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Meet The 6 Cryptocurrency Exchanges In Philippines Registered With BSP
It’s been a year now since Bangko Sentral Ng Pilipinas (BSP) issued the guidelines for cryptocurrency exchanges in the Philippines, and from then on, 6 companies have been registered with the regulator. While cryptocurrency enthusiasts may rejoice that the regulator
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QTUM Celebrates First Year with New Update
After the first full year of operation, blockchain protocol QTUM has plenty to celebrate, both for its future and its already illustrious past. In its short time on the market QTUM has achieved several transformative successes and is aiming for much
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China’s Fintech Giant Enters Singapore, Offers Online Wealth Management
After setting up base in Singapore end of last year, Lu International, a Singapore-based subsidiary of China’s Lufax, launches their first product—a wealth management platform. Lufax was set up in 2011 by Ping An Insurance Group, a diversified holdings company
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National University of Singapore Forms Academic Blockchain Think Tank
The National University of Singapore (NUS) announced the creation of the “Cryptocurrency Strategy, Techniques, and Algorithms” or CRYSTAL Center, an academic research lab and think tank, aiming to lead as one of the world’s foremost centers for research on blockchains. The lab is founded by a team
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Singapore Fintech Festival 2018: All You Have to Know
Singapore Fintech Festival 2018 is just two months away, and this year, the multi-day fintech event promises to be even bigger, better and jammed packed with even more exciting activities. In 2017, the Singapore Fintech Festival was attended by more
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Maybank Now Lets Merchants Issue Unique PayNow QR Codes for Individual Invoices
Maybank Singapore teams ups with Malaysia-based fintech company Financio to offer customers invoices attached with dynamic QR Code that embeds the company’s UEN, payer name, invoice number and payment amount, using the Maybank PayNow system. The goal is to allow business
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Singapore’s PropTech Marketplace Ohmyhome Raises S$4 Million In Series A
Ohmyhome, a Singapore PropTech marketplace announced that it has raised S$4 million Series A funding led by Golden Equator Capital. The investment will help Ohmyhome further strengthen its position as a PropTech company in Singapore and expand into Southeast Asia.
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MAS Warns Public Against Websites Faking DPM Tharman’s Quotes to Sell Bitcoin
The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) has issued a warning about fraudulent websites soliciting bitcoin investments using fudged comments that they’ve attributed to MAS Chairman and Deputy Prime Minister, Tharman Shanmugaratnam. Screenshots of the website depict fake articles that are
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SGInnovate Doubles Down on Blockchain And AI
This seems to be an exciting time to be in Singapore’s fintech. Between the Monetary Authority of Singapore unveiling its multi-nation open API, and the SGQR, the fintech scene in Singapore begins its evolution into its next phase. One of
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Deloitte & Jupiter Chain Teams Up on a Blockchain Powered Data Exchange
Jupiter Chain, a Singapore-based data exchange platform utilising blockchain, has partnered up with Deloitte to create a Southeast Asian data exchange platform. The platform would serve as a fully transparent avenue for businesses to monetise their data. The partnership, using
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