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Insurtech Platform Igloo Lands Partnership With Union Bank and Akulaku for Micro-Insurance
Igloo, Singapore-headquartered insurtech firm, announced partnerships with Union Bank of the Philippines and Indonesia’s Akulaku to offer micro-insurance policies. Akulaku is one of Indonesia’s most well-funded fintech startups who is best known for their “buy now, pay later” service. Igloo
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Who is The Winner in Indonesia’s E-Wallet War?
iPrice Group collaborated with App Annie, an app market data and insight company, to summarise updates on e-wallet app platforms in Indonesia from Q2 2019 until 2020. Here are 7 major findings on e-wallets in Indonesia: 1. Local Players Dominate
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How One Singaporean Company Came to Dominate the SEO Industry
The Search Engine Optimization (SEO) industry is as old as search engines themselves, but it wasn’t all that complex pre-millennium. The algorithms that determined the search engine results have become much more nuanced, with a far greater amount of variables.
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Standard Chartered Hires Judo Bank’s Co-Founder to Reportedly Work on Digital Bank in Singapore
Standard Chartered is working with Singapore’s National Trade Union Congress (NTUC) Enterprise on its second digital-only bank in Asia, people familiar with the matter told media. The new initiative is still at an early stage, the persons said, and has
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Fintech Report Reveals Top Differentiators That Will Help You Better Engage Mobile Users
A changing landscape requires a new mindset By providing great user experience, a variety of money management tools, lower fees and extensive security features, mobile-first fintech apps are setting a new benchmark for handling personal finances. While these apps grow
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Philippines’ RCBC and DTI To Enable Digital Payments For Micro-Businesses
Rizal Commercial Banking Corporation (RCBC) and the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) has partnered to create DiskarTech’s NegosyanTech programme to digitalise community-based microenterprises in every barangay nationwide through partnership and ecosystem building. More than 1.3 million sari-sari stores (a
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Thailand’s KASIKORNBANK and Lu International Develop Online Wealth Management Platform
KASIKORNBANK and Lu International (Singapore), a subsidiary of China’s retail fintech enterprise Lufax Holding, have recently announced a partnership to establish an online wealth management platform for retail investors in Thailand. The platform named LU Global said it offers customers
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ti&m to Establish Itself as a Trusted Brand in Singapore
Marc Bühler took over the management of the Singapore ti&m operations in June. He has lived and worked in Singapore for more than ten years. In an interview, he explains how he got into IT, what he does in his
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DBS Partners AWS To Future-Proof Employees With AI & Machine Learning Skills
DBS is taking steps to future-proof its workforce by announcing a collaboration with Amazon Web Services (AWS) to ensure its employees are equipped with fundamental skills in Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML) by the end of the year.
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How Artificial Intelligence is Powering Asia’s Fraudtech Fight Against Financial Crime
Advances in technological fields including artificial intelligence (AI) and biometrics are providing new ways for financial institutions and startups to combat the surge in fraud and financial crime resulting from the rise of digital banking and fintech. With governments across
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