Managing a business involves a whole host of administrative duties. For a small and medium enterprise (SME) owner with a…
Year: 2021
Payment technology platform Global Processing Services (GPS) announced it has raised over US$300 million from Advent International and Viking Global…
Surer, a Singaporean cloud-based insurtech platform, announced that it has raised US$1 million during a seed funding round. The insurtech raised…
Indonesia, the largest economy in Southeast Asia and the eighth largest in the world in terms of purchasing power parity,…
Standard Chartered plans to provide US$500 million in financing to Atome Financial, the parent company of Buy Now, Pay Later…
Buy now, pay later (BNPL), also referred to as paylater, has become one of the most popular payment options in…
Indonesia’s fintech industry is entering a new era of growth and maturity, triggered by the COVID-19 pandemic, booming venture funding…
CIMB Vietnam has officially introduced the issuance of its CIMB-Finhay credit card on the Finhay app through digital onboarding without…
Standard Chartered has partnered with Demica, a London-based fintech specialising in working capital solutions, to transform access to the bank’s…
Refinitiv’s new report “Workspace Without Limits” explores the data challenges financial professionals are facing, and the role that technology, interoperability…
StraitsX, a Southeast Asian digital assets platform developed by Xfers, announced that it has surpassed the SGD 2 billion mark…
Buy now, pay later (BNPL) payments have become the latest target for fraudsters. In this article, explore why BNPL is…
Fintech activity is accelerating in Indonesia, a trend marked by significant startup venture capital rounds, accelerated growth of local fintech…
Asia-Pacific (APAC) continues to see higher attack rates in comparison to global figures, a trend that’s been sustained by the…
In Asia-Pacific (APAC), the COVID-19 pandemic has brought the digital banking industry to a new level of maturity with penetration…
During the pandemic, the number of data breaches has increased drastically: cyberattacks targeting banks have even grown by 238 percent.…
UOB and digital securities exchange ADDX have concluded the digitisation and digital custody of the inaugural sustainability-linked bond recently launched…
Funding Societies, Southeast Asian SME digital financing platform, announced that it has raised US$18 million in debt financing led by…
Financial crime has increased in recent years and is constantly evolving. With total combined fraud losses reaching a record high…
KPMG plans to spend more than US$1.5 billion over the next three years specifically to focus on the Environmental, Social…