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Singapore Gears Up to Become A Fintech Leader, MAS Announces Major Initiatives
As part of Singapore’s plan to become the world’s first Smart Nation, the city-state’s financial regulator and central bank has announced a series of initiatives aimed at fostering the fintech sector and build its Smart Financial Center. The Monetary Authority
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Customers Willing to Shift to Mobile Money for International Transfers
Mobile international money transfer services have significant potential to gain traction and market share as 92% of consumers are willing to ditch traditional money transmitter services for a mobile method, according to a new survey. Entitled ‘Mobile Financial Services Consumer
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Top 8 Blockchain, Bitcoin and Crypto Companies in Singapore
Triggered in August 2014, Singapore’s Smart Nation initiative intends to turn the city-state into the world’s first smart nation. This major digital transformation, expected to be fulfilled by 2030, is aimed at turning Singapore into a hyper-connected country where the
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27 Upcoming Fintech and Digital Banking Events in (Southeast) Asia in 2016
Asia is becoming a hot bed for fintech with surges in investments and growing interest from foreign investors. Things are moving fast in the fintech world and it gets harder and harder to keep up with the burgeoning industry. What
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5 Key Fintech Trends and Data from Citi’s ‘Digital Disruption’ Report
Changing consumer behavior combined with advances in technology has changed the relationship that customers have with their bank and with their finances. Customers rely less and less on walking into a branch for their banking needs, and instead have digital
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InsurTech Startup PolicyPal Wants to Help People Manage, Track and Understand Their Insurance Policies
Earlier this month, notorious accelerator program Startupbootcamp Fintech Singapore unveiled the ten teams it had picked to integrate the program, among which PolicyPal, a young and ambitious startup that intends to help us manage our insurance matters more easily. The
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