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Built for the World's
Fastest-Growing Clinical
Research Region

Asia-Pacific accounts for over 30% of global clinical trial activity and is growing faster than any other region. ClinTrust.ai is headquartered in Singapore and designed from the ground up for APAC's regulatory, banking, and operational realities.

30%+
Share of global clinical trial activity in APAC
$8.5B+
Annual investigator grant payments across APAC
12+
Priority APAC payment corridors supported
6
Local currency rails operational at launch

Why Singapore Is the
Right Anchor Point

Singapore sits at the center of Asia-Pacific's clinical research ecosystem โ€” geographically, regulatory, and financially. As the region's leading financial hub with advanced payment infrastructure, robust clinical research regulation, and deep talent depth in life sciences and fintech, Singapore is the natural home base for a clinical trial payment infrastructure business.

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MAS-Regulated Financial Infrastructure
Operating within the Monetary Authority of Singapore's technology risk framework provides sponsors and sites with regulatory-grade confidence in payment security and operational resilience.
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APAC Gateway
Singapore's established correspondent banking relationships, payment corridors, and regulatory equivalence agreements across APAC markets provide unmatched access to regional payment rails.
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Life Sciences Ecosystem
Singapore hosts regional HQs for major pharma sponsors, leading CROs, and global biotech companies โ€” providing direct access to the sponsor and CRO market we serve.
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FAST & PayNow Infrastructure
Singapore's real-time payment rails (FAST, PayNow) enable same-day settlement for domestic payments and serve as the hub for regional payment orchestration.
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ClinTrust.ai
Singapore Hub
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๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ณ India
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APAC Payment Corridors

ClinTrust.ai optimizes payment routing for each APAC market, using the fastest available local rails with full FX transparency and regulatory compliance for each corridor.

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Singapore
FAST / PayNow
Same-day
SGD
Live
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Australia
NPP / Osko
Real-time
AUD
Live
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India
IMPS / NEFT
Same-day
INR
Live
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Japan
Zengin
Next-day
JPY
Live
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South Korea
Local Wire
Next-day
KRW
Live
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China
CNAPS
Next-day
CNY
Live
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Malaysia
IBG / DuitNow
Same-day
MYR
Q3 2025
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Thailand
PromptPay
Real-time
THB
Q3 2025
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Taiwan
FISC
Next-day
TWD
Q4 2025
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Philippines
PESONet
Next-day
PHP
Q4 2025
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Indonesia
BI-FAST
Real-time
IDR
2026
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New Zealand
Local ACH
Next-day
NZD
2026

No Hidden FX Costs

Cross-border clinical trial payments have historically carried opaque FX conversion costs embedded by correspondent banks. ClinTrust.ai provides full rate disclosure, conversion cost transparency, and local currency disbursement to eliminate hidden payment value erosion.

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Rate Transparency
Every payment shows the exchange rate applied, the FX conversion cost in USD, and the net amount received by the site โ€” before the payment is executed.
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Rate Optimization
Payments are routed through optimal FX providers with competitive mid-market rates, with markup disclosed and capped. Sites receive more โ€” sponsors pay less in implicit FX fees.
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Audit Trail for FX
Every FX conversion is recorded in the immutable audit log โ€” date, rate, provider, cost โ€” meeting regulatory requirements for cross-border payment documentation in clinical trials.
Payment Detail โ€” Site SGH Confirmed
Payable Amount USD $14,280
Exchange Rate 1 USD = 1.3482 SGD
FX Cost (disclosed) USD $57 (0.40%)
Site Receives SGD $19,245
Payment Rail FAST (SGD)
Settlement Time Same-day
Audit Reference CT-PAY-2401-0284-SGH

APAC Regulatory Coverage

ClinTrust.ai is designed to operate within the regulatory frameworks of each APAC market โ€” from ICH alignment to local clinical trial ordinances.

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Singapore
HSA CTGT Guidelines
MAS Technology Risk Management Guidelines ยท PDPA Compliance
Fully Aligned
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Australia
TGA / HREC Framework
Privacy Act 1988 ยท Australian Consumer Law
Fully Aligned
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India
CDSCO Schedule Y
FEMA Compliance ยท RBI Cross-Border Payment Rules
Fully Aligned
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Japan
PMDA / GCP Ordinance
Act on Protection of Personal Information (APPI)
Fully Aligned
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South Korea
MFDS GCP Guidelines
Personal Information Protection Act (PIPA)
Fully Aligned
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All Markets
ICH E6(R3) ยท ICH E8(R1)
Global baseline: 21 CFR Part 11 ยท GDPR analogues
Baseline Compliance

Running Trials in APAC?
We're Built for This.

Whether you're a global pharma expanding into APAC or a regional sponsor optimizing existing operations, ClinTrust.ai provides the payment infrastructure your trial program needs.