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DBS CIO Neal Cross Won Most Disruptive CIO Award for APAC 2016
Neal Cross, Chief Innovation Officer of DBS Bank, the leading financial services group in Asia, recently won the most disruptive CIO/CTO award at the prestigious Talent Unleashed APAC Awards in Melbourne. Winners were chosen by an international judging panel including
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Banking On Social Networks Is Real And It’s Coming; Chat Banking
Social media have changed the way we socialize, interact, consume, and will soon change the way we bank and manage our finances. Admit it, Facebook is the first app you open when you wake up in the morning or while
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#AmazonLoan: Friendship Does Not Last For Good
The tectonic fault of the FinTech revolution is drifting but its epicentre is in Seattle, not Silicon Valley! Amazon is tiptoeing into banking businesses and partners with Wells Fargo to provide student loans to Prime Student customers. #AmazonLoan We have
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Singapore’s 30 Hottest Fintech Startups To Watch
Singapore’s vibrant startup ecosystem, supportive government, stable financial system and business-friendly tax regime, have helped turn the city-state into an attractive spot for fintech entrepreneurs. Singapore has made fintech a high priority as it intends to keep its leading position
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China, A Frontrunner In The Fintech Race
China’s open and supportive regulatory environment, highly developed Internet and e-commerce sector, and growing demand for alternative finance solutions, have allowed the country’s fintech industry to flourish in the last few years. Today, China stands as a frontrunner in Internet finance. By the
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Upcoming Philippines FinTech Events
Surprisingly, or maybe not, Fintech is getting hotter and hotter in Philippines. After a quick search, we can easily spot more than 5 Fintech events to be held in Philippines from now until end of year. As expected, most of these
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9 Startups For a Fiery Competition at DBS HotSpot 2016 Pre-Accelerator Programme
Bootcamp survivors progress to second phase of DBS HotSpot 2016 Following an intense three months of training and experimentation, nine start-ups were selected from DBS’s HotSpot Bootcamp to move on to the next stage – the Pre-Accelerator. With Seedly, a
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Vietnam’s Personal Finance App ‘Money Lover’
ZooStudio, the Vietnamese startup behind Money Lover, has added new features to its personal finance app, now allowing users to link accounts from 15 of the biggest banks in Vietnam as well as popular online services including Uber and PayPal.
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Top Fintech Vietnam News – June/July 2016
Fintech Vietnam Meetup is back with another newsletter, July 2016 edition. With the fast pace of the recent development in Fintech, there are a lot of local and international news that we would like to share with you today. Make
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Blockchain To Cause A ‘Profound Technological Shift’ In Banking, Insurance, And Beyond
Poised to transform the financial sector by increasing efficiency, transparency and security, blockchain technology could reduce banks’ infrastructure costs by US$15 – 20 billion per year by 2022, an opportunity that all major banks and financial institutions are eager to
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