io/data/sea-unbanked-mobile-owners" style="border-left:3px solid #2563eb;padding:12px 16px;margin:16px 0;font-family:system-ui,sans-serif;background:#f0f4ff;"><strong>60%</strong> -- unbanked population share for Southeast Asia population<br><small>Source: torsion.ai (2025) · <a href="https://lighthousedata.io/data/sea-unbanked-mobile-owners" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Lighthouse Intelligence</a></small></blockquote>
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