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Fintech Malaysia Report 2017
Note: We’ve update this report, the 2018 edition of the Fintech Report can be found here In the context of conversations surrounding fintech opportunities in South East Asia, Malaysia is often overlooked in lieu of Singapore. While it is true
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10 Fast Growing FinTechs in Indonesia
IDC Financial Insights has unveiled a list of 10 fast growing fintechs in Indonesia, part of the broader FinTech 101 list for Asia/Pacific, at the FinTech Innovation Summit 2017 held at The Ritz-Carlton Pacific Place, Jakarta. “IDC’s FinTech Fast 101”
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Cambodia Fintech Startup Report, Fintech Startup Map and Infographic
With some 25+ startups, Cambodia’s fintech startup landscape remains modest but is nevertheless growing steadily, according to a new report. Unsurprisingly, payment and remittance is the most crowded space with 16 startups. These include Wing, a mobile banking services provider
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Bank Negara Malaysia: Islamic Fintech Needs to Be a Boardroom Priority for Islamic Finance
In his opening speech at the Islamic Fintech Forum Dialogue, Assistant Governor of Bank Negara Malaysia Mr. Marzunisham Omar called the Islamic Finance industry to take a more active role in fintech. According to the Assistant Governor, digital-banking consumers stand at
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Top 5 Fintech Philippines News of the Week (CW 41)
Fintechnews.PH picks every Friday for you the top 5 Fintech Philippines News of the week: Here we go: Financial Inclusion for OFWs and their Families LAST Thursday, the Blas F. Ople Policy Center and the Association of Bank Remittance
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Playbasis Acquires 10 millionth Player Towards Quest to Bring Funtech to Fintech
Playbasis, a leading customer engagement and gamified rewards company, announced today that they have crossed 10 million registered players on the platform. Of these 10 million registered players, 5 million players are active monthly, and these active players collectively generate
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Grab Goes Live With Grabrewards Conversion To Krisflyer Miles: (Travel-Fintegration)
Grab announced that, starting Friday, 13 October, customers will benefit from the opportunity to convert their points from Grab’s GrabRewards program to miles on Singapore Airlines’ KrisFlyer miles program. Open first to GrabRewards’ Platinum members, customers will be able to convert
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The State of ICOs Around The World
We all know what China thinks of ICOs and Cryptocurrency – the country pretty much banned it all, outright. To catch up, read What the heck is happening with China, ICOs and Cryptocurrencies? While some say it’s reasonable and necessary, it
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Accuity Enables Financial Crime Screening On Distributed Ledger Technology
Accuity, the leading provider of financial crime compliance, payments and know-your-customer (KYC) solutions, announced today that it has successfully integrated its financial crime screening solutions with Corda – R3’s financial grade distributed ledger technology (DLT) platform. Accuity’s innovation team, working
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Economic Possibilities Of Blockchain Technology for Singapore
Economic Possibilities of Blockchain Technology” – Keynote Address by Mr Ravi Menon, Managing Director, Monetary Authority of Singapore, at Global Blockchain Business Conference in Vizagcity on 9 October 2017: I am delighted to be here in Andhra Pradesh – the land
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