SEA SaaS Tracker: 2026-08-29

If you're running a small home-appliance store in Cebu and your Xendit invoice jumped by a few hundred pesos this month, you're not imagining things. This is the dated log of pricing, integration, and feature changes for Xendit, KiotViet, and StoreHub covering July-August 2026. Every entry below is sourced from vendor documentation, vendor newsrooms, or press releases, and each one lists exactly where it came from.

Xendit

• 2026-07-01 — New Xendit Pricing Policy takes effect, restructuring fees around a fixed processing fee plus payment-method and payout fees. Source: Xendit Help Center, "Xendit Pricing Policy."
• 2026-10-01 (effective) — New "Xendit Processing Fee" applies to every transaction attempt (payment acceptance, payouts, refunds), with the amount varying by country and payment method. Source: Xendit Help Center, "Xendit Pricing Policy."
• 2026-10-01 (effective) — Monthly Minimum Fee of USD 50 (or local-currency equivalent) applies to accounts classified as dormant. That means no transactions within 180 calendar days of go-live or since the last transaction, or monthly invoiced volume under USD 50. Source: Xendit Help Center, "Xendit Pricing Policy." That USD 50 floor works out to roughly THB 1,800 or PHP 2,900 at current rates. That's real money for a merchant who only processes a handful of orders a month.
• 2026-07-08/09 — Dragonpay (Philippines alternative-payments provider, in which Xendit held a strategic investment since 2021) is fully integrated as a Xendit company. Dragonpay keeps its own brand and local presence in the Philippines. Merchant onboarding now runs through Xendit, giving Dragonpay merchants access to 100+ payment methods, payouts, cross-border payments, and financing. Source: Xendit Newsroom press release, "Dragonpay Now a Xendit Company." Corroborated by Manila Times (2026-07-09) and TNGlobal (2026-07-08).

I think the dormant-account fee is the one worth watching. A seasonal seller in Iloilo who only runs a storefront around Christmas and graduation season could get billed USD 50 a month just for being quiet. That's the kind of fine print that catches small merchants off guard.

KiotViet

• 2026-08-05 — KiotViet and NAPAS (National Payment Corporation of Vietnam) sign a cooperation agreement to deploy the VietQRPay payment solution on the KiotViet retail-management platform. The deal also expands acceptance of VietQRGlobal for international tourists at KiotViet merchant locations. KiotViet is cited in the announcement as serving 300,000+ stores across all 63 provinces of Vietnam. Source: KiotViet, "KiotViet hop tac cung Napas: Tich hop thanh cong giai phap thanh toan VietQR." Corroborated by VnExpress, VietnamPlus, and Thoi bao Ngan hang, all dated 2026-08-05.
• Effective 2026-07-01 — KiotViet launches an "E-commerce Tax-Compliance Combo 2026," bundling sales management, e-invoicing, and tax declaration into one product. The launch is tied to Decree 254/2026/ND-CP, which took effect 2026-07-01 and imposes new e-invoice obligations on household and individual sellers on Shopee, TikTok Shop, Lazada, and Tiki. Source: KiotViet, "KiotViet ra mat Combo thuong mai dien tu chuan thue 2026." (The regulatory effective date is confirmed. KiotViet's own product-page publish date isn't independently pinned down beyond that July 1 tie-in.)

For a household seller in Hanoi or Da Nang who's been posting on TikTok Shop without an accountant, that combo is arguably the more urgent story than the VietQR tie-up. The QR deal is convenient. The tax combo is compliance, and skipping it after July 1 isn't really optional anymore.

StoreHub

• 2026-08-24 — ShardLab, a fintech venture studio backed by Hashed, makes a strategic investment in StoreHub and launches a joint venture to build new payment and rewards/loyalty systems for Southeast Asia. StoreHub operates in Malaysia, the Philippines, Thailand, and Japan, with 20,000+ merchant locations, 200 million+ transactions per year, and roughly USD 3.5 billion in annual transaction value, per the release. Source: PR Newswire, "ShardLab Invests in StoreHub, Launches Joint Venture to Explore Next-Generation Payments and Rewards in Southeast Asia." Corroborated by TNGlobal (2026-08-25).

USD 3.5 billion in annual transaction value works out to somewhere around MYR 16.5 billion when you convert it. That puts a real number on how much Malaysian retail already runs through StoreHub's till. Whether ShardLab's new loyalty layer actually shows up in-store by year-end is the part worth watching, not the investment headline itself.

Not confirmed this cycle

• No GCash- or PromptPay-specific Xendit partnership was found dated within this window.
• No Xendit product/AI feature release beyond the pricing policy and Dragonpay integration was found dated within this window.
• No KiotViet pricing-tier change was found dated within this window. KiotViet's last confirmed price adjustment (Goi Ho tro, Goi Chuyen nghiep, Goi Cao cap tiers) is dated 2025-05-01, which falls outside this cycle's 30-60 day scope.
• Sapo and Haravan (Vietnamese ecommerce platforms) were checked for this cycle and dropped: no pricing, integration, or feature change with a verifiable date in the last 30-60 days was found for either. Both platforms remain worth checking again next cycle, especially if Vietnam's e-invoice enforcement pushes more sellers toward consolidated tools.