Tag "Li Ka-shing"

The Fintech 100 – Announcing The World’s Leading Fintech Innovators For 2016

Fintech Innovators, a collaboration between fintech investment firm, H2 Ventures and KPMG Fintech, announced its list of the world’s leading fintech innovators, the 2016 Fintech 100. The annual list includes the leading 50 Established fintech companies across the globe, as well

Read More

First 5 Licensed Players in Hong Kong Digital Payment Landscape

Hong Kong had granted Stored Value Facilities (SVF) Licenses to the first 5 batch of digital payment payment providers last month according to Startup Beat. This is in response to Payment Systems and Stored Value Facilities Ordinance which came into

Read More

27 Most Valued World Fintech Unicorns, 8 From China

Business Insider Singapore, CBInsights, Funderbeam, and Crunchbase together have created the world’s fintech unicorns – fintech start-ups valued at over $1 billion.   Fintech Unicorns Worth $1 billion 27. Rong360, Chinese Financial Comparison Site Value: $1 billion | Raised: $258 million Founded: 2011 |  |

Read More

Too many Innovation Labs too few Innovations “Dances With Drums” by Fintech-Hubs and Banks

There are so many innovation labs and too few innovations. I regularly meet with bankers worldwide and the first phrase I hear (especially in Asia) from those who decided to invest in fintech (there are few of them so far,

Read More