Standard Chartered announced that it has formed the first-of-its-kind Lender of Record partnership in Singapore with buy now,…

Maha El Dimachki has been appointed as the new head of the Singapore Center at the Bank for…

The Asia Pacific (APAC) region is rapidly emerging as a stronghold for digital payments, underpinned by customer preferences…

The Thailand Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has issued a new set of guidelines for crypto platforms including…

Thailand insurtech startup Roojai has agreed to acquire FWD General Insurance’s local business from bolttech to boost its…

The Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Finance Lawrence Wong has been appointed as the new chairman of…

Digital Payment Token (DPT) service providers will have to segregate customers’ assets from its own assets and safekeep…

A new paper published by the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) on June 21, 2023 introduces the concept…

Andre Soelistyo has resigned from his position as the president director of Indonesian superapp and e-commerce platform provider…

Standard Chartered has appointed Dana Barsky as its Global Head of Sustainability Strategy and Net Zero where she…

As the world steers its way through the digital age, one country is making waves in the rapidly…

The Rwanda Imbaraga SME Ecosystem (RISE) programme has been launched to foster stronger connections between financial institutions and…

The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) is proposing an industry code of conduct for providers of Environmental, Social,…

In Southeast Asia, the availability of digital financial service alternatives has had a transformative impact on financial inclusion.…

The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) is proposing to increase deposit insurance (DI) coverage per depositor from S$75,000…

Singapore-based payables management software platform Spenmo announced that it has appointed Justin Choi as its new CEO. He…

The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) and Singapore Exchange (SGX Group) will collaborate with the Secretariat of the…

In recent years, the Artificial Intelligence (AI) growth in the finance market has been considerable, with the sector…

In Vietnam, rising demand for digital financial solutions, supportive policies and government initiatives to nurture fintech innovation are…

Digital asset exchange Crypto.com announced that it will establish its first Global Innovation Lab in Singapore, making the…

The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) has released an open-source toolkit to enable the responsible use of Artificial…

The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) has published a report proposing a framework for designing open, interoperable networks…

Singapore-based wealth and savings app Hugosave announced that it has appointed Karl Franks as its new COO to…

The Association of Banks in Singapore (ABS) has launched the Trade Finance Registry (TFR) to ensure there will…

ZaloPay announced that it has become the first Vietnamese e-wallet provider to partner with Shopify, an e-commerce company headquartered…

Homegrown financial services company Singlife has partnered with Singaporean B2B fintech Aspire to enable regional small-to-medium enterprises (SMEs)…

The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF) and Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS)…

In Southeast Asia, digitalization and technology are playing an important role in expanding access to financial services and…

Amazon Web Services (AWS) announced that it will invest US$$100 million in its AWS Generative AI Innovation Center.…

It can be difficult for financial institutions to rely exclusively on physical branches for comprehensive service for certain…

OCBC has launched a fully digital Singapore dollar and multi currency accounts opening service for foreigners from Malaysia,…

JPMorgan Chase & Co will be establishing its commercial bank in Singapore as part of its global expansion…

Ripple’s Singapore subsidiary has obtained in-principle approval for a Major Payments Institution license from the Monetary Authority of…