Published 8 August 2026. The award was announced at the APAC Payments Excellence Awards event in Hong Kong on 4 November 2025.
The official 2025 APAC Payments Excellence Awards winners page names ShaBaas Pay as the winner of the Best Payment Start-up Innovation category. The awards are organised by the Emerging Payments Association Asia (EPAA), which represents and connects participants across the Asia-Pacific payments ecosystem.
The award description recognises ShaBaas Pay as a real-time payments platform for small businesses in Australia, highlighting hosted checkout, QR codes, invoicing and APIs as part of the platform's account-to-account payment capabilities.
Recognition for Australian real-time payments innovation
ShaBaas Pay helps Australian businesses accept real-time payments through modern bank-payment experiences designed to reduce settlement friction and improve cash-flow visibility. Businesses can use PayTo, PayID, payment links, hosted checkout and payment APIs depending on how they collect and manage payments.
The Best Payment Start-up Innovation award is particularly relevant to ShaBaas Pay's focus on making account-to-account payments easier for Australian small businesses. Rather than requiring businesses to redesign their entire payment process, the platform brings bank payments, payment links, invoicing and integration capabilities into a unified payment experience.
Why the APAC Payments Excellence Awards recognition matters
The APAC Payments Excellence Awards celebrate payments innovation and excellence across the Asia-Pacific region. The Best Payment Start-up Innovation category recognises emerging payments companies bringing new technology and payment experiences to market.
For ShaBaas Pay, the recognition provides independent industry validation of its work in Australian payments and strengthens the company's position as an emerging Australian fintech focused on real-time, account-to-account payment infrastructure.
Building payment experiences for Australian businesses
ShaBaas Pay is building payment infrastructure for businesses that want faster access to funds, lower-cost bank-payment options and more control over customer payment journeys. The platform supports use cases including invoice payments, payment links, hosted checkout, PayTo agreements, PayID and API-based integrations.
Learn more about real-time payments in Australia, explore ShaBaas Pay payment links, or review the ShaBaas Pay payment API.
Official sources
See the official 2025 winners announcement from the APAC Payments Excellence Awards and learn more about the Emerging Payments Association Asia.