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Top 10 Most Well-Funded Fintech Startups In India
India

Top 10 Most Well-Funded Fintech Startups In India

In the past years, fintech has emerged as one of the hottest sectors in India’s Internet play with funding pouring in and global players like Google and WhatsApp looking to getting a piece of the pie. NASSCOM predicts that the

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Silver Years: OCBC Bank Launches Advisory and Lifestyle Programme for Seniors
Personal Finance Mgt (PFM)

Silver Years: OCBC Bank Launches Advisory and Lifestyle Programme for Seniors

Called Silver Years by OCBC Life Goals, the new financial advisory and lifestyle programme for Singapore’s seniors aims to minimise the downside of the retirement risk zone, deemed to be the period of time of a person’s life aged 55

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Banks And Enterprises In APAC Ramp Up Blockchain R&D
Blockchain/Bitcoin

Banks And Enterprises In APAC Ramp Up Blockchain R&D

Blockchain technology is becoming an important catalyst of digital innovation in Asia Pacific (APAC) as enterprises in the region face critical challenges and are required to accelerate their digital transformation across the board, according to a report by Forrester. Blockchain

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Top 5 Fintech Philippines News of the Week (CW 21)
Philippines

Top 5 Fintech Philippines News of the Week (CW 21)

Fintechnews.PH picks every Friday for you the top 5 Fintech Philippines News of the week: Follow the Fintech Philippines Facebook or Twitter channel to stay updated. Also, you can subscribe to our monthly Fintech PH Newsletter here. Here we go: 15 offshore firms investing P1.7b

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Huobi Strategizes Market Penetration into Vietnams Growing Blockchain Market
Blockchain/Bitcoin Vietnam

Huobi Strategizes Market Penetration into Vietnams Growing Blockchain Market

Huobi.Pro, the leading global digital asset exchange, which saw a cumulative annual turnover of US$850-billion last year in 2017, announced its grand strategy to tackle the Vietnamese market during their keynote speech at Blockchain Festival Vietnam. Frank Fan, strategic investment

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Seoul Mayor Pledges his Support for Blockchain Development
Blockchain/Bitcoin Korea

Seoul Mayor Pledges his Support for Blockchain Development

A lot will change for the Blockchain ecosystem in Korea after the elections on June 13th.  Depending on who gets elected or re-elected, there is a legit chance that ICOs will be back in Korea.  The public is behind the

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Southeast Asia’s First Proptech Blockchain for Hotels and Retail Malls
Proptech

Southeast Asia’s First Proptech Blockchain for Hotels and Retail Malls

SGX-listed Hatten Land  and home-grown proptech startup FundPlaces Pte  has unveiled Southeast Asia’s first hospitality blockchain platform that will potentially integrate more than 3,400 hotel rooms and 5,000 retail outlets in Melaka as a springboard for regional expansion. Tokens for

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Vietnam Fintech Sector Report: All about Digital and Mobile Payments ?
Mobile Payments Vietnam

Vietnam Fintech Sector Report: All about Digital and Mobile Payments ?

Vietnam’s fintech industry is poised for growth as Internet and smartphone penetration rates continue to rise and as the government pursues its push for greater digitalization of the economy, according to a new report by consulting firm Solidiance. In 2017,

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Innovfest Unbound Returns To Singapore In Its Fourth Year, Expecting Biggest Turn-Out Yet
Various

Innovfest Unbound Returns To Singapore In Its Fourth Year, Expecting Biggest Turn-Out Yet

innovfest unbound, Southeast Asia’s largest, most exciting and award-winning innovation festival, will be celebrating its fourth year of connecting disruptive innovations and encouraging entrepreneurship in Asia. To be held on 5th and 6th June 2018, over 12,000 entrepreneurs, brands, corporates,

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Application Open: Singapore Fintech Festival Awards 2018
Various

Application Open: Singapore Fintech Festival Awards 2018

The FinTech Awards 2018 comprising the MAS FinTech Awards and ABS Global FinTech Award recognise innovative financial technology solutions that have been implemented/deployed by FinTech companies, financial institutions, and technology companies. Apply for the FinTech Awards here and win up to

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