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SWIFT Teams up With Singapore’s Stock Exchange to Trial Voting on the Blockchain
SWIFT announced that they will be working with Singapore Exchange (SGX) along with Deutsche Bank, DBS, HSBC and Standard Chartered Bank to work on a proof-of-concept on e-voting using blockchain. The trial will explore whether blockchain can help simplify the
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13 Hottest Fintech Startups in Vietnam
Fintech continues its momentum in Vietnam with local startups gaining significant traction from foreign investors. These raised a record of US$117 million in 2018, the maximum funding in Vietnamese startups for that year. Vietnam’s rapidly evolving fintech sector has been largely
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#DeleteCoinBase Trending Soon After Its Funding Boost from Singapore’s GIC
Fresh out of Coinbase’s funding round of $300 million Series E round the hashtag #deletecoinbase seems to be trending in the twitterverse. This round of fund-raising included Singapore’s very own wealth fund, GIC. The reason by the call from users to
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What Have We Learned from Sandboxes and Innovation Offices?
If properly regulated, technology-enabled financial services such as mobile payments, peer-to-peer (P2P) lending, alternative credit scoring, and new forms of savings and insurance, can accelerate the rise in financial inclusion for the 1.7 billion people worldwide who do not have
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UOB Expands Their 15-Minute Loan Approvals for SMEs with OctoRocket
With the signing of a memorandum of understanding, UOB will enable small businesses that use OctoRocket for at least six months to apply for financing directly on the platform itself. Instead of relying on a small business’ financial statements, the UOB
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Authoritarian Regimes Turn to Cryptocurrencies to Bypass Sanctions
It’s no secret that the Americans often use sanctions and embargoes as a political tool, faced with economic disadvantages many of these countries are increasingly turning into cryptocurrencies as a way to circumvent sanctions. These countries often include authoritarian regimes like
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Can LinePay Become Japan’s WeChat Pay?
Line Corp., the Japanese mobile applications and Internet firm operating Japan’s most popular messaging app Line, has invested US$182 million into its digital payments unit Line Pay Corp, according to a filing. The move follows a challenging year 2018, which
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Rely Nets 7-Figure Funding for Enabling Online Payments in Installments
Rely just announced a seven-figure Pre-Series A funding led by Goldbell Financial Services. Additional funding comes from Octava, a family office based in Singapore among other strategic investors.The exact figure was not disclosed. Rely is a local fintech company that
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Philippine-based Blockchain Ticketing Startup Raises Capital for SEA Expansion
Singapore’s diversified group of companies Citystate Group made a seed investment in Ticket2Me, a blockchain-powered ticketing startup from the Philippines. The startup is now gearing for business expansion in Southeast Asia. Ticket2Me raised $350,000 in fresh capital and reportedly plans
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additiv Hires New Managing Director for Asia
WealthTech pioneer Bert-Jan van Essen from Privé Technologies taking lead in the region for the European digital wealth management innovator. Additiv all fired up for further growth in Asia. Zurich-based additiv, a leading provider of digital wealth management solutions, has
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