Archive
Euronext FX Launches in Singapore
Euronext today announces the successful launch of Euronext FX in Singapore. Having been first announced on 26 March 2019 for a target launch date of Q4 2019, the venue was launched months ahead of schedule, with the first spot foreign
Read More
7500+ Industry Experts Gather to Transform the Future of Fintech and Retail in Philippines
On 25 & 26 September at SMX Convention Center Manila, Pasay City, Seamless Philippines 2019 will open its doors, bringing together the entire Philippines’ commerce & finance ecosystem to innovate, transform and disrupt. On the morning of 25 September, Guest-of-Honour,
Read More
Singapore Thinks Libra is a Risk But Does Not Want to Miss out on Its Potential Benefits
Ravi Menon, Managing Director of Monetary Authority of Singapore, joins a growing list of regulators around the world voicing their concerns about Facebook’s Libra. In an interview with Financial Times, he said that Facebook’s Libra raises a global financial risk
Read More
2019’s Largest Tech Media Funding Rounds and What it Spells for the Future of Media
It’s been a tumultuous year for the media industry. While companies like Vice Media and BuzzFeed have dismissed hundreds employees this year, tech media funding rounds from emerging markets have gained notable traction and raised millions of dollars to fuel
Read More
MatchMove Acquires a Stake in Local P2P Lender MoolahSense to Power SME Lending
MatchMove, a ‘Bank-As-A-Service’ platform has closed an agreement with licensed P2P lender, MoolahSense, to acquire a strategic stake with immediate effect. MoolahSense is a data-driven peer-to-peer lending platforms focused on SME lending, and operates under a Capital Markets Services (CMS)
Read More
Philippines’ Regulators Voice Support for Industry Driven TechnoEthics for Digital Lending
Members of FinTechAlliance.ph, an organization of fintech and digital firms have agreed to institutionalize an industry-wide code of ethics and adopt a code of conduct among its Alliance member-companies for responsible online lending. This comes after three online lenders were
Read More
Singapore Life Rebrands to Singlife and Launches a Debit Card
Singapore Life announced today the rebranding exercise to change its name from Singapore Life to Singlife. The digital insurer told Fintech News Singapore that since everyone is already referring to them as SingLife, they figured they might as well embrace
Read More
Liquid Group Eyeing to Support Cross-Border QR Payments in 10 Asian Markets
Liquid Group, Singaporean based payments company, announced today that it has expanded its cross-border QR payment acceptance partnerships to include acquirers across 10 markets in Asia including Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, Thailand, Cambodia, Philippines, Hong Kong, China, Taiwan and South Korea.
Read More
The Most Well-Funded Fintech Startups in APAC by Country in 2019
Global fintech investment witnessed a massive surge in 2018 with most of that amount going towards companies in Asia Pacific (APAC). Out of the US$55.3 billion raised by fintech companies last year, 54% of that was raised by APAC companies,
Read More
Standard Chartered’s VC Arm Participated in AI Firm’s US$40 Million Round
Digital Reasoning, today announced a strategic investment from SC Ventures, the innovation, ventures and fintech investments unit of Standard Chartered Bank, bringing its Series D-1 funding round total to $40 million. In addition to this investment, Digital Reasoning will partner
Read More