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Cambodian Central Banker Serey Chea Among Select Few Joining AFIN’s Advisory Board

The ASEAN Financial Innovation Network (AFIN) announced the appointment of H.E Serey Chea, Prof. Olayinka David-West as advisors and Latha

Lending

Mambu Rolls Out Fully Digital Solution for SME Lenders to Fast Track Loan Approvals

Mambu, a SaaS cloud banking platform, has unveiled a fully digital solution for small and medium-sized enterprise (SME) lenders that

Blockchain/Bitcoin

Swiss SEBA Bank Strengthens APAC Presence With Appointment of New Asia CEO

SEBA Bank, a digital assets firm with a Swiss banking license from FINMA, announced the appointment of Sam Lin as

Various

Swiss Banking Solution Provider Avaloq Makes Key Appointments for Its APAC Push

Swiss core banking solution provider Avaloq has announced a combination of senior promotions from within its Asia-Pacific business, to reflect

Lending

Validus Exceeds S$1 Billion in SME Lending, Plans to Double That in 2022

Validus, a peer-to-peer (P2P) lending platform for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), announced that it had exceeded S$1 billion in

Payments

SWIFT Go Is Now Live With 7 Global Banks for Low Cost Cross-Border Payments

SWIFT announces the launch of SWIFT Go, a new service that enables small businesses and consumers to send fast, low-cost

Payments

BIS, MAS Plots Blueprint for a Global Real-Time Retail Payments Network

The Bank for International Settlements Innovation Hub Singapore Center and the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) published a proposed blueprint

Blockchain/Bitcoin Vietnam

Vietnam’s Prime Minister Calls for Pilot of Central Bank Backed Digital Currency

Vietnam’s Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh is asking the State Bank of Vietnam (SBV) to study and carry out a

Blockchain/Bitcoin Funding

Crypto Firm Fireblocks Bags US$310M From Sequoia, Siam Commercial Bank’s VC Arm

New York-based digital asset custodian Fireblocks announced that it has raised US$310 million in a Series D funding round, boosting

Australia InsurTech

Fast-Growing Aussie Insurtechs Choose Singapore as Gateway to Southeast Asia

Singapore’s burgeoning fintech landscape, reliable physical infrastructure and progressive regulations are attracting Australia’s fast-growing high-potential, insurtech startups looking to take

Various

Backbase Appoints Regional Vice President To Lead Asia Pacific Expansion

Amsterdam-headquartered digital banking software provider Backbase has recently appointed Iman Ghodosi as Regional Vice President for the Asia Pacific region.

Funding Remittance

Nium Joins the Unicorn Club With Its Latest US$200 Million Series D Fundraise

Singaporean B2B payments platform Nium is now a unicorn after having raised more than US$200 million in a Series D

InsurTech

Newly-Minted Unicorn bolt Makes Two New Key Appointments for Its Next Growth Chapter

bolt, insurtech exchange for the property and casualty insurance industry that is a part of the bolttech group, has announced

Cloud Indonesia

GoTo Group Taps Google Cloud for Next Phase of Growth Following Recent Merger

GoTo Group, a merger between Gojek and Tokopedia that was formed earlier this year, is tapping Google Cloud as its

InsurTech Wealthtech

Prudential Makes Financial Push With New Wealth Offerings in Its Pulse App

Prudential Singapore has rolled out new wealth solutions on its health and wellness app Pulse by Prudential to make it

Cloud

UOB Offers SMEs Access to Xero’s Cloud-Based Accounting Platform in Digital Push

Xero, a cloud-based accounting software for small businesses, announced that it has expanded its collaboration with UOB to offer small-

Blockchain/Bitcoin

Can DeFi Truly Become the Future of Financial Services?

In his book Crossing the Chasm, Geoffrey Moore suggests disruptive innovations follow an s-curve, where there is a gap or

Wealthtech

How Innovation and Technology Are Leading the Way for Client-Centric Banks

Instant acknowledgements, quick processing, and personalised experiences – customers’ expectations in Asia have risen along with these developments with how

InsurTech

bolttech Plots European Expansion With Its Acquisition of Swiss-Based i-surance

Singaporean insurtech firm bolttech announced it has acquired i-surance, a next-generation B2B2C digital insurance platform based in Switzerland. The acquisition

APAC Wealth Firms Not Keeping Pace With Digital Transformation Are Destined to Fail

Refinitiv released the findings of its Wealth Management report titled “The Gold Standard of Wealth Management: Redefining investor experiences in

Open Banking Payments

OCBC First to Integrate With IRAS to Enable Direct Payment of Taxes

OCBC Bank is the first in Singapore to collaborate with the Inland Revenue Authority of Singapore (IRAS) to enable customers

Financial Inclusion Sponsored Post

Mambu: Financial Literacy Still a Sticking Point Among Singaporeans

A recent study of 2,000 global consumers by Mambu, a banking and financial services platform, revealed that both banked and

Security

eKYC Firm Jumio Posts Record Quarter With 150% Growth in the Past Year

Jumio, a provider of AI-powered end-to-end identity verification and eKYC solutions, announced that both its sales and revenue grew over

InsurTech

Insurtech Zensung Partners ERGO and Munich Re to Roll Out Its Green Insurance Policy

Singapore-based insurtech firm Zensung announced a partnership with insurance firms ERGO and Munich Re to launch green insurance policy ‘Parrot

Lending

Grab Deepens Partnership With Payments Firm Adyen to Expand Its BNPL Offering

Grab has deepened its partnership with payments platform Adyen by enabling more merchants, starting in Singapore and Malaysia, to offer

Payments

Thunes Acquires Paris-Based Limonetik to Expand Its Cross-Border Payments Platform

Cross-border payments firm Thunes has announced the acquisition of its European counterpart Limonetik which is one of the earliest developers of

Australia Lending Payments

How Will PayPal and Citi Fare in Australia’s Crowded BNPL Space?

Competition is heating up in Australia’s buy now, pay later (BNPL) market as US digital payments giant PayPal and incumbent

Various

Kyrgyzstan Wakes up to Fintech Potential

Kyrgyzstan’s nascent fintech is getting a boost as the government begins setting the foundations for further development, launching reform plans

India Wealthtech

10 Major Wealthtech Players in India

The wealthtech sector in India has been experiencing robust growth, thanks to the growing digital adoption and increasing investor interest

India Lending

Top 10 Buy Now Pay Later (BNPL) Players in India

The global pandemic brought about a fundamental shift in the way consumers interact with businesses. As lockdowns and movement restrictions

Various

The 10 Best Fintech Books To Have In Your Library

Top 10 Fintech Books While blogs and news portals will keep you up-to-date in terms of companies and corporate news,

Fintech IPO Various

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.

Top Picks Virtual Banking

Here Are The Contenders to Singapore’s Digital Banking Race

Singapore’s digital banking license was perhaps one of the most widely discussed topic in 2019 within fintech circles and we

Various

MAS: 100 FinTech Problems to Solve for Singapore

Solve this problem on the Singapore Hackcelerator and apply until August 15th here! 7 problem statements on KYC / Identity

Blockchain/Bitcoin

Top 10 Blockchain Social Media Alternatives to Watch Out For

While blockchain was once known merely as the building blocks used to make bitcoin, it’s now being hailed as a

Various

The Swiss Payment Software Company Netcetera Expands to Singapore

“Expanding our Horizon” – under this motto Netcetera expands to Singapore in 2020. The Swiss software company and expert for

Philippines

The Philippines Fintech Report 2018

Note: We’ve update this report, the 2020 edition of the Fintech Report can be found here With a population

Indonesia

Fintech Indonesia Report 2018 – The State of Play for Fintech Indonesia

Indonesia, the largest economy in South East Asia, with an estimated population of over 260 million people, the majority of

Blockchain/Bitcoin

Landscape of Blockchain Companies in Financial Services

In November 2008, a paper was posted on the Internet under the name Satoshi Nakamoto titled ‘bitcoin: A Peer-to-Peer Electronic

Online Wealth Mgt Wealthtech

10 Fintechs Stand a Chance to Present Their Solutions to Singapore’s Investment Industry

A Singapore industry group representing the city’s asset management firms, IMAS, has launched an accelerator programme which could position 10

Various

Singapore’s 30 Hottest Fintech Startups To Watch

Singapore’s vibrant startup ecosystem, supportive government, stable financial system and business-friendly tax regime, have helped turn the city-state into an