Four startups from Asia-Pacific (APAC) have been featured in the 2024 CB Insights Insurtech 50, earning recognition as among the…
JST Digital, a financial services firm focused on digital assets, announced that its Singapore subsidiary has received in-principle approval from…
Eight fintech startups from Southeast Asia have been named among this year’s Forbes Asia 100 to Watch list, recognized for…
Indonesian ride-hailing provider GoTo Group is pulling out of Vietnam, abandoning a market where it faced fierce competition, as it…
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) in Thailand announced upcoming regulatory changes concerning the use of digital asset payments. Beginning…
Global neobank Revolut has launched a new feature called BillPay, aimed at helping businesses streamline their bill management and payment…
iFAST Global Bank (iGB), the UK digital banking arm of iFAST Corporation, has launched EzRemit, a new cross-currency transfer service…
Payments infrastructure company TerraPay has announced the appointment of Ralph Koker as its Global Head of Products. Koker’s role at…
Thailand’s Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra announced that a portion of the government’s 450 billion baht (US$13.1 billion) “digital wallet” handout…
OCBC Bank is set to offer Generation Alpha—children born after 2009—their own digital bank accounts through the OCBC MyOwn Account,…
Global verification provider Sumsub has introduced Local Data Processing (LDP) capabilities in the Asia-Pacific (APAC) region. The new infrastructure now…
The Thai Bankers Association (TBA) has blacklisted 15,000 individuals and suspended 34,000 bank accounts connected to call-center scam operations, according…
Singapore’s Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has announced plans to introduce the Protection from Scams Bill in the coming months…
The Singapore subsidiary of crypto exchange OKX has received a Major Payment Institution (MPI) license from the Monetary Authority of…
Network for Electronic Transfers (NETS) has announced the appointment of Jeremy Soo, Managing Director and Head of Consumer Banking Group…
Cambodia and South Korea have officially launched a new cross-border payment system. This system, currently in its first phase, allows…
Singapore’s OCBC Bank experienced technical difficulties on 1 September (Sunday) that temporarily disrupted its internet and mobile banking services. Customers…
Singapore-based digital SME lending platform Validus has secured a debt funding of up to US$50 million debt funding from HSBC,…
Payments firm Stripe has announced several new features aimed at enhancing cross-border commerce in Asia, including AI-powered payment tools and…
SoftServe, a global IT consulting and digital services firm, has introduced its Gen AI Solutions, enhanced with NVIDIA NIM Agent…