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Marc Bühler Takes Over as Head of Ti&M’s Singapore Office
ti&m has named Marc Bühler as the head of its new Singapore office, which opened in late 2019. As the managing director of Asia Pacific, he has been leading the company’s operations there since the start of June. The office
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StashAway Raises $16 Million USD in Its Series C Funding Round Led by Square Peg
Robo advisor operator StashAway announced today the completion of a $16 million USD Series C fundraising round. Square Peg, the largest venture capital fund in Australia, led the round, and Burda Principal Investments, the growth capital arm of German media
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Diskartech’s Taglish Digibank App Sees 8 Downloads by Filipinos Every Minute
Barely three weeks after its launch, more unbanked and underserved Filipinos are now downloading the country’s first and only Taglish inclusion super mobile app, DiskarTech. Taglish refers to the Philippine language Tagalog infused with American English terms that has been
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Infor Partners DBS Bank For Digital Trade Financing
Infor, a cloud software company, is partnering with DBS Bank to integrate digital trade financing capabilities into the its global network of more than 68,000 businesses. Their first joint program recently went live with one of the world’s largest global
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Episode Six Secures US$7 Million to Accelerate Global Growth as Demand for Digital Transformation Increases
Episode Six, a next-generation financial technology provider, today announced that it has secured US$7 million of its Series A funding. The round was led by HSBC and includes investments from Mastercard and SBI Investment Co., Ltd., which first invested in
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Google Partners With Singapore Government Agencies for Job-Skills Initiative
About 3,000 local entry-level and mid-career job seekers will benefit from the new jobs and skills training initiative that was announced by Google, Economic Development Board (EDB), Infocomm Media Development Authority (IMDA) and SkillsFuture Singapore (SSG). The Skills Ignition SG initiative,
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Apiax is Awarded MAS’ FSTI Proof-of-Concept Grant
Swiss Regtech startup Apiax has been awarded the FSTI Proof-of-Concept grant by the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) on the 16th June, 2020. The FSTI Proof-of-Concept grant provides funding support for experimentation, development and dissemination of nascent innovative technologies in
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Singapore Based Digital Banking Startup Percipient Raises US$ 5 Million
Singapore digital banking technology company Percipient has raised US$5 million (S$7 million) funding from Silicon Valley-based venture capital Stat Zero which will be used to support the launch of its “digital twin solution”. The solution named TWINNTM is described to
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Finastra and Microsoft Enters in Global Partnership in Digital Push for Financial Services
Finastra and Microsoft today announced a strategic, multiyear cloud agreement to help accelerate the digital transformation of financial services. They said this move marks a commitment and builds on the 3,000 banks and financial institutions already supported by both companies
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CIMB’s Digital Bank in Philippines Poised for 500% Growth in 2020
CIMB Bank Philippines is foreseeing a 500% increase in their deposit balances by end-year, following a reported 160% surge of average cash-in per customer in the second quarter of 2020. Their momentum for customer acquisition stood strong throughout April to
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