Over the years, Singapore has successfully fostered the development of a striving fintech ecosystem, leveraging its historical financial,…

Cross-border payments in Southeast Asia is a dynamic and fast-evolving sector that has been impacted by increased digitalization,…

Indonesia-focused venture capital firm East Ventures announced that it has selected 30 teams from its hackathon programme for…

This year has been a tough one for the crypto industry. From Bitcoin’s wild price swings to the…

Global cryptocurrency exchange Binance announced that it has become the majority shareholder in Indonesia’s crypto assets digital exchange…

Securities brokerage CGS-CIMB Singapore’s individual accredited investors will now have access to private market exchange ADDX’s offerings. These…

Global digital asset platform Amber Group announced that it has completed its US$300 million Series C round led…

Fintech is one of the most dynamic industries in Asia, a booming sector that’s risen on the back…

Payments firm Payoneer announced that it has received in-principle approval for a Major Payment Institution License from the…

Southeast Asian SME financing platform Validus today announced that it has raised its Series C-1 funding round. Details…

Alibaba Cloud announced that it will be launching the Blockchain Node Service in the first quarter of 2023.…

Insurtech startups in the Southeast Asian region are capitalising on the heightened need that consumers now have for…

American Express has set up a new Decision Science Center of Excellence (CoE) in Singapore with the aim…

5G, artificial intelligence (AI), microservices and real-time analytics are amongst banks’ top investment focuses this year. These priority…

Standard Chartered Bank has trained over 8,000 of its employees in Singapore as a part of its S$8…

Southeast Asian superapp Grab announced the appointment of Alejandro Osorio as its Managing Director in Vietnam. In his…

Provenir, a provider of AI-powered data and decisioning software for the fintech industry, announced that it has appointed…

In Asia and elsewhere, financial super apps (also known as fintech super apps) are mobile applications that offer…

Most investors prefer having a personal advisor over robo or digital solutions according to a survey conducted by…

Buy now pay later (BNPL) has been picking up steam among curious consumers in Thailand. This type of…

FinAccel, the parent company of Indonesian Buy Now, Pay Later (BNPL) platform Kredivo, announced that Allen Shim has…

Indonesia’s domestic real-time payments scheme BI-FAST, launched by Bank Indonesia and powered by ACI Worldwide, has announced plans…

Unlike a lot of the next-generational technology that have thus far failed to live up to their full…

Pan-Asian venture capital firm Gobi Partners has appointed Carlo Chen-Delantar as its Head of ESG to succeed the…

The five digital banks licensed by the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) are now members of the island…

Bank Indonesia announced the country’s very own central bank digital currency (CBDC), named the “digital rupiah,” to move…

Singapore-based wealth and savings app Hugosave has become a Visa Principal Member Issuing Licensee under its parent company…

Shopping and rewards platform ShopBack has extended its Series F fundraise yet again with an investment of US$30…

Open banking is now universally and unequivocally regarded as a key part of a bank’s landscape, according to…

Global private market exchange ADDX announced that it has fractionalised a venture debt fund by Innoven Capital which…

Payments company Airwallex announced that it has appointed Kai Wu as its Chief Revenue Officer (CRO) and Asia-Pacific…

Broadridge Financial Solutions, a US-based technology solutions provider, has appointed Martin Koopman as Chief Product Officer effective 1…

Economies worldwide are increasingly considering the viability of a digitised national currency, most commonly referred to now as a…