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Top Fintech Vietnam News from September 2017
Fintech Vietnam Meetup is back with the September 2017 newsletter. All you need to know about Fintech in Vietnam. In this edition, we talk about how Vietnamese startups and entrepreneurs from both the blockchain and non-blockchain space are embracing ICOs to raise funds,
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Alibaba Founder Appointed As Malaysia’s Digital Economy Advisor Amid Digital Free Trade Zone Initiative
Jack Ma, the founder and executive chairman of Alibaba Group, has been appointed as Malaysia’s digital economy advisor as the government looks to boost the country’s e-commerce and Internet sector, and create new opportunities for Malaysia. Prime minister Datuk Seri
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Ant Financial Worth US$75B, Considers IPO in HK Next Year, All Facts you Have to Know about Alipay
Ant Financial, Alipay’s parent company and Alibaba’s financial-services affiliate, is said to be worth US$75 billion, according to Elinor Leung, the head of telecom and Internet research at CLSA in Hong Kong. According to a Bloomberg report, Leung estimates that
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First 5 Licensed Players in Hong Kong Digital Payment Landscape
Hong Kong had granted Stored Value Facilities (SVF) Licenses to the first 5 batch of digital payment payment providers last month according to Startup Beat. This is in response to Payment Systems and Stored Value Facilities Ordinance which came into
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27 Most Valued World Fintech Unicorns, 8 From China
Business Insider Singapore, CBInsights, Funderbeam, and Crunchbase together have created the world’s fintech unicorns – fintech start-ups valued at over $1 billion. Fintech Unicorns Worth $1 billion 27. Rong360, Chinese Financial Comparison Site Value: $1 billion | Raised: $258 million Founded: 2011 | |
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Leader in Global Fintech Investments: China
Asia-Pacific nearly doubles 2015 fintech financing in first half of 2016 reaching almost $10 billion; growth driven by China Investments in Asia-Pacific financial technology (fintech) ventures, primarily in China, reached $9.62 billion as of July 31, more than twice the
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Singapore Graduate Employment Survey 2016; Computing is Top
We see some drastic changes in the starting salaries of degree holders compared to previous year. Computing graduates from NTU and NUS are now among the top 10 highest paid graduates. It also seems that biz and computing double degree students are
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Fintech Vietnam News Updates, May 2016
Hello everyone! Was nice meeting so many of you at our latest Fintech Saigon Meetup “Bankers and Fintech Startups“ at DreamPlex Coworking Space end of March. We are very delighted that many people had registered and attended the event. We
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Chinese Internet Giants Alibaba, Baidu, Tencent, Lead Fintech Revolution
Disruptive innovation in banking and payments is overwhelmingly coming from China. Established global banks had better watch out or they may soon not have a future, according to Haydn Shaughnessy, co-founder of The Disruption House and author of Platform Disruptive
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