Asian banks need technology investments such as AI to continue their growth momentum. The industry is robust, with…

WRISE Group, a wealth management firm, has appointed Chen Jingwei as Regional Chief Investment Officer. This will expand…

YouTrip, a multi-currency digital wallet popular in Singapore, has launched a Thai Baht (THB) wallet, allowing users to…

Straits Millennium has received in-principle approval from the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) for a Major Payment Institution…

Singapore-based loan matching platform Lendela, backed by Walter de Oude, has appointed Kent Huang as CFO and Steven…

Coinbase is working to re-establish its presence in India after halting operations over a year ago. According to…

India’s central bank has granted approval to a unit of Singapore’s Temasek to increase its holding in AU…

Singaporean fintech firm Coda has appointed Zac Liew as its new Chief Commercial Officer. Zac brings extensive experience…

OCBC and Enterprise Singapore (EnterpriseSG) have introduced the OCBC SME Start-ESG Programme to help SMEs assess and improve…

Mastercard has introduced its anti-money laundering service, TRACE, in the APAC region, starting with the Philippines. The AI-powered…

DBS Bank has announced several senior leadership changes, effective 1 April 2025. Derrick Goh, currently Head of Group…

Finmo, a treasury management and payments platform, has secured US$18.5 million in an oversubscribed Series A funding round,…

The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) and the Association of Banks in Singapore (ABS) have announced plans to…

Manulife Asia has announced several changes to its senior leadership team, impacting its operations in emerging markets, Indonesia,…

Cloud banking platform Mambu has partnered with Money DD, a subsidiary of the Government Savings Bank (GSB) of…

Amazon has opened a new corporate office in Singapore at IOI Central Boulevard, establishing the city-state as a…

According to Deloitte, the financial services sector is one of the largest adopters of artificial intelligence (AI), with…

Atome Financial, a major digital financial technology platform in Southeast Asia and part of Advance Intelligence Group, has…

Sri Lanka has launched GovPay, a new online payment platform designed to streamline digital transactions for government services.…

The world witnessed an alarming escalation in cryptocurrency-related crimes in 2024. With digital asset adoption surging and financial…

The traditional approach to credit scoring has long been a source of frustration for many individuals and businesses.…

StraitsX, a Southeast Asian digital asset infrastructure provider, has partnered with RedotPay and Visa to launch a new…

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has launched a consultation on new regulatory guidance for buy now,…

Standard Chartered has launched SC PrismFX, a new suite of cross-currency transactional foreign exchange (FX) solutions. Available to…

East Ventures, an Indonesian venture capital firm, and South Korea’s SV Investment have announced the first closing of…

Thailand will initiate the search for a new central bank governor next month as Sethaput Suthiwartnarueput nears the…

The financial services industry has consistently led the way in embracing technological advancements, with Generative AI (GenAI) emerging…

Every year, trillions of dollars are laundered globally, with illicit transactions accounting for 2-5% of the world’s GDP,…

Rapyd Financial Network is in discussions to raise US$300 million in new funding, a move that could see…

Ula, the Indonesian warung-tech startup, has announced its decision to wind down operations and return approximately 30% of…

DBS Group will grant a special one-time bonus of S$ 1,000 to all employees except senior managers, following…

Ant International has appointed Jiang-Ming Yang as Chief Innovation Officer (CIO), effective immediately. In this role, he will…

Supported by the Luxembourg Government, The Luxembourg House of Financial Technology (LHoFT), and the Asian Development Bank (ADB)…