Malaysia has become the latest nation in Southeast Asia to roll out a digital nomad visa scheme, a…

The Australia Pavilion returns for the first in-person SFF since 2019 and Australian Trade and Investment Commission (Austrade)…

The end of October and beginning of November 2022 will be busy weeks for the fintech community with…

The Singapore government will invest an additional US$50 million to develop local artificial intelligence (AI) talent and double…

Stripe, a global financial infrastructure platform for businesses, has officially launched in Thailand, enabling businesses to accept payments via…

The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) published two consultation papers proposing regulatory measures for cryptocurrency trading and stablecoins…

The annual Singapore Fintech Festival (SFF) is returning this year from November 02 to 04, 2022 as an…

Singapore Japan Mobile Labs (SJ Mobile Labs Pte Ltd.) was launched in late 2021 to tackle the massive…

When the global economy fluctuates, so does fraud. With so many forms of global disruption, fraudsters learn to…

Buy Now, Pay Later (BNPL) firm Atome announced that it has achieved 1 billion THB (US$26.3 million) in…

OCBC Bank announced that it has become a signatory to the United Nations-convened, industry-led Net Zero Banking Alliance…

The Vietnamese card payments market is expected to grow by 23.8% to reach VND859.2 trillion (US$37.6 billion) in…

The insurance market in Vietnam has grown along with the country’s surge to economic prominence in recent years.…

Invest Hong Kong (InvestHK) has unveiled details of Hong Kong Fintech Week 2022 (HKFW), which will take place…

Insurtech plays a significant role as Thailand turns to technology to boost its insurance industry and make it…

Southeast Asia (SEA) is experiencing exponential growth in digital payments encouraged by a booming e-commerce scene. The region…

The digital payments market in Asia-Pacific is expected to more than triple to US$67.42 billion by 2028, according to…

Southeast Asian open finance platform Brankas and credit solutions provider CRIF have launched the New Evaluation Open Suite…

Standard Chartered announced the appointment of veteran banker James Lye as Global Head, International Banking, effective 1 November…

Vietnamese Buy Now, Pay Later (BNPL) firm Fundiin announced that it has secured US$5 million in a Series…

The core tenets of open banking are users’ financial data stored in banks are shared with third-party applications…

Visa announced that it has partnered with global payments company Thunes to help individuals and small businesses move…

Decentralized finance – often called “DeFi” – is a hot topic in the cryptocurrency world, with billions of…

A study by the FIDO Alliance revealed that global password usage has dropped, yet passwords are still the…

Online money transfer service Wise announced that it will expand its team to employ over 400 staff in…

It is no secret that trading activity blossomed over the last couple of years, as an army of…

In Asia, environmental, social and governance (ESG) issues are becoming an increasingly important topic for the financial sector.…

Many Singaporeans are still using ATMs and visiting bank branches even though close to nine in 10 Singaporeans…

Singapore-based insurtech firm bolttech announced that Japanese multinational insurance holding company Tokio Marine, alongside other shareholders, will lead…

Global warming has dramatic impacts on nature and human society. Aligning financial flows with international climate goals is…

The Bank for International Settlements (BIS) and Bank Indonesia has announced the winners of the G20 TechSprint 2022…

Digital wealth advisory platform Endowus announced that it has acquired a majority stake in Hong Kong-based wealth manager…

Before the advent of digitalisation, the process of obtaining a loan was extremely tedious and time-consuming, causing long…