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ISACA Finds Singapore Enterprises Are Cautious About Augmented Reality, Despite Business Benefits
With this year’s release of Pokémon Go, awareness of augmented reality (AR) applications soared among organizations and consumers. Despite its popularity and potential business benefits, AR adoption rates are slow among enterprises, according to a new study from global business technology and cybersecurity
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MAS and ABS Kick Off Inaugural Singapore FinTech Festival
The inaugural Singapore FinTech Festival kicked off today with a series of events that aim to portray the future of a financial industry transformed by innovation and technology. The week-long Festival is organised by the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS),
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What Asia Can Learn From Africa To Succeed in Fintech For Unbanked?
Facebook is currently considering acquiring mobile money giant M-Pesa in Kenya. One month ago Visa payments network introduced a mobile-phone application to enable cashless transactions in Kenya too. The mVisa app will initially facilitate transactions for people with accounts at
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Millennials Driving Digital Shift in Insurance Sector
The insurance industry is undergoing a shift in the way it operates in order to satisfy a new generation of customers – the millennial market. Millennials are demanding more high-tech processes when it comes to insurance, looking for digital interaction
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ANZ Launches Innovation Lab in Singapore
ANZ has launched an innovation lab in Singapore to help accelerate innovation in Institutional Banking capability and facilitate collaboration with the financial technology – or ‘fintech’ ecosystem which includes participants from industry, academia and government. The facility, known as ANZ
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Most Well-Funded Tech Startups In Asia and APAC
CB Insights analyzed the most well-funded tech startups in Asia and the APAC region by country based on disclosed equity funding, excluded debt funding and only considered VC-backed companies that have raised at least $1M of equity funding to date.
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KPMG Launches Digital Ledger Services To Help Companies Implement Blockchain Technology
KPMG in Singapore has announced the introduction of its Digital Ledger Services. This is a comprehensive suite of services designed to help companies, especially those in regulated sectors such as financial services, to realise the potential of blockchain capabilities such
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BNY Mellon Opens Its Eighth Global Innovation Center in Singapore
BNY Mellon today announced its newest Global Innovation Center will open in Singapore on 17 November 2016. As the eighth Innovation Center within a global network, the Singapore Innovation Center is designed to facilitate collaboration with fintechs and clients in Asia for
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A Guide to Singapore Fintech Festival 2016: Conferences, Workshops And More
In just a few weeks, Singapore will be hosting its inaugural Fintech Festival, a week long event that will bring together the global financial community for a series of conferences, workshops, startup competitions and awards ceremonies to celebrate fintech and
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Singapore Fintech Awards 2016 Announces 40 Finalists
Singapore FinTech Awards 2016, comprising the MAS FinTech Award and ABS Global FinTech Award, will be part of the inaugural Singapore FinTech Festival that will be held during 14 – 18 November 2016. The Awards recognise innovative FinTech solutions that
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