The COVID-19 pandemic has forced both consumers and merchants to embrace online channels and digital payments at an accelerated pace,…
Month: September 2021
Banks across Asia Pacific are lagging behind the rest of the world when it comes to digitisation, with less than…
In Asia-Pacific (APAC), embedded wealth is a US$32 billion opportunity per annum which financial institutions are eager to tap into.…
InvestaX, a Singapore-headquartered online investment and trading platform for Digital Securities (DSO) and Security Tokens (STO), launches its exchange in…
Indonesian payments aggregator OY! Indonesia announced that it has raised US$30 million (Rp. 443.2 billion) in a Series A funding…
Dash PET by Etiqa Insurance, an insurance savings plan created in partnership with Singtel Dash and Etiqa Insurance, has been…
The Royal Monetary Authority (RMA), Bhutan’s central bank, announced that it will pilot a central bank digital currency (CBDC) in…
Übank, Vietnamese digital bank powered by VPBank, has partnered with digital banking software provider Backbase to leverage its cloud solution…
Fave, a fintech platform providing QR payments to restaurants and retailers, has announced a partnership with Google Pay to offer…
Singapore’s multi-currency travel wallet YouTrip announced that it will be establishing an innovation lab in the country to fast-track its…
Singaporean payments firm Spenmo has raised US$34 million in an oversubscribed Series A investment round. It is touted to be…
Singapore-based digital asset management startup TradeTogether is on track to launch a series of pocket fund strategies for accredited investors…
Singaporean insurtech unicorn bolttech has extended its recently-announced US$180 million series A funding round, bringing the series total to US$210 million.…
The London Stock Exchange Group (LSEG) is ramping up innovation efforts, tapping into technologies including artificial intelligence (AI), machine learning…
In H1 2021, fintech funding in Asia-Pacific surged to US$5.56 billion, more than double the same period last year. The…
Machine learning plays a pivotal role in effective fraud prevention systems. In this article, learn how machine learning can significantly…
Mobile app usage habits and trends have seen a drastic uptick amid COVID-19 and lockdown measures. In Asia-Pacific (APAC), fintech…
Singaporean cross-border payments firm Thunes has appointed Irina Chuchkina as Chief Marketing Officer and Babul Balakrishnan as Head of Customer…
The Singapore government has announced a package of initiatives to support high-growth enterprises to raise capital in the country’s public…
DBS plans to hire around 150 of Singapore’s top technology talent through its Hack2Hire hackathon to bolster its AI and…