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Asiacollect Launches CMS Advisory Services, Expands To Indonesia And Philippines

AsiaCollect, a professional Credit Management Services (“CMS”), launched CMS Advisory Services. CMS Advisory Services target consumer loan originators, and support them in bringing the performance of their CMS operations to a new level of operational quality, in terms of collection efficiency,

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Regarding the State Bank Statement about Vietnam to illegalize Bitcoin

A statement from Bitcoin Vietnam reacting to the recent State Bank of Vietnam press release and various media interpreting this statement potentially wrong. The State Bank of Vietnam has issued a press release reaffirming that Bitcoin is (1) not a legal currency,

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Fintech Insurance in Singapore

Markel International, the specialist insurer, has unveiled a fintech policy offering comprehensive protection for businesses in the financial technology sector in Asia, having successfully launched it in the UK early last year. Simon Moi, Senior underwriter and head of professional

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Bandboo’s New P2P Excess Protection Eases The Sting Of Accident Insurance

Bandboo, a Singapore-based insurance technology platform startup, announced a new product to protect drivers from costly car excess insurance payments. Insurance excess, the payment drivers are liable to pay towards a claim made on a car insurance policy, can be

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World’s First Full-Featured Virtual Banking Assistant On Facebook Messenger?

ATB Financial officially launches a virtual banking assistant to the company’s nearly 700,000 personal banking customers, working with FinTech Finn.ai to make access to secure, day-to-day personal banking as easy as initiating a conversation in Facebook Messenger. “At ATB we’re

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Tokyo Metropolitan Government Selects Singapore Fintech For Fintech Program

Moneythor, a digital banking toolkit and data-driven personalisation engine, is one of 8 companies selected globally by the Tokyo Metropolitan Government for its inaugural FinTech Business Camp program. 4 of them are foreign companies. Aiming to reclaim the title of

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Digital Transformation And Cybersecurity Are Top Concerns Of CROs

Risk management functions within financial services organizations are primarily concerned with cybersecurity and data-related risks at their firms, according to the EY and Institute of International Finance (IIF) eighth annual global bank risk management survey of Chief Risk Officers (CROs): Restore,

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Prudential Boosts Singapore Insurtech Scene With PRU Fintegrate Partnership

Prudential Singapore (Prudential) today announced the launch of the PRU Fintegrate Partnership (PRU Fintegrate) which seeks to collaborate with fintech startups in Singapore and globally, and to co-develop digital solutions for customers. This is the first programme of its kind

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Bankbazaar Secures US$ 30 Million In Series D Funding Led By Experian

BankBazaar.com, India’s leading financial marketplace with 50 Million visits per quarter, raised US$30 Million in a funding round led by Experian, the world’s largest credit rating agency and information management company. BankBazaar’s mission is to help consumers access the right

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Hitachi Vantara Singapore Launches Its First Fintech Codeathon

Hitachi Vantara, a wholly owned subsidiary of Hitachi Ltd.  announced its very first Fintech Codeathon, CodeSG, that will take place from 3 – 5 November, 2017, at The Hangar at NUS Enterprise. The 2.5-day codeathon is open to developers, designers, tertiary students and

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