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Ahamove: Vietnam’s Logistics Services Disruptor
Vietnam’s Ahamove, an Uber-like service for logistics, seeks to disrupt the current business models and address the country’s logistics sector’s “severe fragmentation and inefficiency,” according to Phuoc Tran, Co-Founder and Operation Manager at Ahamove. Similarly to Uber, Ahamove provides users
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Vietnam’s Mobile Payments App MoMo With 50% Transaction Volume Growth per Month
Mobile payments app MoMo is experiencing rapid growth and currently stands as the most downloaded application in the Apple Store Vietnam. According to Manh Tuong Nguyen, Vice President at M_Service, the company behind MoMo, the app has been seeing 30
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PwC Report: Cryptocurrency Can ‘Open the Door for Revolutionary Possibilities’
Cryptocurrency will still face many challenges but is here to say, according to ‘Big Four’ advisory firm PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC). In a recent whitepaper, the firm claims that the technology “has the potential to open the door for revolutionary possibilities.” Entitled
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SMEs’ Limited Access to Financing is an Untapped Opportunity for Banks
In the ASEAN region, Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs) still have limited access to financing. Despite their critical economic role in countries such as Malaysia, Indonesia, Thailand, the Philippines and Singapore, the segment represents a major untapped opportunity for banks
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BankGuard Seeks to Reinvent Online Banking Security
Japanese startup BankGuard has developed a new security system for the online banking industry that addresses weaknesses of current technologies on man-in-the-middle attacks. Entitled the SuperMatrix, this patented two-factor authentication solution is reinventing banking security by utilizing images rather than
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15 Insightful Fintech Blogs You Might Not Know
Aside from popular news services there are many financial professionals, venture capitalists and technologists who decide to start and maintain a blog. They share their knowledge and insights on cutting-edge technologies. Unlike news services, these individuals offer lengthy analysis and
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Top 10 Fintech News Sites and Blogs
If you want to keep up with the fast-moving fintech industry, here’s a list of our top 10 fintech news sites and blogs you can follow for the latest trends, news and events. Whether you are looking for sharp opinion pieces
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InvoiceInterchange – Unlocking opportunities with Invoice Trading in Singapore
I met in Singapore the co-founder of InvoiceInterchange for an interview. This new Singapore Fintech aims to setup an invoice trading marketplace in Singapore and South East Asia. InvoiceInterchange co-founder, Brian Teng talks to us about how their revolutionary invoice trading platform
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11 Upcoming Fintech Events in Singapore and South East Asia
What’s going on in Asia’s fintech world? To keep up with the fast-paced fintech sector, here are 11 upcoming events you can assist to learn more about the latest fintech related trends and developments in the region. Innovation in Finance,
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Asia’s 5 Most Promising Fintech Companies
SWIFT’s Innotribe has wrapped up its worldwide 2015 Startup Challenge competition and has selected 12 early-stage and 8 growth-stage finalists for the grand finale organized during Sibos on October 14 in Singapore. Launched by SWIFT in 2011, the Innotribe Startup
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