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CardUp Secures Funding
CardUp, a Singapore based card payments platform for cash management, announces that it has secured S$2.2 million (US$1.7m) in funding led by Sequoia India and SeedPlus in order to grow its payments and cash flow management offering to the SME
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Why is Indonesia’s Payments Landscape So Fragmented?
Indonesia is slowly moving away from its dependency on cash as startups, banks, and telcos alike are all introducing new types of card-based and mobile money. Some of them are forcing consumers into their ecosystems. For example, the country made
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Hot Fintechs in Southeast Asia and Hong Kong 2017
Here is a summary of our Hot Fintech articles from 2017 for South East Asia and Hong Kong. We will update this list soon. Stay tuned. Singapore CashShield Established in 2007, CashShield is a transaction fraud detection service that leverages on big
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Top 10 Fintech Accelerators In Southeast Asia And Hong Kong for 2018
In 2017, Asia Pacific attracted the largest amount of investment in fintech with a total of US$14.8 billion, according to a report by PwC and Startupbootcamp Fintech. The region represented 56% of the world’s total fintech funding, highlighting Asia’s growing
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Blockchain Startups Growing in Philippines
A “new mode of collaboration” or “new business collaboration tool“. These are probably the most generic definitions given to blockchain, the technology behind the first decentralized cryptocurrency Bitcoin. Thanks to Harvard Business Review, and Computerworld for putting it into layman’s
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Introducing Bigpay – Asia’s Fintech Challenger Non Bank
BigPay recently soft-launched its new app in Malaysia with a mission to provide low-cost, fair and transparent financial services for everyone. The BigPay app is an everyday digital alternative to bank accounts with an accompanying card that gives users the
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PH Fintech firm Salarium raises $13.5m in ICO
Philippine-based payment solutions firm Salarium completed recently its initial coin offering (ICO) raising $13.5 million in the sale of its SALPay token. The development came amid pending ICOs of two other local fintech companies Tagcash and Qwikwire who aim to raise $16 million and $9 million
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Top Fintech Vietnam News from January 2018
Fintech Vietnam Meetup is back with the 2nd edition of 2018, with all you need to know about Fintech in Vietnam. Amidst the cryptocurrency buzz, we place a special focus on the new P2P Lending players in Vietnam. Can they hold
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Mobile Wallets, Acquirers and Payment Networks Collaborate to Enable QR Payments in Singapore
7 mobile wallets, acquirers and payment networks, including Diners Club, EZi Wallet, EZ-Link, Liquid Pay, Mastercard, UnionPay International and Wirecard, have formed a consortium to enable interoperable QR payments in Singapore for consumers and merchants. In line with SG QR,
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HSBC Partners 7-Eleven to Expand Cash Access Network to 800 Touchpoints
HSBC Singapore announced its partnership with 7-Eleven, the largest convenience store chain in Singapore, to offer HSBC customers access to more than 300 of its stores for QuickCash withdrawals. HSBC’s partnership with 7-Eleven will expand its total cash access network
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