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Indonesia Turn to E-Payment Services as the Sector Takes the Lion’s Share in Local Fintech Market

With the proliferation of e-commerce, 43% of the fintech players in Indonesia are in the payment sector, with offerings ranging from mobile payment to payment gateway, according to the Indonesia Fintech Association (IFA) report 2017. The growth of e-commerce  has

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Fintech Accelerators and Incubators in Singapore, Hong Kong and Southeast Asia

Accelerators and incubators play an important role within a startup ecosystem, as they provide a platform for young teams and startups to connect with successful entrepreneurs, allowing them to learn from the bests while securing funding and connecting with potential

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Opening Shot For International Regulation For The Fintech Industry

There is a Chinese saying that roughly translates to ‘A Tall Tree Catches The Wind’ (树大招风) and this is an adept saying for the Fintech industry. The fintech industry had grown from its nascent stage in 2005 and it is

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Assurity Partners V-Key For New Mobile Software Authentication Solution

Assurity Trusted Solutions has inked a collaboration with V-Key, a global leader in digital mobile security and accredited by the Infocomm Media Development Authority (IMDA), to deliver an innovative form of authentication via V-Key’s mobile soft token application called V-Tap.

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Temenos Buys Fintech Companies for APAC Growth

Swiss listed banking tech giant Temenos is making a big play for the APAC market after gaining massive ground on global software kingpins like Oracle in other regions, and has just signed an agreement to acquire ASX-listed fintech Rubik Financial

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KPMG and Microsoft Announce New “Blockchain Nodes”

KPMG International and Microsoft have announced the launch of joint Blockchain Nodes, which are designed to create and demonstrate use cases that apply blockchain technology to business propositions and processes. The first joint Blockchain Nodes are in Frankfurt and Singapore,

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Two Online-Pawnshops: For Rich and for Poor

Pawnshops that moved online has also shown interesting business strategies. And it can be observed with two extremely different types of audiences. British Borro, who attracted £5,6M provides online secured loans through a customer’s luxury assets, targeting the top 10%

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Top Fintech Vietnam News from January 2017

Read here all the important fintech news around Fintech in Vietnam from January. You can subscribe to the monthly Fintech Vietnam Newsletter here. Save The Date: Fintech Saigon Meetup, March 9th Save the Date: Fintech Startup Investments Firechat with Eddie Thai

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23 Fintech Events All Over The World in 2017 You Must Attend

In the recent times, we have seen a trend of new technologies in the Fintech. To keep up with these, various Fintech Events 2017 are organized across the globe from Asia to America and Europe to Australia and Africa. Let’s

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