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| Aug 15, 2023 | A Snapshot of Major Real-Time Payments Networks in Asia | Real-time payments are transactions made between bank accounts, processed, cleared, and settled within seconds, o any given day or time. The FIS Global Payments Report 2023 highlights the Asia Pacific region as a global frontrunner in real-... |
| Aug 2, 2023 | New Startup Map Showcases Thailand’s Growing Fintech Startup Ecosystem | Despite being somewhat of a laggard compared with the likes of Indonesia and Singapore, Thailand’s fintech industry is developing well and featuring today some 107 startups, a new startup map released by the Fintech News Network shows.
The ... |
| Jul 18, 2023 | APAC to Make up for Nearly Half of Global Fintech Revenue by 2030 | Global fintech revenue is projected to grow sixfold between 2021 and 2030 to reach US$1.5 trillion annually. Asia-Pacific (APAC) will make up for the lion’s share of that sum, accounting for 40% of global fintech revenue or generating US$60... |
| Jun 8, 2023 | Uncovering Why APAC Digital Banks Aren’t Making Money | In response to the evolving demands of customers and the need to address the limitations of traditional retail banking, there has been a significant rise in the number of digital-first banks operating in the Asia Pacific (APAC) territories.... |
| Jun 7, 2023 | Thunes Pockets Over US$60 Million in Series C to Expand Global Footprint | Global cross-border payments firm Thunes has raised more than US$60 million during its Series C funding round led by hedge fund Marshall Wace with support from Bessemer Venture Partners and a newly raised Southeast Asian private equity firm... |
| May 30, 2023 | A List of Digital Banks in Asia | Are digital first banks in Asia poised to lead a disruptive charge against well-entrenched, established commercial banks?
In the traditional banking sphere globally, but especially true in Asia, there is a considerable proportion of unbanke... |
| May 16, 2023 | How Much Does It Cost to Build a Digital Bank in ASEAN? | In the face of a gloomy international economic forecast and a dwindling liquidity pool, profitability has become a pressing concern for the chief executive of any digital bank emerging in the ASEAN region.
Digital banking is in its nascent ... |
| Apr 19, 2023 | Deconstructing the Evolution of the Fintech Sector in Asia | Since the term ‘fintech’ was first coined in the early 2010s, the financial technology sector and the ecosystem around it has undergone a massive evolution. A fluctuating economic climate has seen some startups go public, while others have ... |
| Feb 15, 2023 | BIS Unveils New Stablecoin and Defi Monitoring Platform, With Focus on CBDC | The Bank of International Settlements (BIS) Innovation Hub has just unveiled its 2023 priorities, focusing on stablecoins, central bank digital currencies (CBDC), data monitoring, and cybersecurity.
Over the past years, the BIS Innovation H... |
| Feb 1, 2023 | Crypto Lessons From 2022 The Industry Should Avoid in 2023 | As any crypto industry observer surely knows, 2022 was one of the most turbulent years since Bitcoin hit mainstream notoriety and digital asset markets became a sphere of interest for fintech companies and private investors alike.
The early... |
| Dec 20, 2022 | Binance Buys Majority Stake in Indonesia’s Tokocrypto, Lays off 58% Of Workforce | Global cryptocurrency exchange Binance announced that it has become the majority shareholder in Indonesia’s crypto assets digital exchange Tokocrypto. Details of the transaction was not disclosed.
Tokocrypto is the first crypto exchange in ... |
| Dec 19, 2022 | Top Fintech Events Taking Place in Asia in Q1 2023 | Fintech is one of the most dynamic industries in Asia, a booming sector that’s risen on the back of rapid adoption of digital financial solutions, soaring funding activity and the presence of a young and digitally-savvy population that’s ea... |
| Dec 6, 2022 | Airwallex Appoints Kai Wu as Its First Singapore-Based C-Suite Exec | Payments company Airwallex announced that it has appointed Kai Wu as its Chief Revenue Officer (CRO) and Asia-Pacific General Manager (APAC GM).
Kai He will lead the new functions from Singapore, making this the company’s first C-suite exec... |
| Nov 9, 2022 | Monetising in the Metaverse: Distant Possibility or Reality? | In the virtual world of the metaverse, people don’t just visit – they inhabit. It’s a place where they can be whoever they want to be and do whatever they want.
The term ‘metaverse’ was first coined in a book by Neal Stephenson called Snow ... |
| Nov 7, 2022 | HashKey Capital Secures In-Principle Approval CMS License | HashKey Capital announced at the Singapore Fintech Festival that it has received in-principle approval for the Capital Markets Services license from the Monetary Authority of Singapore.
A full Capital Markets Services license would allow th... |
| Oct 28, 2022 | Fintech News Network: The First Media Company in Asia Going for a 4-Day Workweek | Fintech News Network (FNN), who runs dedicated Fintech News Hubs, has become one of the first media outlets to implement a four-day workweek.
The move comes as the company looks to improve work-life balance for its employees and meet the de... |
| Oct 25, 2022 | Hong Kong Fintech Week 2022 Is Amped up to Push the Boundaries of Fintech | Invest Hong Kong (InvestHK) has unveiled details of Hong Kong Fintech Week 2022 (HKFW), which will take place in person and virtually from 31 October to 4 November.
Themed “Pushing Boundaries, Reaping Benefits”, the seventh edition of the f... |
| Oct 17, 2022 | Endowus Acquires Carret Private to Serve as Launchpad for Entry Into Hong Kong | Digital wealth advisory platform Endowus announced that it has acquired a majority stake in Hong Kong-based wealth manager Carret Private Investments.
Continuing to operate under the individual Endowus and Carret Private brands, the group’s... |
| Oct 11, 2022 | MAS’ Ravi Calls on Fintechs to Solve Two Foundational Issues | The two challenges in financial services where fintech can potentially play a positive transformative role are cross-border payment and settlement as well as high quality and trusted ESG data, said Ravi Menon, Managing Director at the Monet... |
| Oct 4, 2022 | ShopBack Raises Additional US$80 Million From Temasek’s 65 Equity Partners | Shopping and rewards platform ShopBack announced that it has extended its Series F funding round with US$80 million of equity capital from Temasek’s 65 Equity Partners. The completion of the raise is subject to customary regulatory approval... |
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| Sep 15, 2022 | Singapore Poised to Become a Wealthtech Powerhouse | Singapore’s wealthtech sector is growing at a fast pace. Amid soaring venture funding and booming adoption of robo-advisors, the city-state is on a path to becoming a leading wealthtech hub in Asia-Pacific (APAC), a new report by KPMG and E... |
| Aug 25, 2022 | Endowus Surpasses S$2 Billion in AUM | Endowus, a digital wealth advisory platform licensed by the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS), announced that it has crossed S$2 billion in client assets across its private wealth and public pension (CPF & SRS) offerings.
In the pas... |
| Aug 25, 2022 | Top 7 Fintech Startups in Vietnam in 2022 | Vietnam is one of Asia’s most dynamic startups scenes, a burgeoning ecosystem that’s risen on the back of the country’s booming digital economy, a young population willing to test and adopt new technology consumer services, and a surge in o... |
| Aug 12, 2022 | Visa: More Than One Third of APAC Consumers Likely to Use DeFi in Next 6 Months | In Asia-Pacific (APAC), though decentralized finance (DeFi) remains a nascent sector, adoption of DeFi services among consumers is growing rapidly, fueled by the region’ burgeoning blockchain and cryptocurrency startup scene.
A 2022 survey ... |
| Aug 11, 2022 | Syfe Officially Launches in Australia, Offers Digital Brokerage Services | Singaporean robo advisor Syfe announced that it has officially launched in Australia, its third market after Hong Kong in the last quarter.
Syfe will first roll out its digital brokerage offering and has built a unique offering for investin... |
| Jul 27, 2022 | Rise of Super-Apps Puts Pressure on Incumbents | In Asia, bigtechs and new digital banking challengers are rapidly gaining ground, forcing incumbent banks to rethink their business strategy and become a part of the super-app ecosystem, a new report by Finextra, in association with Infosys... |
| Jun 27, 2022 | Less Than 5% of the World’s 400 Neobanks are Profitable | Neobanking has been one of the most talked-about fintech segments of the past decade, a buzzing industry that’s seen an average of 68 new ventures being launched each year since 2017, data from consulting firm Simon-Kucher show.
But despite... |
| Apr 4, 2022 | Meet the Fintechs in Financial Times’ Top 500 High-Growth APAC Companies | The Financial Times (FT) has released its fourth annual ranking of growth champions in Asia-Pacific (APAC), recognizing the region’s fastest growing companies.
The FT ranking, compiled with data partner Statista, aims to identify the APAC c... |
| Mar 2, 2022 | APAC’s Traditional Banks Are Shifting to a Cloud-First Strategy to Combat Digital Banks | Growing competition from new cloud native technology players, and rising demand from customers for digital-first, intelligent services are forcing banks in Asia-Pacific (APAC) to migrate to cloud-based infrastructure and become data-driven,... |
| Feb 16, 2022 | Decentralized Finance (DeFI) Next Growth Phase Will Be Driven by So-Called “MetaFi” | The upcoming growth in decentralized finance (DeFi) will be driven by the ability to embed DeFi applications into the open metaverse.
This concept, which venture capital (VC) firm Outlier Ventures refers to as MetaFi, or metaverse finance, ... |
| Feb 11, 2022 | Thailand’s Financial Regulator Lays out Plans for Payments Using Digital Assets | Thailand’s central bank and financial regulator have shared their views and positions on regulating the new, digital-powered financial landscape, outlining plans to issue virtual banking guidelines, rules on the use of digital assets for pa... |
| Feb 6, 2022 | 100+ Fresh Startup Submission Sites List 2022 | Submit Your Startup Free | Startup Preeti Mishra 6 February 2022
One of the most opt asked questions from the startups in India that how to grow their business and how to promote? The most relevant answer by a digital marketing expert is ‘link building’. Now the thin... |
| Jan 28, 2022 | Singapore Maintains Position as ASEAN’s Hub for Cross-Border E-Commerce Platforms | Across the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), Singapore has become the central hub for cross-border e-commerce platforms, favored by industry players for the forward-looking planning and deployment by the government of an advan... |
| Jan 19, 2022 | Mastercard Users Can Soon Buy NFTs From Coinbase’s Marketplace | Mastercard announced a partnership with cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase to let people use their Mastercard cards to make purchases on the latter’s upcoming non-fungible token (NFT) marketplace.
This partnership comes on the heels of the co... |
| Jan 13, 2022 | Airwallex Officially Kicks off in Singapore | Cross border payments company Airwallex announced its official launch in Singapore, following its grant of a Major Payment Institution (MPI) license by the Monetary Authority of Singapore and a beta launch in November last year.
Singapore b... |
| Jan 11, 2022 | Illicit Crypto Transaction Activity Reaches All-Time High Driven by DeFi Frenzy | Last year, the red hot decentralized finance (DeFi) sector was a prime target for cyber criminals whom managed to siphon billions of dollars worth of cryptocurrencies from investors, new data from blockchain data platform Chainalysis show.
... |
| Jan 7, 2022 | Top 5 Fintech Trends in Asia in 2022 | With 2021 behind us, fintech experts and industry participants are sharing their predictions for the year to come, looking at the trends that shaped 2021 to predict the top fintech trends in Asia in 2022
Funding activities, industry develop... |
| Jan 5, 2022 | Incumbents Need to Adopt BaaS as Digital Banks Grows in Popularity | As neobanks and digital challengers continue to advance and become increasingly more popular, incumbents must modernize their architecture by embracing cloud-native digital platforms, a new article by consulting firm Bain & Company and ... |
| Jan 4, 2022 | Asia’s Top 10 Largest Fintech Exits Announced in 2021 | In 2021, global fintech exits reached new heights, totaling 724 transactions comprising mergers and acquisitions (M&As), initial public offerings (IPOs) and mergers with special purpose acquisition companies (SPAC), data from CB Insight... |
| Dec 14, 2021 | 5 Green Fintech Startups in APAC Worth Following | In Asia-Pacific (APAC), sustainable financing has gained momentum over the past years as regulators across the region step up efforts to promote the development of green finance and facilitate the transition to a sustainable future.
In Sing... |
| Dec 6, 2021 | What is Behind the Metaverse Boom? | The metaverse, a concept referring to a shared virtual environment that people access via the Internet, has become one of the hottest business trends this year, building on the accelerated shift to digital channels, growth of the augmented ... |
| Nov 30, 2021 | The Hong Kong Fintech Week 2021 Ends on a High Note | Hong Kong Fintech Week (HKFW) 2021 ended on November 5, closing a global conference exploring an array of business opportunities for the fintech industry in Hong Kong and across the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area (GBA).
The even... |
| Nov 8, 2021 | MAS Green Lights Payments Unicorn Airwallex to Operate in Singapore | Cross border payments company Airwallex, announced that its Singapore entity has been granted a Major Payment Institution License by the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) under the Payment Services Act at the Singapore Fintech Festival ... |
| Oct 8, 2021 | Digital Banking Reaches New Level of Maturity in APAC | In Asia-Pacific (APAC), the COVID-19 pandemic has brought the digital banking industry to a new level of maturity with penetration now approaching 90% across the region. This surge was largely driven by emerging markets, where adoption soar... |
| Oct 4, 2021 | Why Singapore Remains One of the Best Place to Start a Fintech Business | Singapore has consistently ranked amongst the top locations in the world to start a business, recognized by the global community for its competitive corporate tax rate, skilled workforce, advanced infrastructure, and political stability.
Fo... |
| Sep 3, 2021 | Robo Advisor StashAway Makes Its Thailand Debut | Southeast Asian digital wealth manager StashAway is now available to Thailand residents and is regulated by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).
According to central bank data, people in Thailand are increasingly investing in overs... |
| Sep 2, 2021 | Standard Chartered Joins Global Digital Finance’s Board to Accelerate Crypto Adoption | Standard Chartered has become the first bank to join the Global Digital Finance’s (GDF) patron board to advocate and accelerate the adoption of best practices for crypto and digital assets.
The GDF is an international alliance of some of in... |
| Sep 1, 2021 | Hong Kong’s Hex Trust Secures Digital Custody License From MAS | Hex Trust, a Hong Kong-based digital asset custodian, has secured a Capital Markets Services (CMS) license from the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS).
The CMS license allows the company to provide custodial services regulated under Sing... |
| Aug 10, 2021 | Top 10 Fintech and Insurtech Innovation Labs in Singapore to Check Out in 2021 | Singapore, which has set out to become one of the leading fintech hubs in the world, has witnessed the establishment of dozens of innovations labs in recent years as banks and foreign tech firms are looking to capitalize on the city state’s... |
| Jun 15, 2021 | Southeast Asia Enters Digital Banking Era | The transformation of consumer expectations and incumbent banks’ slowness to meet evolving consumer needs are creating significant opportunities for Southeast Asia’s new and upcoming digital banks, a Boston Consulting Group (BCG) study foun... |
| Jun 11, 2021 | LINE Rolls Out Its Third Digital Bank in Indonesia With Hana Bank | LINE Financial Asia, an affiliate of LINE Corporation, announced the launch of its digital banking platform in Indonesia, in a collaboration with PT Bank KEB Hana Indonesia, a subsidiary of South Korea’s Hana Bank.
This is the third market ... |
| May 3, 2021 | Ping An Insurance Group Remains Commmitted to Finance and Tech Strategy as it Receives Most Valuable Insurance Brand Award | Ping An Insurance has reportedly been named the most valuable insurance brand in the world in the Insurance 2021, 100 Ranking, which is a spot that the company has maintained for the 5th consecutive year.
Brand Finance, a brand valuation co... |
| Apr 21, 2021 | PayPal is on track to achieve its 2021 growth plan to expand its global footprint and digital capabilities | The payments giant is making two moves to facilitate its growth both in the US market and abroad.
PayPal detailed its plans to move into the Chinese payments market.
The company announced it will launch a wallet in China focused on cross-bo... |
| Apr 16, 2021 | New Fintech Podcasts and Webinar Series to Follow in 2021 | Podcasts and webinars have been around for decades but it’s only in the last few years that they became big business. Growth was further propelled by the COVID-19 pandemic that forced professionals to move to digital channels to continue ne... |
| Apr 9, 2021 | Top 10 Fintech Funding Mega Rounds in Asia Pacific in 2021 so Far | Fintech funding significantly picked up this year and is estimated to have reached US$15 billion in Q1’21, data from CB Insights show. In Asia, fintech investments are projected to surpass US$2.6 billion, the region’s highest quarterly tota... |
| Mar 30, 2021 | Fintech in Africa will Boom in 2022: Fintech News Network Launches Its 8th Publication | ADDIS ABABA/SINGAPORE/ZURICH – Media OutReach – 31 March 2021 – The Fintech News Network is pleased to announce the launch of our eighth publication: Fintech News Africa.
Screenshot of Fintech News Africa website
The Fintech News Network is... |
| Mar 29, 2021 | Fintech Funding for APAC in 2021 Predicted to Be Favourable | Fintech companies in Asia-Pacific (APAC) raised US$3.14 billion across 113 deals in Q4’20 (excluding capital raised by Grab and GoJek), the highest quarterly funding activity for the year. This signals a bright outlook for fintech funding a... |
| Mar 16, 2021 | Behind Singapore’s Ambitions to be Asia’s Leading Centre for Green Fintech | Singapore is looking to leverage its position as one of the world’s most developed fintech markets to become a leader in green fintech, a vision part of a broader movement for the nation to become sustainable.
During a speech at the Singapo... |
| Mar 15, 2021 | DBS First Asian Bank To Transact on AntChain’s Blockchain-Based Trade Financing Platform | Following the official launch of Trusple, AntChain’s international trade and financial services platform, DBS announced that it is the first Asian bank to successfully close a trade financing transaction on the platform, valued at over US$ ... |
| Mar 2, 2021 | Australia Saw Over 100 New Fintechs in 2020 as The Sector Matures | Australia is home to 733 active fintech companies, up from 629 in September 2019, reveals KPMG’s Fintech Landscape 2020 map. This represents an increase of 104 companies that joined the sector between September 2019 and December 2020.
The i... |
| Feb 3, 2021 | Indonesian E-Wallet OVO Rolls Out in-App Investment Product | Indonesian e-wallet unicorn OVO has tied up with Manulife Aset Manajemen Indonesia (MAMI) and its strategic partner Bareksa to roll out an instant redemption mutual fund. OVO claims that this offering is the first of its kind in Indonesia.
... |
| Jan 28, 2021 | What’s Next For Digital Insurer Singlife After Its Merger With Aviva? | 2020 was a good year for Singapore’s digital life insurer Singlife. The company completed its S$3.2 billion merger deal with Aviva Singapore, the largest transaction ever in the Singaporean insurance sector. It also launched the Singlife Ac... |
| Jan 13, 2021 | Rapyd Bags $300 Million in Series D Funding Round | Rapyd, a Fintech-as-a-Service company, announced a $300 million Series D financing round led by Coatue, a global technology-focused investment manager.
Several new investors participated in the financing, including Spark Capital, Avid Ventu... |
| Dec 23, 2020 | ZA Tech Forms Insurtech Joint Venture With Indonesian E-Wallet OVO | ZA Tech, the Hong Kong-based technology venture founded by insurance company ZhongAn Online and backed by Softbank’s Vision Fund, announced that it has formed a joint venture with the holding company of e-wallet OVO, to offer Indonesian ins... |
| Dec 14, 2020 | StanChart Inches Closer to Singaporean Digibank After New Classification by MAS | Standard Chartered Bank (Singapore) Limited (SCBSL) has been awarded enhanced Significantly Rooted Foreign Bank (SRFB) privileges by the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS), indicating that it is making moves for a second digital-only ban... |
| Dec 1, 2020 | Rapyd Kicks off in Thailand Partnering Leading Thai Payment Solution Providers | Rapyd, a Fintech-as-a-Service company, has announced the launch of its ‘all-in-one’ suite of payment capabilities in Thailand which is its seventh global market.
Rapyd’s solution is a comprehensive set of local and international payment met... |
| Nov 12, 2020 | Standard Chartered Selects AWS’ Cloud Services in 60 Markets | Standard Chartered Bank has signed on Amazon Web Services (AWS) for a five-year agreement to run its banking systems and customer-facing applications on the latter’s cloud infrastructure.
The partnership deepens the existing relationship be... |
| Nov 10, 2020 | 15 Upcoming Fintech Webinars and Virtual Events to Watch Live in APAC Time Zones | With the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, a growing number of webinars and virtual events are being hosted to provide industry participants with networking opportunities all the while ensuring people’s health and safety.
For those stuck at home b... |
| Nov 2, 2020 | Achieving Financial Institutions’ Stringent Cloud and Data Security | Over the past years, cloud computing has become a key technological enabler for innovative service development, allowing industries to tap into new service models and improve productivity, cost-efficiency and flexibility.
Banking and capita... |
| Oct 23, 2020 | 5 Reasons Why Hong Kong Fintech Week 2020 Is a Must-Attend Event of the Year | Working over the last eight months with FinTech leaders and experts, together with global software engineers, computer graphic designers, digital artists, event and media professionals, Hong Kong FinTech Week (HKFW) will attract over 25,000... |
| Oct 20, 2020 | LINE Launches “Social Banking” Platform with Thailand’s KASIKORNBANK | Social media platform and messaging app LINE has launched LINE BK which is powered by KASIKORNBANK, for the first “social banking” platform in Thailand. LINE’s push into financial services in Thailand is far from its first, in Taiwan, LINE ... |
| Oct 7, 2020 | APAC Leads the Way on Central Bank Digital Currencies | The global crisis caused by the COVID-19 pandemic has rapidly pushed many businesses into a digital world. Central banks are now also adapting the architecture of money to this new digital business reality, but some countries are more forwa... |
| Sep 10, 2020 | Mastercard Launches Central Bank Digital Currencies Testing Platform | Mastercard announced a proprietary virtual testing environment for central banks to evaluate Central Bank Digital Currencies (CBDC) use cases.
The platform enables the simulation of issuance, distribution and exchange of CBDCs between banks... |
| Aug 21, 2020 | DBS’ Report: Asia at the Forefront of the Digital Currency, Payments Revolution | Asia is the largest market for digital payments and will maintain its leading position with an estimated 16% compounded annual growth (CAGR) rate through the first half of this decade, according to a new report by Singapore’s DBS Bank.
In a... |
| Aug 19, 2020 | Standard Chartered Hires Judo Bank’s Co-Founder to Reportedly Work on Digital Bank in Singapore | Standard Chartered is working with Singapore’s National Trade Union Congress (NTUC) Enterprise on its second digital-only bank in Asia, people familiar with the matter told media.
The new initiative is still at an early stage, the persons s... |
| Aug 12, 2020 | Philippines Central Bank Joins Digital Currency Race | Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP), the Philippines’ central bank, has created a committee to look at the feasibility and policy implications of issuing its own digital currency, governor Benjamin E. Diokno said on July 29.
“We have to first... |
| Aug 3, 2020 | Standard Chartered Enters Crypto Custody Business, Targets Year End Pilot Launch | Standard Chartered is the latest bank to get into the crypto custody business, unveiled earlier this month that its innovation, ventures and fintech investments unit, SC Ventures, has been working on a solution for the institutional market ... |
| Jul 30, 2020 | Facial Recognition Technology Rapidly Picking Up Steam with Banks and Fintechs | Advancement in biometric technology, including facial recognition, touch ID fingerprint sensors and voice recognition, is creating new opportunities for fintech innovators to streamline the customer experience.
Facial recognition in particu... |
| Jul 28, 2020 | AMTD Group Chairman Talks Ecosystem Building, Fintech Talent Building, and More | Financial services group AMTD has reached numerous milestones this year as part of its fintech push. For Calvin Choi, chairman of the AMTD Group, the priorities now are centered around building up its ecosystem across the whole Asian region... |
| Jul 20, 2020 | APAC Banks Ramp up Digital Transformation to Prepare for Next Normal | The COVID-19 pandemic, the entry of digital banks as well as changing customer expectations are accelerating banks’ digital transformation plans. In Asia Pacific (APAC), 44% of the top 250 banks are now focused on completing their “connecte... |
| Jul 6, 2020 | AMTD Digital Continues Acquisition Spree in Singapore with FOMO Pay | AMTD Digital, the integrated digital solutions platform of AMTD Group, announced that it will acquire a controlling stake in FOMO Pay, a QR payments provider, via its “Fusion-in” programme, which involves using a combination of share swap a... |
| Jul 3, 2020 | Where Does The Future of Payments Lie For South East Asia? | The payment space in South East Asia is a hotbed for innovation with many players vying for a piece of the action, we’re seeing many exciting things happening in this space from interoperable QR payments to central bank-backed digital curre... |
| Jun 22, 2020 | How TikTok’s Owners Are Evolving from Your Kid’s Social Media to Becoming Your Bank | TikTok’s owner ByteDance is making inroads into fintech as the Chinese tech company is said to be negotiating a tie-up with an investment group linked to Singapore’s Lee business family, according to a Financial Times (FT) report.
The Lees ... |
| May 21, 2020 | Why falling in love with a new technology isn’t a solid basis for a business | CommunityOpinionStartups
Georg Chmiel · 28 May 2020 · 4 min readWhy falling in love with a new technology isn’t a solid basis for a business
One observation I’ve gathered from more than 25 years of working in online real estate is that too ... |
| May 2, 2020 | 5 Fintechs in Cambodia to Watch | Cambodia’s fintech industry is still nascent and though lacks behind its ASEAN neighbors including Singapore and Vietnam, the sector is growing steadily on the back of rapid adoption of digital payments and a large population of unbanked.
A... |
| Apr 28, 2020 | Ex-Skype Co-Founder Bags Yet Another US$ 50 Million For His Lending Startup to Expand into Vietnam | Oriente, a lending startup headquarted in Hong Kong and operating in the Philippines (via Cashalo) and Indonesia (via Finmas), announced today that they have secured a fresh capital injection of approximately $50 million in its on-going Ser... |
| Apr 14, 2020 | Vizor Software and Wolters Kluwer Announces Regtech Partnership in Singapore | Vizor Software and Wolters Kluwer’s Finance, Risk & Reporting (FRR) business today announced a partnership for the Singapore market that will increase the quality of regulatory reporting while reducing the time and effort required in re... |
| Apr 9, 2020 | Digibank Contender Lists its Subsdiary AMTD International on SGX | On April 8, 2020, AMTD International Inc. (“AMTD International”) (NYSE: HKIB; SGX: HKB), a subsidiary of AMTD Group, a leading comprehensive financial services conglomerate in Asia, announced its secondary listing on the Mainboard of the Si... |
| Apr 8, 2020 | 5 Fast Growing Fintechs in Singapore According to IDC | IDC Financial Insights today released the 2020 update of its FinTech Fast 101 research which details a list of fast-growing FinTechs in Asia/Pacific excluding Japan (APEJ) from 11 key markets.
IDC’s FinTech Fast 101 research refers to fast-... |
| Apr 8, 2020 | 5 Fastest Growing Fintechs in Vietnam According to IDC | IDC Financial Insights today released the 2020 update of its FinTech Fast 101 research which details a list of fast-growing FinTechs in Asia/Pacific excluding Japan (APEJ) from 11 key markets.
IDC’s FinTech Fast 101 research refers to fast-... |
| Apr 8, 2020 | 5 Fastest Growing Fintechs in Australia According to IDC | IDC Financial Insights today released the 2020 update of its FinTech Fast 101 research which details a list of fast-growing FinTechs in Asia/Pacific excluding Japan (APEJ) from 11 key markets.
IDC’s FinTech Fast 101 research refers to fast-... |
| Apr 8, 2020 | 10 Fastest Growing Fintechs in Indonesia According to IDC | IDC Financial Insights today released the 2020 update of its FinTech Fast 101 research which details a list of fast-growing fintechs in Asia/Pacific excluding Japan (APEJ) from 11 key markets.
IDC’s FinTech Fast 101 research refers to fast-... |
| Apr 8, 2020 | 5 Fastest Growing Fintechs in Thailand According to IDC | IDC Financial Insights today released the 2020 update of its FinTech Fast 101 research which details a list of fast-growing FinTechs in Asia/Pacific excluding Japan (APEJ) from 11 key markets.
IDC’s FinTech Fast 101 research refers to fast-... |
| Apr 8, 2020 | 5 Fastest Growing Fintech in The Philippines According to IDC | IDC Financial Insights today released the 2020 update of its FinTech Fast 101 research which details a list of fast-growing FinTechs in Asia/Pacific excluding Japan (APEJ) from 11 key markets.
IDC’s FinTech Fast 101 research refers to fast-... |
| Apr 8, 2020 | 10 Fastest Growing Fintechs in India According to IDC | IDC Financial Insights today released the 2020 update of its FinTech Fast 101 research which details a list of fast-growing FinTechs in Asia/Pacific excluding Japan (APEJ) from 11 key markets.
IDC’s FinTech Fast 101 research refers to fast-... |
| Mar 31, 2020 | How Governments Around The World Are Supporting SMEs During the COVID-19 Crisis | Around the world, countries are ramping up fiscal measures and financial aid programs to respond to the economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.
With our colleagues on the ground in Singapore, Malaysia, the Philippines, Hong Kong, Switzerl... |
| Mar 17, 2020 | HK-Based AMTD Acquires Insurtech Startup PolicyPal | AMTD Digital, the digital finance arm of AMTD Group announced that it will acquire a controlling stake of PolicyPal, a company licensed by the Monetary Authority of Singapore, and the first graduate of MAS fintech regulatory sandbox, which ... |
| Mar 12, 2020 | Standard Chartered Goes Big on Platformification Strategy with Nexus | Today, Standard Chartered launched its “Banking as a Service” solution, nexus. Through nexus, digital platforms and ecosystems like e-commerce, social media or ride hailing companies, will be able to offer loans, credit cards and savings ac... |
