ConsenSys and Microsoft just announced AURA, a blockchain platform that aims to offer the luxury industry with product tracking and…
The World Bank and Commonwealth Bank (CBA) have banded together to enable secondary market trading on blockchain for its block-i…
YouTrip, a multi-currency mobile wallet with a prepaid Mastercard, has successfully raised US$25.5 million in a pre-Series A. Participating investors…
Singapore recently declared its intention to develop the ‘most advanced’ halal hub in Southeast Asia within the next two years.…
Maria Health, a Filipino aggregator for health insurance, has secured an undisclosed amount of seed funding from the tryb group,…
Another day, another cryptocurrency exchange hack. Recently the crypto world has been shaken by the Binance hack, that vanished approximately…
In what seems to be a streak of nations embracing central bank backed digital currencies (CDBC) and Wholesale CDBCs, Wipro…
Let’s suppose you accidentally tore your ligament in the knee while exercising in the gym tomorrow. Do you know how…
The now famous Hong Kong virtual banking licenses have been a bit of a mixed bag for the region, but nevertheless,…
India, often considered Asia’s underdog tech advancements in Asia, is finally now the top fintech funding hub in the first…
Pop quiz: What is big data? Actually, don’t answer that. Everyone can easily recite the same quote: “It’s the process…
There’s a growing number of central banks taking a serious look at blockchain and distributed ledger technologies of late. The…
Close to 50 per cent of Singaporeans prefer paying with contactless payments (card and mobile) instead of cash, traditional card…
The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) has aspirations towards encouraging more fintech experimentation, and in November last year, launched a…
UOB and KrisFlyer, Singapore Airlines mile reward program, announced the launch of the KrisFlyer UOB Credit Card. This is the…
With 78% of the population unbanked, only 3% population owning a credit card, and 13% using mobile payment, a new…
The song and dance for incumbents in Philippines right now is “future-proofing”. Joining the trend of entrenched establishments disrupting themselves…
The NETS Group today announced that it has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Myanmar’s national payment network to…
The Ayala Corporation, Philippines’ oldest conglomerate, is raising a new venture capital fund worth US$150 million, dedicated towards investing into…
Citi Treasury and Trade Solutions announced a strategic partnership with Vietnam-based intermediary payment service provider Payoo to facilitate consumer-to-business collections…