Posts From Fintech News Singapore
Mastercard Launches BNPL Commercial Card for SMEs in APAC
Mastercard announced that it has launched a “buy now, pay later” (BNPL) commercial card solution called “Mastercard Pay & Split” for small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in the Asia Pacific region. Accepted at 80 million merchants worldwide, the card-led installments
Read MoreThunes Intergrates Into Finastra’s SaaS Platform to Offer Alternative Payment Rails
Thunes, a Singaporean cross-border payments network, announced that it will integrate into Finastra‘s Software as a service (SaaS) payments connectivity platform – Fusion Total Messaging. The partnership will allow Finastra’s customers, mainly financial institutions, to access new payment rails across
Read MorePrudential Partners Privé to Roll Out PFM Offering on Pulse App
Prudential announced partnerships with online healthcare platform Smarter Health and Software-as-a-Service provider Privé Technologies to expand its health and wealth offerings on its Pulse app at the Singapore Fintech Festival 2021. Users will be able to use Privé’s digital tools
Read MoreMAS Rolls Out Sandbox Plus With Three Major Upgrades
The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) has announced three enhancements to its Fintech Regulatory Sandbox framework dubbed as Sandbox Plus and will take effect on 1 January 2022. MAS launched the sandbox in 2016 to encourage and enable experimentation of
Read MoreMAS’ Elevandi Sets up Center’s Operations at Fintech Co-working Space Bridge+
Elevandi, a new Company Limited by Guarantee (GLC) created by the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) to manage the Singapore Fintech Festival (SFF), announced that it has partnered with Bridge+, a flexible workspace and community platform. Located at the Central
Read MoreMAS and STACS Join Forces to Build Blockchain-Based ESG Registry
Hashstacs (STACS) will be developing an industry-wide blockchain-based Environment, Social, and Governance (ESG) data and certification registry in partnership with the Monetary Authority of Singapore’s (MAS) Project Greenprint. MAS had announced the launch of Project Greenprint, a technology platform aimed
Read MoreAFIN Launches Fintech Global Registry ChekFIN to Ease Open Banking Partnerships
The ASEAN Financial Innovation Network (AFIN) announced the launch of ChekFIN, a global fintech registry aiming to assist Financial Institutions (FIs) in identifying and evaluating fintech companies for collaboration and development opportunities. Created in collaboration with Boston Consulting Group Fintech
Read MoreSingapore and the Philippines Ink Deal for Cross-Border QR Payments Linkage
The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) and the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) today signed a deal to to facilitate interoperable payments between the two countries. The enhanced Fintech Cooperation Agreement (CA) builds on the earlier 2017 agreement to broaden
Read MoreThe Bank of the Future Will Be Powered by AI
Evolving consumer demands, increasing competition, technology advancements and changing regulation are driving transformative changes in the banking sector, forcing incumbent banks and financial institutions to embrace cloud computing and artificial intelligence (AI) to remain relevant, a new paper by Mambu
Read MoreTencent Partners NUS’ Asian Institute of Digital Finance to Bolster Fintech Innovation
Chinese internet giant Tencent announced at the Singapore Fintech Festival 2021 that it will be partnering with the Asian Institute of Digital Finance (AIDF), an institute within the National University of Singapore (NUS) that is jointly founded by the Monetary
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