Usage of digital financial services is witnessing strong growth in Southeast Asia this year, a trend mostly driven by digital…
Year: 2021
Indonesian digital wallet OVO, has collaborated with financial marketplace Bareksa and Bahana TCW Investment Management to launch its first fixed…
The COVID-19 pandemic has caused work to shift drastically, bringing about new employee expectations, rising demand for greater flexibility, and…
Climate Impact X (CIX), a global marketplace and exchange for high-quality carbon credits, has announced the appointment of Mikkel Larsen…
Computer technology giant Oracle is boosting its cloud business in Asia. Oracle’s investment in Singapore involves the opening of the Oracle…
In a matter of weeks, COVID-19 forced radical changes in customer behaviour, moving significant portions of the economy online and…
Vizzio Art Creators Lab (VACL), part of Vizzio Art, a European provider of digital wall art technology, announces the launch…
Indonesian B2B e-commerce marketplace Ula announced that it has secured an additional US$23.1 million funding in an extension of its…
Sleek, a platform providing incorporation and accounting services for SMEs and entrepreneurs, announced it has secured US$14 million in a…
Singaporean cryptocurrency platform Coinhako has been issued an in-principle approval from the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) to provide digital…
Thailand’s KASIKORNBANK (KBank) announced that it has opened a branch in Ho Chi Minh City with the aim of linking…
There is “no pressing need” for a retail central bank digital currency (CBDC) in Singapore at this point in time,…
The SFF Global FinTech Awards brings together the Fintech Awards previously presented separately by the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS)…
The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) and the Singapore Fintech Association (SFA) announced the award winners of the Global Fintech…
The 6th edition of the Singapore Fintech Festival (SFF) took place this week as a hybrid event combining both digital…
Sparrow, a digital assets trading platform headquartered in Singapore, has raised US$4.4 million in Series A funding led by Gain…
Blockchain Association Singapore (BAS) and the National Trades Union Congress’ U Care Fund (NTUC-U Care Fund) jointly hosted the Blockchain…
Network for Electronic Transfers (NETS) announced that Sunny Quek and Melvyn Low have been appointed to its Board of Directors,…
The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) has announced the winners of the Global Central Bank Digital Currency Challenge (Global CBDC Challenge)…
Singapore’s Infocomm Media Development Authority (IMDA), the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) and the Financial Services Regulatory Authority (FSRA) of…