With a population of over 100 million people, an Internet penetration rate of 46.5% and a mobile phone…

With an estimated 2 billion adults and 200 million micro, small and midsize businesses (MSMEs) worldwide considered as…

Kashmi, a Singaporean social payment app, has announced it will be launching Southeast Asia’s ‘360° fully digital banking…

A fintech start-up is pretty much the bottom end of the spectrum of the corporate world. It is…

PiSight, a Singapore based Fintech, is announcing the launch of PiMoney, a digital financial assistant platform powered by…

In the first global hackathon devoted to the banking industry of South Korea, the JB Financial Group, 2e…

Lighthouse Canton, an investment manager with USD400m AUM, now offer accredited investors access to hedge fund strategies without…

The world of fintech is exploding, and that growth means there are many discussions everyday on social media between…

“I don’t think your financial projections are aggressive enough,” said one prominent Chinese venture capitalist during a pitch…

Vertafore released a list about the Top 25 Disruptors in the insurance industry. From the way you buy and sell insurance,…

Playbasis builds mobile-first engagement solutions aimed at enabling businesses to attract, connect and retain customers through gamification. The…

The Vietnam Innovative Startup Accelerator (VIISA) announced that it is launching the call for applications into its inaugural…

20 teams were selected to participate the Global FinTech Hackcelerator. The teams were evaluated by leaders from the financial industry from…

Launched earlier this year, Digital Village is an initiative of KPMG aimed at stimulating collaboration between corporates and…

Hong Kong is the number one business city in Asia. It is the perfect base for companies that…

With a population of over 255 million people – among which 60% are digital native – and growing…

Bento, a company of Mesitis Capital, is a bionic investment advisor that merges algorithm-powered asset allocation models with…

The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) and the five local polytechnics (Nanyang Polytechnic, Ngee Ann Polytechnic, Republic Polytechnic,…

It’s cheaper to create an old customer than it is to get a new one, they say. But…

Fintech Vietnam Meetup is back with another newsletter, September 2016 edition. With the fast pace of the recent development…

In a previous article, we introduced the fact that card fraud is a massive $35billion problem. It has…

Over the past couple of decades, Singapore has transformed into one of the world’s strongest economies and financial…

International fintech-focused venture capital firm Life.SREDA signed a memorandum of understanding with Leonie Hill Capital (LHC), a Singapore-based…

There are many talks about “Digital Transformation” recently, but what does it really mean, and why is it…

Manulife has opened a new Lab of Forward Thinking (LOFT) location in Singapore. Singapore, a technology hub for…

Ken Research announced its latest publication on “The Cards and Payments Industry in Vietnam: Emerging Trends and Opportunities…

With changing regulations, increasing investments and support from domestic banks, fintech is poised to take off in Japan.…

KPMG has released a new report naming the top 50 fintech ventures in China, which include Ant Financial,…

The pace of global change in financial services continues to accelerate as market incumbents, emerging FinTech startups and…

Hong Kong is making a move to challenge Singapore and others as the dominant location for fintech in…

The following list complements a previous article we published in September 2015 which included a selection of some…

After Singapore’s central bank made the decision in 2015 to turn the country into the fintech hub of…

Ant Financial, Alipay’s parent company and Alibaba’s financial-services affiliate, is said to be worth US$75 billion, according to…