Maya Business
Picture a small importer in Cebu moving ₱200,000 a month through Maya Business, or a Klang Valley furniture maker still reconciling e-invoices by hand. This week's three updates matter more than they look at first glance. None of them are flashy. All three change what it costs, or how much manual work it takes, to run money and paperwork through your business right now.
Maya cut its InstaPay transfer fee to other banks from ₱15 to ₱10, effective 2026-07-06. It announced the move on 2026-07-04, two days before it took effect, not exactly a long runway if you had automated fee calculations anywhere in your reconciliation sheet. Maya-to-Maya transfers and PESONet transfers stay free, unchanged.
This isn't Maya moving on its own, whatever the press release might imply. The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas ended a five-year moratorium on InstaPay and PESONet fees under Memorandum M-2026-025, issued 2026-06-17, and Maya's cut is a direct response to that policy shift. Several Philippine banks and e-wallets adjusted transfer fees in the same window, which tells you this was regulatory pressure, not competitive instinct.
For a merchant on Maya Business collecting customer payments and moving funds out to a settlement bank via InstaPay, the per-transfer cost just dropped by a third. That's real money if you're pushing thousands of small transfers a month, though I'd stop short of calling it a reason to switch platforms on its own. No change was found to Maya Business account fees, onboarding costs, or transaction rates on accepted payments in this window, so don't expect your monthly statement to look dramatically different.
Source: Philstar Business (philstar.com, 2026-07-04, "Maya to cut InstaPay transfer fee to P10"), GMA News Online (2026-07-05), Context.ph (2026-07-05).
AutoCount
AutoCount Accounting shipped version 2.2.22.30 on 2026-07-10, and it's the kind of release that won't show up in a sales demo but will save your bookkeeper real hours. The update lets you import supplier e-invoices directly from the MyInvois Portal and reconcile them against AutoCount records, plus it adds a mechanism to edit already-validated e-invoices within a 72-hour window after LHDN validation.
This builds on the earlier e-Invoice Reconciliation feature for sales invoices, which auto-matches AutoCount records against MyInvois Portal submissions on document number, customer, and amount, then flags anything rejected or missing. Put the two features together and AutoCount now covers reconciliation on both the sales and purchase side of e-invoicing, a gap that, frankly, should have closed months ago given the rollout's timeline.
The timing isn't an accident. Malaysia's phased e-Invoice rollout hit Phase 5, covering businesses with annual revenue up to RM1 million, on 2026-07-01. Since 2026-01-01, any single sale exceeding RM10,000 requires its own individual e-invoice; you can no longer consolidate above that threshold. If you're a Penang manufacturer or a Johor Bahru trading company just entering Phase 5, this release lands at almost exactly the right moment. No pricing change was found for AutoCount licenses or subscriptions in this window.
Source: AutoCount official blog (autocount.biz.my, "What's New in AutoCount Accounting Version 2.2.22.30"), AutoCount Resource Center release notes (wiki.autocountsoft.com).
Xendit
Xendit integrated Dragonpay, the Philippines' alternative payments platform, into its network on 2026-07-08, building on a partnership the two companies started back in 2021. Dragonpay's roughly 905 merchants now get access to more than 100 payment methods, payout services, financing options, and cross-border payments through Xendit's infrastructure. That's a meaningful jump for merchants who were previously locked into Dragonpay's narrower rail.
The integration is part of a broader regional build-out. Xendit acquired Malaysia-based Payex in 2025 and expanded into Thailand in 2024, and Dragonpay joining the network extends that footprint into a fourth Philippine payment channel under Xendit's umbrella. If you're a Manila-based online retailer already routing payments through Xendit, this is one more settlement option without you having to lift a finger.
Keep this separate in your head from the Xendit Processing Fee changes reported here on 2026-08-05, which take effect 2026-09-01 for Xendit Philippines Inc. accounts and 2026-10-01 elsewhere. The Dragonpay integration doesn't touch that fee schedule; a Dragonpay-routed transaction still falls under Xendit's standard per-method pricing once the new fees kick in.
Source: BusinessWorld Online (bworldonline.com, 2026-07-09, "Xendit integrates Dragonpay into Southeast Asian network"), TechNode Global (2026-07-08), Daily Tribune (tribune.net.ph, 2026-07-10 and 2026-07-11).
Coverage note
Three updates, three different kinds of change. Maya's InstaPay reduction is regulator-driven: the BSP forced the industry's hand, and Maya just moved first. AutoCount's release fills a specific compliance gap, purchase-side e-invoice reconciliation, right before Malaysia's Phase 5 deadline made it urgent. Xendit's Dragonpay integration adds merchant reach in the Philippines without touching the processing-fee schedule already announced for September and October.
None of these updates will make headlines outside the region. But if you're closing the books at a Bangkok agency, a Cebu import shop, or a KL manufacturer, this is exactly where the real cost of doing business in Southeast Asia moves.