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South Korea’s First Blockchain-Powered Remittance Service to Thailand and Philippines
This month Coinone Transfer, a payments business and a subsidiary of Coinone, introduced South Korea’s first blockchain-powered remittance mobile app and web service called Cross — offering faster, lower cost payments to Thailand and the Philippines. Unlike other remittance options in South
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Singapore Grants First Accelerated FinTech Patent
The Intellectual Property Office of Singapore (IPOS) has granted the first accelerated patent under its FinTech Fast Track initiative to Voyager Innovations, a technology company based in ASEAN. While patent grants typically take at least two to four years, and
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In Thailand you can Pay now with your Smartwatch “Garmin Pay”
Siam Commercial Bank has introduced the Garmin Pay contactless payment solution. This has been done in collaboration with CDG Group, sole distributor of Garmin products in Thailand and MasterCard and Visa. With a virtual SCB MasterCard or Visa credit card added to
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CIMB Launches Digital Bank in Vietnam and Digital Lounge in Saigon
CIMB Bank unveiled its first Digital Lounge in Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon) and launched its OCTO by CIMB mobile banking app for consumers. Ho Chi Minh City hosts CIMB Bank Vietnam’s first branch presence following the establishment of its
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45,000 Participants from 130 Countries Gathered at Singapore FinTech Festival 2018
The third edition of the Singapore FinTech Festival wrapped up its week-long event last Friday, which drew close to 45,000 participants from almost 130 countries, ranging from Afghanistan to Zambia. The Festival continues to be the biggest FinTech event in
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Standard Chartered Goes Instant Messaging with Clients in Singapore and HK
Standard Chartered is introducing new secure instant messaging and file-sharing features on mobile, tablet and laptop. Private and Priority Banking clients will now be able to interact with their Private Bankers and Relationship Managers to share banking-related and personal information
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Cambodian Fintech Startup Clik Raises USD$ 2 Million Seed Funding
Clik, a Phnom Penh-based startup building a Fintech platform has raised USD$2 million in seed funding from global partners and investors and is officially launching in Cambodia in Q2 of 2019 upon receiving its Payment Service Provider license from the
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Rate3 Bridges Enterprises with Blockchain’s Benefits Through Asset Tokenization
Rate3 envisions a future where all forms of assets – including money, stocks, real estate, intellectual property and even an individual’s time – are interchanged seamlessly between application users of various public blockchains. Over the past few decades, global economic
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Bambu is Digitising The Wealth Management Process
Traditional wealth management was popular for many decades. Given the large volume of managed funds and inclination of affluent clients to adopt conservative strategies, this investment approach was very successful. It was tough to imagine that anything could disrupt this
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Betting On Blockchain In A Decentralised World
Blockchain technology can help people, companies and governments carry out a variety of tasks such as banking more efficiently and securely. However, several key issues need to be addressed, including its ease of use. These were the views of experts
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