# Stripe Tour Singapore 2023

Stripe had its inaugural tour in Singapore yesterday which I signed up and attended at *PARKROYAL* COLLECTION Marina Bay. It is also Stripe's Southeast Asia Tours as Regional Head & Managing Director, Southeast Asia, India, Greater China, **Sarita Singh** kicked off the event by welcoming attendees from Malaysia to India.

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Irish-founded payments platform, Stripe innovations on revenue and finance automation, enhanced checkout page with links, and tap-to-phone technology allow developer to build businesses without worrying about payment processing complexity.

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* *Stripe research finds that 84% of businesses in Singapore expect to expand into new countries over the next 24 months, significantly higher than the global average.*
    
* *The same research finds that Singapore consumers are more open to buying goods and services online than the global average. (of 68%)*
    

## Payment experience IS the consumer experience

The event touches on removing barriers to getting paid - the last part of the conversion journey in shaping the customer experience. It showed how Stripe's new optimized checkout suite creates a frictionless customer experience along with access to over 100 different payment methods worldwide. Also, an [A/B testing tool](https://stripe.com/en-sg/docs/payments/a-b-testing-payment-methods) that allows businesses to rigorously identify the best-performing payment methods in their checkout.

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## Stripe Press

Learnt that Stripe has a printing press of books of interest. At the event, I checked out with an issued Stripe terminal test card, in return for a free book. Feeding two birds with one scone, Stripe showcases their hardware solutions and Stripe Press.

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## Stripe and Public Sector

Afternoon session for the public sector. I'm not the target audience. No go.

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