Posts From Fintech News Singapore
LuneX Backed Sparrow Launches Crypto Trading Platform
Fresh out of Beta, Sparrow, a Singapore-based options trading platform has launched a platform for Bitcoin and Ethereum options trading which are settled by smart contract. The company is backed by LuneX Ventures a crypto and blockchain dedicated VC fund
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4xLabs’ New Platform Lets You Compare Prices of Overseas Money Transfer Services
Following the launch of Get4x, a price discovery platform for currency exchange, a Singapore-based fintech named 4xLabs has just launched a comparison platform which puts different money transfer solutions neck and neck to help users select cheaper or quicker transfers—particularly
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Singtel’s Dash to Enable In-App Taxi Booking from ComfortDelGro Soon
Singtel announced a strategic partnership with ComfortDelGro Taxi to enable in app taxi booking within Singtel’s Dash App. Through this partnership, Singtel’s Dash user will be able to procure services from ComfortDelGro’s 12,000 strong taxi fleet. According to its Head
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LINE’s Partnership with VISA Might See the Duo Introducing Crypto Payments Soon
Japanese internet giant LINE announced that its fintech unit LINE Pay has inked a partnership with VISA, which will see both parties provide financial services for their collective user bases of millions of consumer and merchants worldwide. This development seems
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Temasek and Tencent to Invest US$35 Million in TrueLayer
Tencent and Temasek is set to invest US$ 35 Million in UK-based open banking startup True Layer’s US$40 Million Series B round. This fresh round of funding brings the startup’s total funding to US$ 51.8 Million, according to Crunchbase. Temasek’s
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Visa Launches New All-In-One Payments Platform with a Consortium of Major Players
Today, a consortium of major companies have launched b.yond, a financial innovation platform that will let banks and consumer-facing businesses rapidly deploy a range of innovative fintech payment services. The consortium consists of Visa, Global Processing Services, Pannovate, Cornercard, Modulr,
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Bukalapak’s Fintech Could Outgrow its E-Commerce, Said Co-Founder
One cannot talk about startups in Indonesia without bringing up Bukalapak, arguably one of the biggest e-commerce platforms in the nation. Bukalapak has graduated from its startup roots and gained the coveted title of Indonesian unicorn. They are now in the
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8 Hottest Proptech Players in Asia
With US$7.8 billion invested globally in the property technology (proptech) industry between 2013 and 2017, the sector is no doubt rapidly growing, especially in the Asia-Pacific (APAC) region where proptech companies attracted more than half of that amount (US$4.8 billion),
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Singapore’s tryb Invests in Indonesian Property Crowdfunding Platform Gradana
tryb announced today that it lead the pre-series A round for Gradana, a peer-to-peer property crowdfunding platform based in Indonesia. According to Gradana’s CEO Angela Oetama, one of the key challenges towards buying and renting property in Indonesia is the
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As Challenger Banks Grow In Popularity, Incumbents Must Innovate
Using technology and digital channels, challenger banks are reimagining banking, delivering superior digital customer experience and challenging incumbents to reinvent themselves. These are growing in importance and incumbents must “transform themselves from slow moving caterpillars to agile butterflies,” according to
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