The financial sector has always been on the frontline of technological advancements. From the invention of paper money to the…
Month: August 2023
Stablecoins, emerging as a new category of digital payment tokens (DPTs), hold immense potential to transform payment methods. The Monetary…
Ever wondered what is buy now pay later? Imagine walking into a store, picking up a gadget or designer outfit…
The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) has been conducting inspections of financial institutions (FIs) active in the wealth management space…
Singapore’s multi-currency e-wallet YouTrip has rolled out Apple Pay integration to provide its users more options to pay for in-store…
Payments firm Payoneer Singapore announced that it has been granted a Major Payment Institution license from the Monetary Authority of…
The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) has finalised its new stablecoin regulatory framework which included feedback from a public consultation…
DBS has pledged to set aside up to SGD 1 billion over the next 10 years in an effort to…
Real-time payments are transactions made between bank accounts, processed, cleared, and settled within seconds, o any given day or time.…
Nine fintech companies headquartered in Southeast Asia were named among the world’s top 200 fintech businesses, recognized by business media…
In an industry that never sleeps, where transactions flow across time zones and borders, fintech companies are realizing the undeniable…
Tenity, a fintech incubator and accelerator formerly known as F10, and Swiss wealth management group Julius Baer has announced the…
In Q2 2023, global insurtech funding recorded a significant 36% quarter-on-quarter (QoQ) decline from Q1’s US$1.4 billion, sliding below the…
In 2022, financial services emerged as the most funded startup sector in Vietnam, accounting for 38% of all venture capital…
In an era driven by data and technological innovation, the financial sector finds itself at the intersection of analytics and…
The rise of digital technologies has triggered a paradigm shift in the financial landscape, with central bank digital currencies (CBDCs)…
Traditional banking practices have profoundly transformed in an increasingly digital and interconnected world. To understand what is open banking, one…
Sustainability has emerged as one of the most pressing issues of our time and ESG is no longer just a…
Payment giant Visa announced that it has made Apple Pay available to its users in Vietnam in a push for…
Global payments infrastructure company TerraPay received in-principle approval for a Major Payment Institution (MPI) license from the Monetary Authority of…