Vietnam is undergoing a transformation and moving towards becoming a cashless economy, a shift that has been driven…
Financial Inclusion
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the Mastercard Impact Fund have forged a new partnership to tackle the…
Payment giant Visa announced its commitment to supporting digital creators by recognising them as small businesses at the…
Global neobank Revolut has launched a unique debit card vending machine at the National University of Singapore (NUS),…
Amazon has introduced its Pay It Forward report and campaign aimed at closing the remaining gaps in digital…
OCBC has announced a five-year collaboration with Disney, bringing special products and activities inspired by Disney, Pixar, Marvel,…
Digital bank GXS has launched the GXS FlexiCard, a credit card that charges flat fees on outstanding balances…
Thailand’s Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra announced that a portion of the government’s 450 billion baht (US$13.1 billion) “digital…
OCBC Bank is set to offer Generation Alpha—children born after 2009—their own digital bank accounts through the OCBC…
Parenthood is increasingly seen as a major financial hurdle in Singapore, with over 40% of respondents in a…
Thailand’s former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra announced that the 10,000-baht handout under the digital wallet scheme will commence…
Insurtech firm Igloo has teamed up with TrueMoney, Thailand’s e-payment and financial services provider, to offer insurance products…
Payments infrastructure company TerraPay has announced that financial institutions can now send money directly to over 2.1 billion…
Indonesian digital bank Superbank has announced an additional funding of IDR 1.2 trillion (US$73.3 million) from its shareholders,…
Indonesian microfinance fintech company Amartha has secured a US$17.5 million equity funding from the Accion Digital Transformation Fund.…
The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and Singapore’s Infocomm Media Development Authority (IMDA) have launched a global initiative…
The International Finance Corporation (IFC) has partnered with KB Kookmin Card (KBC), a South Korean credit card issuer,…
Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin has officially launched a new digital wallet scheme in Thailand aimed at benefiting approximately…
SC Ventures, the innovation, fintech investment, and ventures arm of Standard Chartered, and NEXT176, the venture arm of…
PT Bank Rakyat Indonesia (BRI) has announced that its mobile banking app, BRImo, has reached over 30 million…