The fintech industry, having navigated through the turbulent waters of the COVID-19 pandemic, has demonstrated not only resilience but also…
financial inclusion
In recent years, Bangladesh has seen rapid growth in its fintech sector, fueled by the widespread adoption of mobile technology.…
Even as India is going about the implementation of 75 fully digital banking branches throughout the country, including making allocations…
In recent years, the financial services industry has undergone a significant transformation. Traditional financial institutions face new competition from startups…
A major paradigm shift is taking over Asia Pacific’s (APAC) banking sector, driven by a changing regulatory landscape, the onset…
For more than a decade, Asia has been the largest regional banking market and as the continent’s massive middle class…
As a catalyst for digitalization, COVID-19 will further help improve financial inclusion in emerging economies, according to Wissam Khoury, head…
Over 70% of adults in Southeast Asia currently lack sufficient access to financial services and millions of small and medium-sized…
The Southeast Asia Internet Economy Report 2019 by Google, Temasek, and Bain & Company predicts that Indonesia’s digital economy will…
Despite the Myanmar government’s push to expand access to financial services, the country still trails far behind the rest of…
Across the country, over 350,000 postmen are offering doorstep financial services to people in even the remotest parts of India.…
If properly regulated, technology-enabled financial services such as mobile payments, peer-to-peer (P2P) lending, alternative credit scoring, and new forms of…
Voyager Innovations, the fintech arm of the Philippines’ top digital telecommunications firm PLDT Inc, has sealed a US$40 million investment…
Fintech startups have been popping up in the Philippines these past few years and many of them have attracted angel…
Fintech companies, which leverage technology and digital platforms to provide financial services at lower cost and wider, better access, have…
The latest Global Financial Inclusion Index (“Findex”) database released today by the World Bank finds that Indonesia’s financial inclusion has…
In developing countries, digital banking platforms and real-time payments have been driving financial inclusion, providing the underbanked and financially excluded…
Through innovative business models, products and use of cutting-edge technologies such as artificial intelligence (AI), Big Data, digital identity and…
Following Grab’s previous announcement on GrabPay and acquisition of Kudo, Anthony Tan, Co Founder and Group CEO announced the company’s ambitions to further…
A new company called Lendbiz was recently set up in Hanoi. The company offers a peer-to-peer lending platform targeted at…