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Singapore And India go Closer in Fintech
The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) and the Government of Andhra Pradesh (GoAP) today signed a FinTech Cooperation Agreement to promote innovation in financial services in their respective markets. Anresh Pradesh is a state in India with a populuation of
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How To Deploy Funds For Innovation
In the previous post we talked about how one can think about the amount to be invested in Innovation by comparing the investment to the premium of a call option. This post is about how to deploy capital, possibly in
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Innovation Investment – a Call Option!?
For corporate executives and decision makers this is where the journey starts, they ask themselves: How much of my investment budget do I have to allocate to “Innovation”? And luckily many firms in the Financial Services industry have already found
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J. P. Morgan Launches Indonesia Virtual Banks
J.P. Morgan has launched its virtual branch in Indonesia, the second location globally where it has been rolled out. Offered via the J.P. Morgan ACCESS® OnlineSM, the virtual branch is a fully integrated platform that provides a comprehensive suite of banking
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Top 5 Crowdfunding Platforms for Thailand
In recent years crowdfunding platforms have become increasingly popular around the globe. As a method of garnering support, both financial and resource-wise they have proved to be a very effective tool. There are two basic models when it comes to
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BankGo Launches Open Beta in Vietnam And Just Closed a Seed Round With $3m Premoney Valuation
BankGo is a financial comparison platform for personal loans (housing, car, consumer loans) and credit cards in Vietnam. They launched a close beta version on March 2016 and got 250,000 USD loan book via the platform. Through BankGo, Borrowers can
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Fintech Regulatory Sandbox Framework for Malaysia
Bank Negara Malaysia today issued details of Fintech Regulatory Sandbox Framework following a one month consultation on the proposed Framework which was released on 29 July 2016. The regulatory sandbox will enable the experimentation of fintech solution in a live environment,
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India’s Fintech Sector Poised to Take Off
India’s fintech scene is quickly transitioning into a dynamic ecosystem for startups to grow as the government and regulators are aggressively supporting the ambition of the Indian economy to become a cashless digital economy and emerge as a strong fintech contestant.
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Mobile Payments Move into Hawker Centres: Is Cash Officially Dead?
Hawkers in Singapore’s Tiong Bahru and Bukit Timah centres are riding at the forefront of the revolution that will kill off cash as they begin to use a simple mobile payment system. Modern life in Southeast Asia is already technology-driven,
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5 Mobile Payment Methods in Thailand that you Must Know
Fintech services in Thailand, in recent years, are growing exponentially. In the world in general this is one of the fastest growing markets, but Asia seems to be taking up Fintech in larger numbers than ever before. In Southeast Asia
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