wagely, an Indonesian earned wage access (EWA) firm, has raised US$23 million in a funding round comprising both equity and…
Year: 2024
FOMO Group, a Singapore-based financial holding company, announced that it has appointed Cindy Ho as its new Group Head of…
B2B embedded finance startup Fairbanc has secured US$13.3 million in debt financing from digital lending arm of Pegadaian, a subsidiary…
More than 61,000 Singaporean bank accounts have utilised the “Money Lock” feature since its launch in November 2023, with over…
Airwallex, a global payments and financial platform, has announced several new appointments to its leadership team as well as expansion…
ShopBack, a shopping and rewards platform, revealed that it will be discontinuing its Buy Now, Pay Later (BNPL) service effective…
Platformification, modernisation, banking transformation, financial inclusion, digital innovation, composable journeys, and omnichannel experiences—these are not just objectives and aspirations, but…
Alchemy Pay, a global crypto payment service provider, has unveiled its strategic roadmap for 2024, focusing on expanding its payment…
Global payments platform Nium announced that it has secured a payments license to conduct higher-value financial transactions from Japan’s Financial…
Singapore’s fight against phishing scams saw notable progress in 2023, with a reported 16% decrease in cases and a 14%…
Xiaomi-backed online brokerage Tiger Brokers Singapore has collaborated with online money transfer service Wise to introduce the Tiger BOSS debit…
SCBX, the financial technology business group of Siam Commercial Bank, has inked a deal to fully acquired consumer finance firm…
HashKey Technology Services, the over-the-counter (OTC) trading division of the HashKey Group, has secured in-principle approval from the Monetary Authority…
In recent years, the landscape of cryptocurrency and digital assets has experienced significant shifts, and Singapore, a nation known for…
Global neobank Revolut has expanded its services by launching the “Mobile Wallets” feature in Singapore, enabling customers to transfer money…
Singapore’s fintech startup, Qapita, has raised US$17.2 million in a funding round believed to be pre-Series B, adding to the…
audax Financial Technology, backed by Standard Chartered, and Thought Machine, a cloud-native banking technology company, have announced a strategic partnership…
2023 marked a pivotal year in the Asia-Pacific (APAC) region’s approach to crypto regulation, influenced significantly by the preceding implosion…
The fintech industry in the Asia Pacific region is booming, with several high-growth companies potentially eyeing an initial public offering…
Amazon Pay has been granted a payment aggregator (PA) license by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI), marking a pivotal…