Tag "data"
BNPL Players Are Reinventing Online Commerce
These past few years have seen the exponential growth of the buy now, pay later (BNPL) arrangements, a trend that’s been fueled by the accelerated digital shift, and the surge in e-commerce activity. Now, that burgeoning industry is showing no
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Cloud Computing, a Major Tech Trend in Finance This Year, Also in Singapore
Many financial institutions are already using cloud-based software-as-a-service (SaaS) applications for business processes, but 2020 is set to be the year that adoption accelerates, experts and industry participants say. Cloud computing: one of the biggest trends of 2020 Cloud computing
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Meet the 7 Startups Selected for SAP’s First South East Asia Accelerator
Software giant SAP announced this week that they have kicked off their first acceleration program in Singapore. Dubbed as SAP.iO Foundry the program aims to accelerate Southeast Asian startups, providing them access to curated mentorship, exposure to SAP technology and
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Keeping up with IoT News from Asia and around the World
Every week, we bring you the best IOT news from Asia and around the world. This week, technology is helping the less able. With Japan’s driverless buses (video) and innovation in healthcare, the opportunities are just starting to be explored.
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APAC’s Step Towards Digital Maturity
Looking back at 2016, the IT sector has been dominated by the realization that it needs to make better use of its data and digital assets and become leaner and more agile than ever before. With digital transformation appearing the
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Ayannah launches an AI-powered Credit Scoring Service for the Unbanked
Ayannah a provider of affordable and accessible digital financial services for emerging markets has partnered with Bayad Center, the bills payment subsidiary of Meralco, the Philippines’ largest electric utility to launch Juan Credit™, the first artificial intelligence-powered credit scoring system
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Infographic: What Goes Into Startup Unicorns?
Check out this infographic created by Ohio University’s Online MBA program that hits on all of these points in much greater detail, plus a lot more. You will learn about what the top 10 types of businesses that become unicorns,
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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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How Big Data is Used to Better Understand Financial Risk
I should imagine you have read a lot about big data, even if you are not really sure what it is. The definition is simple, it’s a very large volume of data. The amount of data typically requires complex computational
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