According a 19 May report by Bain & Company, the number of digital consumers in the region has increased by…
Southeast Asia
In 2016, deals to venture-backed Southeast Asian fintech startups rose 29% from 55 in 2015 to 71 in 2016. Meanwhile,…
Peer-to-peer (P2P) lending has become a global phenomenon. In Asia in particular, alternative financing has experienced an explosive growth. Asia’s…
Southeast Asia is quickly becoming a hotspot for startups and digital nomads, thanks to the region’s low cost of living…
In 2016, Southeast Asia saw the greatest number of fintech deals, a trend driven largely by seed and angel stage…
Jack Ma, the founder and executive chairman of Alibaba Group, has been appointed as Malaysia’s digital economy advisor as the…
With an estimated 2 billion adults and 200 million micro, small and midsize businesses (MSMEs) worldwide considered as unbanked or…
With a population of over 255 million people – among which 60% are digital native – and growing mobile phone…
Smartphones have changed the way Filipinos communicate. There’s no doubt that communication technologies are making Filipinos more social, making sure…
Bitspark, a bitcoin remittance startup, has expanded its Southeast Asia coverage, announcing a new partnership with Malaysian Vitaxel Group. Headquartered…
Ten startups have graduated from the startup acceleration program, Startupbootcamp Fintech Singapore, with some of them already managing to secure…
Singapore’s vibrant startup ecosystem, supportive government, stable financial system and business-friendly tax regime, have helped turn the city-state into an…
Singapore is definitely the spot to keep an eye on when it comes to fintech in Asia. With one of…
The Philippines has one of the highest population growth in Southeast Asia and remains a strong economic performer in the…
Southeast Asia (SEA) is the world’s fastest growing Internet region and is expected to grow to more than US$200 billion…
Aimed at solving the problem of expensive credit and interest in emerging countries, PawnHero has launched the first pawnshop operating…
The most transformative blockchains will be those that can work across geopolitical boundaries and Southeast Asia has the most potential…
Holding the promise of making investing easy, affordable and accessible to the greatest possible number of people, robo-advisors have already…
Digital banking has become a serious business trend as Asian consumers are becoming more and more comfortable with using mobile…
Singapore, which started as an independent, separate country in 1965, quickly grew from being a tiny underdeveloped country to becoming…