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Dubai-Based RAKBANK, BDO and Ripple Teams up for Remittance to the Philippines
Dubai-based bank RAKBANK recently enhanced its current remittance footprint in the Philippines by partnering with BDO Unibank, a full-service universal bank in the Philippines. The Bank’s RAKMoneyTransfer (RMT) services will now enable customers to make instant, frictionless, and secure money
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Vietnam’s ViettelPay Expects Triple Growth of Users In 2020
ViettelPay a digital wallet service under the Viettel Group said in a media statement that it is confident that the company will triple its user base by 2020. According to the company, they now have over 9 million users and
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Singapore Leads Asia Pacific in Open Banking
In its Open Banking APAC report, released earlier this month, the EPAA provides an overview of developments in the region and shares findings from a survey of industry participants and experts from APAC. Unlike the regulator-led approach in the European
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Grab Launches Early-Stage Startup Accelerator in Vietnam
Grab, today announced the launch of Grab Ventures Ignite, an accelerator programme for early-stage startups, which it said is a part of the Grab for Good development roadmap in Vietnam which aims to create greater social and economic benefits for
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Azimo and Ripple Teams Up for Cross Border Remittance to The Philippines
Azimo, a European based money transfer service, announced today that it has partnered with Ripple, the enterprise blockchain solution for global payments. Azimo has launched its first service using Ripple’s On-Demand Liquidity solution (ODL) to send faster and cheaper cross-border
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McKinsey: Banks Need to Reinvent Themselves or They Will Eventually Disappear
In Asia, consumers’ tech-savviness, the rise of fintech, and advances in technology are requiring banks to reinvent themselves, according to a new report by McKinsey. In a paper titled Future of Asia Banking: How Asia is reinvesting banking for the
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TONIK Raises US$6 Million, Eyeing to Launch Digital Bank in Philippines by 2020
TONIK announced today that it closed a US$ 6 Million round of equity funding led by regional VC investors Insignia Ventures Partners and Credence partners. The funds raised will be used to launch its digital bank in the Philippines, targetting
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E-Commerce Firms May Be in The Forefront of South East Asia’s Digital Banking Revolution
In a new report released by S&P Global Market Intelligence earlier this month, the financial information services provider says that for both new digital banks and incumbent banks, affiliation with technology platforms serving large pools of consumers and small businesses
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Thailand and Cambodia’s Payments QR are Now Interoperable
Regulators from Thailand and Cambodia announced earlier the launch of an interoperable payment QR code between the two countries. Cambodian tourists visiting Thailand will now be able to use the mobile payment app to scan QR codes in Thailand, whereas
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How MyInfo Revolutionized Verification Process in Singapore
MyInfo made verification process easier than ever for the citizens of Singapore and thanks to BASIS ID every FinTech can now integrate this service into its platform. Know Your Customer or simply KYC remains one of the biggest pains for
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