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Behind Singapore’s Ambitions to be Asia’s Leading Centre for Green Fintech
Singapore is looking to leverage its position as one of the world’s most developed fintech markets to become a leader in green fintech, a vision part of a broader movement for the nation to become sustainable. During a speech at
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5 Key Highlights From Huawei’s Developer Conference
From September 10 to 12, 2020, Huawei Consumer Business Group (BG) held the annual Huawei Developer Conference. Themed HDC.Together, the event saw multiple announcements being made, including the launch of new products, as well as updates on the Huawei Mobile
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Two of Asia’s Biggest Fintech Hubs will Deepen Relationship in 2019
Singapore has shown massive support for the Belt and Silk Road initiative by the more recently economically open Chinese government, which has impacted many industries in Singapore including fintech. And Singapore has been quite cosy with the Chinese government in making
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How Real-Time Payments Can Support Financial Inclusion
In developing countries, digital banking platforms and real-time payments have been driving financial inclusion, providing the underbanked and financially excluded with affordable and convenient financial services, according to a new report by Vocalink, a Mastercard payments company. The report, titled
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Algorithmic Trading Platform Tradeworks Eyes China Markets
Copenhagen and Singapore-based trade automation platform Tradeworks is about to launch Tradeworks 3.0, a new upgraded platform intended to take the company to the next level. Built from the ground up, the new platform will include many improvements including a
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Top 11 Donation and Reward-Based Crowdfunding Platforms in Asia
In Asia, online alternative finance is developing rapidly, notably in China but also in the overall Asia-Pacific (APAC) region. China has been the world’s largest online alternative finance market by transaction volume, registering US$107 billion in 2015 or almost 99%
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China’s Tencent is the Most Active Corporate Investor in Asia’s Tech Startups
Tencent, a leading Internet company in China best known for its popular platforms QQ and Weixin/WeChat, is the most active corporate investor in Asia’s burgeoning tech scene, having made over 30 investments to VC-backed tech companies in Asia since Q1’16.
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Peer-to-Peer Lending in China, Hong Kong and Southeast Asia
Peer-to-peer (P2P) lending has become a global phenomenon. In Asia in particular, alternative financing has experienced an explosive growth. Asia’s large population of smartphone-savvy and unbanked makes it a prime market for alternative lenders. These leverage digital platforms and technology
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Study: China The Undisputed Global Fintech Leader
China has leapfrogged ahead of London, New York and Silicon Valley to become “the undoubted center of global fintech innovation and adoption,” according to a new report by EY and DBS Bank. The document, titled “The Rise of Fintech in
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MAS Unveils New Moves To Boost Fintech Sector in Singapore
The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) has announced a series of moves to boost fintech development in the city-state and strengthen ties with other Asian countries. This came shortly after MAS wrapped up its inaugural Singapore Fintech Festival, during which the
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