Despite a growing population and a large pool of unbanked, Pakistan has been a relatively slow-mover within the…

The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) announced the finalists for the Global Fintech Hackcelerator, as well as the…

Investree, an Indonesian B2B marketplace lending platform for Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs), announced that it has…

Despite a slight decline, Asia-Pacific (APAC) continued to dominate the global payments landscape in 2020. With approximately US$900…

NTUC Income, an insurance cooperative in Singapore, made its first overseas foray into three Southeast Asian markets namely…

Singapore-based major payment institution FOMO Pay has announced a partnership with Merkle Science, a predictive blockchain monitoring and…

Gobi Partners, a Pan-Asian venture capital firm with US$1.2 billion in assets under management, has appointed Paul Ark…

Validus, Southeast Asia’s peer-to-peer (P2P) lending platform for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), announced that it has acquired KlearCard’s…

DBS Bank has joined the Hedera Governing Council, the group of diverse organisations responsible for stewarding the Hedera network…

Buy Now, Pay Later (BNPL) may be a relatively new product in the financial services scene, but for…

This year, Swiss fintech startups continued pursuing their international ambitions with many choosing Singapore to enter the dynamic…

Global cryptocurrency company Luno announced that it has launched an official direct SGD bank transfer feature. Luno said…

Partior, a blockchain technology provider for payments clearing and settlement, announced that it is operational and has begun…

Global cross-border payments network Thunes announced a collaboration with PayPal’s digital remittance service Xoom that will enable the…

Invest Hong Kong (InvestHK) announced details of Hong Kong Fintech Week 2021, themed “Scaling Fintech Future Together”, which will…

Singapore’s payment unicorn Nium,  today launched its Crypto-as-a-Service (CaaS) solution. Initial API-based elements from the new Crypto-as-a-Service offering…

Fintech “enablers” have exploded in growth and popularity in the last few years, bringing with them a new…

Fractional bonds will now be available on the FinIQ platform. Banks and financial institutions which use FinIQ would…

Financial services software and cloud solutions provider Finastra has launched an online global fintech content series to nurture…

LOTTE Finance Vietnam, a subsidiary of South Korean credit card company LOTTE Card, has rolled out Buy Now,…

As one of Indonesia’s oldest and largest bank, Bank Rakyat Indonesia (BRI) is always a step ahead in…

FTX Trading, owner and operator of global cryptocurrency exchange FTX.COM, announced the closing of a US$420.7 million Series…

Indonesia’s GoTo Group announced that a subsidiary of the Abu Dhabi Investment Authority (ADIA), a sovereign wealth fund…

additiv, a SaaS and embedded finance provider to the wealth management industry, announced that it has appointed Pieter…

Elevandi, a new Company Limited by Guarantee (GLC) created by the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) to manage…

SaaS cloud banking platform Mambu has worked with Vietnamese digital bank Cake, a collaboration between Be Group and…

Ripple, the provider of enterprise blockchain and crypto solutions for cross-border payments, announced new milestones in its partnership…

Grab Financial Group (GFG) has launched GrabMerchant Commerce, a webstore builder platform to boost sales and reduce operational…

London-based Wiserfunding, a provider of credit risk assessment for SME lenders, announced a strategic partnership with CrediLinq.Ai, a…

KILDE, a Singaporean alternative investment platform licensed by the Monetary Authority of Singapore will join Hg Exchange (HGX)…

KASIKORN Business-Technology Group (KBTG), KASIKORNBANK’s technology arm, has launched a venture builder and incubator for decentralised finance (DeFi)…

Singapore-headquartered cryptocurrency trading platform Coinhako, has launched a digital assets platform for High Net Worth Individuals (HNWIs) and…

In areas where a majority of applicants lack traditional credit scores, fintech companies typically base their lending decisions…