The Bank of Thailand (BOT) said on Friday that it will be conducting a retail Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC)…
Month: August 2022
AsiaPay, a digital payment service provider and technology vendor in Asia Pacific, announces a new partnership with TripleA, a MAS-licensed…
India is seeing the rise of a thriving open banking ecosystem, a burgeoning landscape that has emerged on the back…
Singapore-based cryptocurrency exchange Zipmex announced that it will release unaffected digital assets Cardano’s ADA, Solana (SOL) and Ripple’s XRP into…
Network for Electronic Transfers (NETS), Singapore’s payment services group, and National ITMX, Thailand’s key inter-bank payment infrastructure and central data…
Global cryptocurrency exchange Binance announced that its Co-founder Yi He will be the new Head of Binance Labs, its venture…
Global financial superapp Revolut has launched its new cryptocurrency service in Singapore, enabling customers to securely buy, hold and sell…
This past year has seen banks, financial services companies and fintech startups snapping up media companies, realizing the merits of…
Singapore-based crypto platform Vauld has been granted a three-month moratorium until November 7 by the Singapore High Court to halt…
Nano, Vietnam’s Earned Wage Access (EWA) provider, announced that it has raised US$6.4 million in an oversubscribed pre-Series A funding…
Visa announced the launch of a suite of sustainability-focused solutions “Visa Eco Benefits” in Asia Pacific to help its cardholders…
The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) is actively reviewing its approach to the regulation of stablecoin in the wake of…
Singapore’s state-owned investor Temasek is doubling down on fintech this year, participating in at least seven funding rounds involving companies…
Digital Treasures Center (DTC), a payment company based on distributed ledger technology, announced that it has secured a Major Payment…
Singtel announced its plan to invest a further US$100 million into its corporate venture arm Singtel Innov8, raising its total…
OrBit Markets, an institutional liquidity provider in crypto options and structured products, has raised US$4.6 million in an angel funding…
Singapore-based cryptocurrency exchange Zipmex announced that it has filed for for moratoria for all its entities under Section 64 of…
Digital assets trading platform Sparrow announced that it has obtained a Major Payment Institution (MPI) license from the Monetary Authority…
India’s International Financial Services Centre Authority (IFSCA) and the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding…
The cryptocurrency market is down significantly since the end of 2021, with the overall market losing nearly 70% of its…