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Robo Advisors to Land on Malaysian Shores in 2018
In a press conference today at the sidelines of the SCxSC Digital Finance Conference 2017, Tan Sri Ranjit Singh the Chairman of the Securities Commission of Malaysia announced that the first licenses for the Digital Investment Framework Management will be issued
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Securities Commission Malaysia Embarks on Blockchain Pilot Project
Tan Sri Ranjit Singh, Chairman of Securities Commission of Malaysia announced today at the SCxSC Digital Finance Conference 2017 today that the regulator has embarked on a pilot project for distributed ledgers in the unlisted and OTC Market space. The
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Reimagining Banking, DBS Launches World’s Largest Banking API Developer Platform
DBS Bank set yet another global milestone with the launch of a banking API developer platform that is the largest by a bank anywhere in the world. The scale of the endeavour at launch underlines DBS’ commitment to reimagining banking
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Infocomm Media Industry Transformation Map: AI a new Growth Area
The Infocomm Media Development Authority (IMDA) released the Industry Transformation Map (ITM) for the Infocomm Media sector, which outlines the strategies to prepare Singapore for the digital economy. Speaking at the launch of the ITM, Minister for Communications and Information
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Orchard To Launch Online Lending Industry Page On The Bloomberg Terminal
Orchard Platform’s online lending industry data and insights will be made available to Bloomberg terminal subscribers, providing a wealth of information on an asset class that offers a number of potential investment opportunities. “Orchard seeks to provide investors with access
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Will This Partnership Drive Malaysian SMEs’ Adoption of P2P Loans?
Funding Societies and Cheng & Co have engaged in a strategic partnership to broaden and simplify access to business financing for creditworthy Malaysian small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). Cheng & Co, a established home-grown accounting firm, will refer promising SMEs
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Top 5 Fintech Philippines News of the Week (CW 44)
Fintechnews.PH picks every Friday for you the top 5 Fintech Philippines News of the week: Here we go: 25% of Filipinos Shift to Digital Payments The Philippines is well on its way to be a cashless nation, with 25
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Malaysia Mobile Wallets Space Heats Up: Axiata’s Boost Partners with UTM
Boost, an app based mobile wallet developed by Axiata Digital, announced their partnership with Universiti Teknologi Malaysia to create a “Cashless Campus” in Malaysia. This partnership could potentially enable 25,000 students and faculty members across UTM Kuala Lumpur and Skudai
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Maybank-ABSS: Collaborates to Drive Cloud Based Accounting Adoption
Maybank and ABSS targets to get 50,000 SMEs to adopt Cloud Based Accounting Software Maybank Singapore today announced a partnership with Asian Business Software Solutions (ABSS) to empower start-ups and micro SMEs in Singapore with Financio, a new and
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All the IoT and Tech news you need to know
Every week, we bring you the freshest, and most important, IoT News from Asia and around the world. This week, a robot has been making headlines after *she* was given citizenship in Saudi Arabia. An AI professor explains: three concerns
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