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Episode Six Secures US$7 Million to Accelerate Global Growth as Demand for Digital Transformation Increases
Episode Six, a next-generation financial technology provider, today announced that it has secured US$7 million of its Series A funding. The round was led by HSBC and includes investments from Mastercard and SBI Investment Co., Ltd., which first invested in
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Google Partners With Singapore Government Agencies for Job-Skills Initiative
About 3,000 local entry-level and mid-career job seekers will benefit from the new jobs and skills training initiative that was announced by Google, Economic Development Board (EDB), Infocomm Media Development Authority (IMDA) and SkillsFuture Singapore (SSG). The Skills Ignition SG initiative,
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Finastra and Microsoft Enters in Global Partnership in Digital Push for Financial Services
Finastra and Microsoft today announced a strategic, multiyear cloud agreement to help accelerate the digital transformation of financial services. They said this move marks a commitment and builds on the 3,000 banks and financial institutions already supported by both companies
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NUS to Nurture Singapore’s Next Generation of Fintech Talent
The NUS School of Computing launched the NUS-FinTechSG Programme which aims to nurture Singapore’s next generation of fintech talents and full stack developers. The programme offered by the NUS FinTech Lab and Strategic Technology Management Institute (STMI) is a platform for students to gain knowledge
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Mambu Integrates with Currencycloud for Cross Border Payments
Mambu, a cloud banking platform, and Currencycloud, a global payments platform, have partnered to offer increased transparency and scalability to international payments for platform customers. In their statement, the said that by integrating Mambu’s true SaaS banking platform with Currencycloud’s
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Here Are 8 Competitions in Asia Your Fintech Startup Can Join
In the tech scene, participating in startup competitions, challenges and hackathons can provide young ventures with great networking and funding opportunities, as well as exposure. For this list, we’ve focused on startup competitions and hackathons for fintechs in Asia. Some
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Advance.AI’s Atome Launches “Buy Now, Pay Later” Solution in Singapore
Atome, a Singapore based startup, has launched a “buy now, pay later” solution, which they said is intended to support the recovery of Singapore’s retail sector during COVID-19. The company is founded in 2016 and it is a subsidiary of
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UOB’s Innovation Accelerator The FinLab Goes Digital
The FinLab, United Overseas Bank’s (UOB) innovation accelerator, today launched The FinLab Online, a digital platform to help small-and-medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and start-ups across ASEAN implement digital solutions to transform their businesses. Since its launch in 2015, The FinLab has received
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Mambu Announces Global Partnership With Google Cloud
Mambu, a cloud banking platform, announced its partnership with Google Cloud today. Mambu customers can now launch and extend banking and lending operations in more countries on its cloud-agnostic platform. The partnership allows Mambu to operate end-to-end on Google Cloud
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AMTD & Xiaomi Finance Pours S$ 5M in Fintech Programme with Singaporean Universities
AMTD Group, Xiaomi Finance, Singapore Management University (SMU) and the Institute of Systems Science at the National University of Singapore (NUS-ISS), jointly launched the ‘AMTD-Xiaomi-SMU-ISS Digital Finance Leadership Programme’ (“AXSI Programme”) today at a virtual signing ceremony. This programme is
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