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16 Innovative Swiss Companies You’ll Meet at Singapore Fintech Festival 2018
One wouldn’t usually associate Switzerland and Singapore in the realms of fintech, but both worlds are colliding at the Singapore Fintech Festival. From 12th-14th November 2018, the Swiss Pavilion in the Singapore Fintech Festival this year will be hosting a
Read MoreHow To Build A Robo For Your Business
Robo advisory has become a household word in financial circles and is becoming commoditised in the marketplace. While a positive trend for the development of the industry, it does raise important questions, especially for those who are thinking about adopting
Read MoreGrabPay Inks Thailand Partnership with Kasikorn Bank — Cements Presence in All 6 ASEAN Countries
Grab is ramping up its fintech ambitions, the company announced today that they have secured a strategic partnership with Kasikorn Bank, a major banking group in Thailand. In this partnership both parties will jointly introduce a co-branded mobile wallet dubbed
Read More35 Innovative Fintech Founders in the Philippines
Despite the Philippines’ catch up internet speed, mobile connectivity, and financial inclusion, it has attracted and inspired many innovative people in the business and technology sectors who saw all these problems as opportunities in disguise. Latest statistics showed that in
Read MoreCurrency Project Initiative Q Is All Over Social Media– Be Careful, Your Data or Reputation are at Risk!
A new currency project called Initiative Q has been all over social media these past weeks as promoters are pushing to enroll more and more people to the scheme as part of a multi-level marketing campaign. But critics are warning
Read MoreThe Largest Blockchain Event In Bali: Over 500 Delegates attended XBlockchain
From making the world’s first blockchain phone call, to the roll-out of eco-friendly tokens, to new public sector uses, to the tokenization of new industries the latest developments in blockchain technology were unveiled to an international audience in Bali this
Read MoreWhy The Next Insurtech Unicorns Are Going to Come From Asia
We thought 2018 was going to become the year of the blockchain, and while the ledger is still a hot-button topic, the relatively older insurtech scene has risen to the top of the fintech pile thanks to a 2017 boost.
Read More6 Proudly Singaporean Companies in KPMG’s Fintech100 This Year
The 5th iteration of KPMG’s annual Fintech 100 list has come out recently, in a bid to highlight dynamic fintechs from around the world that are doing something right in the financial services industry, be it digital payments, lending, insurtech,
Read MoreThe Philippines Fintech Report 2018
Note: We’ve update this report, the 2020 edition of the Fintech Report can be found here With a population of over 100 million, just 31% of adults having a bank account, and a mobile penetration of 58%, the Philippines
Read MoreMobile Payments, Internet Banking See Rapid Growth in Vietnam
Vietnam has been experiencing a digital wave in its financial and banking industry, with payments through mobile banking services surging by a whopping 144% per year over the past five years, experts said at a conference last week. During the
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