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What’s Next For Digital Insurer Singlife After Its Merger With Aviva?
2020 was a good year for Singapore’s digital life insurer Singlife. The company completed its S$3.2 billion merger deal with Aviva Singapore, the largest transaction ever in the Singaporean insurance sector. It also launched the Singlife Account, a mobile-first insurances
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Fintechs Have Raised US$ 2 Billion in Mega Rounds in January Alone
January 2021 has been a blockbuster month for fintech fundraising, with at least 13 mega-rounds worth US$100 million or more so far this month. These secured a combined US$2,746 million of funding. The figure excludes funding rounds that are below
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Standard Chartered Singapore’s Former CEO Joins STACS as Chairman
Ray Ferguson, the former CEO of Standard Chartered Singapore, has joined Hashstacs Pte Ltd (STACS), a Singaporean blockchain development company, as its Chairman. STACS is focused on capital markets use cases such as the trade lifecycle management of bonds, Environmental,
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TransferWise and Visa Expands Global Partnership
Visa and TransferWise, a London-based online money transfer service, announced a global partnership and the first use of Visa Cloud Connect. This enables fintech startups and partners to securely connect to VisaNet, Visa’s global processing network, through the public cloud.
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Omise Selects Netcetera’s 3-D Secure Server to Secure Online Payments in Asia
Omise, a Thailand-based online payments platform, has selected the Netcetera 3-D Secure Server to secure its online payment transactions in the APAC region set to go live by January 2021. Netcetera, a Swiss software company offering digital payment solutions, offers
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Changing the World With Bank of Things
Digital transformation is now everywhere, as every industry is actively adopting advanced information and communications technology (ICT) while changing business practices. The digital economy is extending its presence with speed, ease of access, as well as the power penetration that
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Swiss’ Adnovum Bolsters Asia’s Management Team With a Series of New Appointments
Swiss software company AdNovum has made a series of new appointments to its management team for its Asian locations. The executive board of the Swiss software company AdNovum has appointed David Chan, as the new Managing Director of AdNovum Singapore,
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20 Upcoming Fintech Webinars and Virtual Events to Watch Live in Southeast Asian Time Zones
With COVID-19 still spreading, online events, virtual conferences and webinars continue to attract fintech professionals, investors and other stakeholders looking to build meaning connections while remaining safe. For those located in Southeast Asia, we’ve compiled a list of the top
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DBS Rolls Out Digitalised Audit Confirmation Solution for Corporate and SME Customers
DBS announced that it will be rolling out a digital audit confirmation solution for its corporate and SME customers. According to their media statement, the DBS Audit Confirmation cuts processing time for audit confirmation requests to under 24 hours, as
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SGX Ties up With Temasek to Develop Blockchain-Based Digital Asset Infrastructure
Singapore Exchange (SGX) and Temasek announced that they have entered into a joint venture (JV) to advance digital asset infrastructure through the use of blockchain. SGX said in a statement that the JV is set to be Asia Pacific’s first
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