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Fintech Lending to Drive Indonesia’s Economic Growth
As the world’s fourth most populous country in the world, with more than 60% of its population of working age, Indonesia has unique economic potential. However, one of the key elements needed for the country to reach its full economic
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From Libra to WhatsApp Pay — A Glance at Facebook’s Fintech Play
For years, social networking giant Facebook has shown interest in the fintech market, partnering with PayPal to build digital payment capabilities into its Messenger app, testing and introducing payment services on its various messaging platforms, and exploring blockchain and cryptocurrency
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Tokenize Xchange Announces Listing of Gold-Backed Token Digix
Singapore-based Tokenize Xchange announces its partnership with Digix, a company based in Singapore to change the way users manage their physical assets. The partnership constitutes the listing of Digix Gold Token (“DGX”) on Tokenize Xchange and it signifies the start
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20 Upcoming Fintech and Blockchain Events in Asia Pacific to Attend in 2019
As Asia Pacific’s fintech industry rapidly grow, so does the events that surround it. With new events spawning every day it’s hard to keep track of which ones are worth your time and which ones aren’t. Here 22 events handpicked
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Experian Invests in Yet Another Data Startup in Asia Pacific, Look Who’s Charging
Experian today announced its acquisition of Look Who’s Charging, the Australian fintech startup which has solved the everyday frustrating problem of unrecognised bank transactions by providing instant clarification on the merchant behind a transaction. Look Who’s Charging is integrated with
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Singaporean Insurtech Secures License from Labuan
Axinan, a Singapore-based insurtech firm, succesfully secured a combined General and Reinsurance license, issued by Labuan Financial Services Authority (Labuan FSA) a mid-shore jurisdiction in Malaysia. Labuan FSA is the financial regulator for Labuan International Business and Financial Centre, a statutory
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RISE Founder and CEO Talks about AI for Investing and Their Aim to Issue the Largest STO in Europe
Stefan Tittel, CEO and co-founder of RISE Wealth Technologies is a Serial entrepreneur with an impeccable track record. He has led several* companies throughout their complete business life cycle. He talked to Fintechnews about his company RISE Wealth Technologies, their
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A Map of Vietnam’s Proptech Ecosystem
Proptech is rapidly growing in Vietnam, fuel by the country’s young demographics, tech savvy population and available funding and incentives for tech startups, according to JLL Vietnam, a commercial real estate services firm. In Vietnam, the development of proptech has
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German RISE Wealth Technologies Offers Participation in the Future of Investing
RISE Wealth Technologies’ vision is creating the future of investing to benefit from the tectonic shift in the global trillion-dollar asset management market towards AI. RISE is convinced, that their patent-filed AI machine learning platform will fundamentally change the way
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Indonesian Startup Pundi X to Enable Crypto Payments in Venezuela
Traki, one Venezuela’s largest chain of department stores, announced that it will be implementing XPOS, a point-of-sale device powered by blockchain. Through the XPOS, Traki customers are able to use various cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin, Ether and Pundi X’s own crypto
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