The Summit opened with a jolt when a convincing deepfake of Co-founder & Chief Strategy Officer Peter Sever took the…
Global payments group Zepz has partnered with Fireblocks to expand the use of stablecoins in remittances for WorldRemit and Sendwave.…
Databricks has raised more than US$4 billion in a Series L funding round that values the data and artificial intelligence…
Indonesia Blockchain Week, held in Jakarta on December 10–11, is the country’s largest digital-finance gathering, bringing together many of the…
SHOPLINE has received a Major Payment Institution licensce from Singapore’s central bank, allowing it to provide regulated payment services in…
For millions of people, crypto has shifted from a speculative asset to a critical utility. It has become the rail…
Singapore-based trade finance platform Olea has raised US$30 million in a Series A funding round. The round was led by…
StraitsX plans to launch its Singapore dollar-backed stablecoin XSGD and US dollar-backed stablecoin XUSD on the Solana public blockchain, with…
Singapore-based payments firm MetaComp has teamed up with Stable to expand the use of stablecoins in cross-border payments. MetaComp is…
Singapore-based fintech Aspire has secured a series of regulatory approvals across Australia, Europe and the United States. This lays the…
Singapore-based insurtech firm bolttech has partnered with telecoms company Orange Poland to launch a digital insurance comparison platform. The service…
Visa has launched a stablecoins advisory service to help banks, fintechs, merchants and businesses of all sizes assess how stablecoins…
Fintech continues to gain strong momentum year-on-year, driven by customer growth and demand. A 2024 global study by the Cambridge…
Singapore and China have announced a new set of financial initiatives, including the appointment of DBS Bank as Singapore’s second…
Thunes has promoted Chloé Mayenobe to Deputy CEO as it sharpens its leadership structure to support global expansion. Mayenobe was…
Over the past year, there has been a clear shift in conversations with banking and fintech leaders across Singapore, Malaysia,…
Stripe has launched the Agentic Commerce Suite to help businesses sell through AI agents as online shopping evolves. The suite…
Vietnam has set up a dedicated regulatory unit to oversee crypto asset trading, marking a further step toward formalising supervision…
Though AI is now nearly ubiquitous across the financial, technology, and fintech sectors, many firms are still struggling to achieve…
Mastercard has teamed up with TerraPay to enable contactless payments for digital wallets across its global acceptance network. Under the…