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Amazon Offers Exclusive Merchandise through Blockchain Wallets at SFF 2023
Amazon, StraitsX (part of Fazz) and Grab have launched an industry pilot at the Singapore Fintech Festival (SFF) that allows users to connect their blockchain wallet to redeem exclusive merchandise. The pilot is built on the Monetary Authority of Singapore’s
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Fintech Layoffs Rock Asia in 2023: Who’s Next?
The fintech industry in Asia has been experiencing a wave of layoffs in 2023 as several companies grapple with economic uncertainties, market downturns, and the need for cost-cutting measures. From Singapore to Hong Kong, prominent fintech players have been forced
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Atome’s BNPL Payment Option Now Available for Amazon Singapore Shoppers
Atome, Southeast Asian buy-now-pay-later (BNPL) platform, announced that its flexible payment option is now available for Amazon customers in Singapore during checkout. This is Amazon’s first BNPL partnership of its kind in Southeast Asia. Amazon.sg customers can now pay using
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6 Smartphones for Fintech Geeks
Over the past couple of years, digital and mobile banking has revolutionized the way consumers spend, save and manage their finances. In 2020 and onward, the trend is expected to accelerate. The global digital payments market is projected to reach
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6 IoT Gadgets Gifts that Cost Less than US$100 for This Christmas
Christmas is coming in just 8 days and for those who are still looking for what to offer their geeky friends and relatives, we’ve compiled six Internet-of-Things (IoT) gadgets and smart devices they’re probably yearning for this year. All of
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Banking with Alexa: The Rise of Conversational Banking
Alexa, the virtual assistant developed by Amazon, has been expanding beyond smart speakers, pushing the use of voice assistants into all industries, including banking. And as a result, banks have been among the early adopters of Alexa-driven services with many
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Alexa, Google Home: Smart Speaker Installed Base to Hit 100 Million by End of 2018
Canalys expects the smart speaker installed base will approach the 100-million barrier by the end of this year, making it almost 2.5 times bigger than at the end of 2017. The installed base will keep growing, more than doubling in
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GAFA and Banking: The Next Battleground?
I got my first iPod in 2002 — it was my first Apple product. I had had a Sony Walkman for a long time and had recently moved on to their MiniDisc player, but the iPod was so much better.
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Top Fintech Vietnam News from December 2017
Fintech Vietnam Meetup is back with the first newsletter of 2018, with all you need to know about Fintech in Vietnam. Before diving into the latest news, why not take a look at Fintech Vietnam in Review 2017? This edition features progress in
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An Introduction to Amazon Alexa and Echo Devices
Voice-powered artificial intelligence (AI) for the home has become a big business for Amazon and its technology rivals Google, Apple, Samsung and Microsoft, which have all put hordes of researchers and business specialists to work, trying to build easy-to-use devices that we
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