With 2021 behind us, fintech experts and industry participants are sharing their predictions for the year to come, looking at…
Asia Pacific (APAC)
In Asia-Pacific (APAC), sustainable financing has gained momentum over the past years as regulators across the region step up efforts…
2021 has been a record year for insurtech funding. As of Q3 2021, more than US$10.5 billion had been raised…
Rapid adoption of instant payments and the proliferation of national real-time payment rails are making Asia-Pacific (APAC) a leader in…
Computer technology giant Oracle is boosting its cloud business in Asia. Oracle’s investment in Singapore involves the opening of the Oracle…
Despite a slight decline, Asia-Pacific (APAC) continued to dominate the global payments landscape in 2020. With approximately US$900 billion in…
In Asia-Pacific (APAC), the COVID-19 pandemic has brought the digital banking industry to a new level of maturity with penetration…
A major paradigm shift is taking over Asia Pacific’s (APAC) banking sector, driven by a changing regulatory landscape, the onset…
In Asia-Pacific (APAC), super-apps are not only redefining consumers expectations in banking; these platforms are straight out leading the digital…
In H1 2021, fintech funding in Asia-Pacific surged to US$5.56 billion, more than double the same period last year. The…
Mobile app usage habits and trends have seen a drastic uptick amid COVID-19 and lockdown measures. In Asia-Pacific (APAC), fintech…
In Asia Pacific (APAC), financial institutions and regulators are recognizing the potential of tokenized securities and exploring the concept. But…
In Asia Pacific (APAC), customers are embracing new payment methods such as digital wallets and buy now pay later (BNPL)…
Between 2021 and 2025, mobile transactions in Vietnam are expected to surge 300% as Vietnam continues to leapfrog into the…
Out of the 50 digital challenger banks operating in Asia Pacific (APAC), just ten operators are profitable. These providers are…
Global e-commerce sales have surged amid the COVID-19 pandemic, with China, Hong Kong, South Korea, Vietnam, India and Japan recording…
Fintech webinars and online events continue to attract a large audience of industry stakeholders and professionals looking to network and…
Most customers still don’t understand what open banking is and its benefits, a misunderstanding that’s hampering adoption, found a new…
Fintech funding significantly picked up this year and is estimated to have reached US$15 billion in Q1’21, data from CB…
Across Asia-Pacific (APAC), firms are ramping up their digital transformation efforts, focusing primarily on adopting cloud computing, improving cybersecurity and…