During February and March, as many countries imposed or strengthened social distancing measures due to COVID-19, a significant majority of…
Month: April 2020
The Saudi G20 Presidency and the Bank for International Settlements (BIS) Innovation Hub today launched the G20 TechSprint Initiative to highlight the…
Oriente, a lending startup headquarted in Hong Kong and operating in the Philippines (via Cashalo) and Indonesia (via Finmas), announced…
Qoala an insurtech headquarted out of Jakarta, today announced its successful US$13.5 million Series A fundraise. The round was led…
AppsFlyer released its first edition of the State of Finance App Marketing report, which tracked 4.6 billion app installs across…
Rapyd, a global Fintech as a Service company, announced today a major expansion of Rapyd Disburse, an industry-leading mass-payout platform. The…
Singapore Management University (SMU) and Tradeteq will be embarking on a project which aims to develop quantum computing-based credit scoring…
Singapore-headquartered insurtech startup – Igloo (previously known as “Axinan”), announced today that it has successfully closed its Series A+ funding…
TransferWise has announced a partnership with cloud banking platform Mambu. Customers of Mambu, challenger and traditional banks alike, can now…
With half of the world’s population under lockdown and governments around the world urging people to limit contact, some of…
Rapyd, a global Fintech as a Service company, today announced a new Solidarity Programme to help Singapore businesses quickly accept…
The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) has launched the MAS SGD Facility for ESG Loans (the Facility) in partnership with…
With Singapore set to deliver its first digital banking licenses later this year, the city-state is preparing for a new…
Ti&m, a leading Swiss IT provider and digital solution developer, has released a special magazine on artificial intelligence (AI), exploring the technology’s…
DBS Bank announced today that it will be donating SGD 10.5 million to help communities hard hit by Covid-19 across…
The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) granted authority to Rizal Commercial Banking Corp. (RCBC) to accept government funds to assist…
Union Bank of the Philippines through its UShare platform, is enabling non-government organizations (NGOs) in the country digitize with some…
Many financial institutions are already using cloud-based software-as-a-service (SaaS) applications for business processes, but 2020 is set to be the…
Crealogix, announced the appointment of Karsten Kenma as the new Managing Director of Asia Pacific. In his new role Karsten…
Fintech investment and M&A deals saw a sharp downswing in March due to the COVID-19 outbreak, according to a new…