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UOB Launches App For SMEs to Meet Their Financing and Business Needs

UOB announced the launch of the UOB SME app to offer small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) a suite of solutions that addresses their financing and business needs, both on desktop and the app. Initially available to customers in Singapore, Malaysia

Green Fintech

UOB’s FinLab Shines Focus On ESG With The Greentech Accelerator

UOB’s innovation accelerator The FinLab has unveiled The Greentech Accelerator, a new global programme aimed at supporting innovative greentech solution providers regionally and globally to drive their company’s sustainable mission forward. As part of the first cohort, the programme will

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UOB Indonesia Launches E-Commerce BNPL Service “TMRW Pay”

UOB’s mobile-only banking solution TMRW announced the launch of TMRW Pay, an e-commerce loan that enables consumers in Indonesia to manage their budgeting needs. TMRW Pay offers consumers deferred payment services, with zero interest for up to 90 days and instant

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ASEAN’s Fintech Funding Tripled to US$3.5 Billion, Singapore Pulled in Lion’s Share

Fintech funding in ASEAN has more than tripled to a record high of US$3.5 billion in 2021 from 2020, with Singapore retaining the top spot thanks to its mega-rounds. According to the “Fintech in ASEAN 2021: Digital Takes Flight” report

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UOB Set to Offer Personalised Carbon Insights to Retail Banking Customers

UOB announced that its retail banking customers across ASEAN will be able to access personalised carbon insights based on their spending and saving behaviours through its app. “Carbon Insights” will be a new feature on the UOB TMRW digital banking

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UOB Launches Financing Platform to Drive Energy Efficiency for Buildings, Home Owners

UOB has launched U-Energy, an integrated financing platform to drive the development and adoption of energy efficiency projects for buildings and homes across four markets, starting in Singapore. The bank said that this first of its kind financing platform will

Blockchain

UOB and ADDX Partner for S$50 Million Sustainability-Linked Digital Bond

UOB and digital securities exchange ADDX have concluded the digitisation and digital custody of the inaugural sustainability-linked bond recently launched by Sembcorp Industries (Sembcorp). The bank was appointed as a joint lead manager for the S$675 million sustainability-linked bond issued

Virtual Banking

TMRW to Merge with UOB Mighty As Part of UOB’s S$500 Million Digital Initiative

UOB will invest up to S$500 million to bring together the innovation of its digital bank TMRW with the scale and product depth of its mobile app UOB Mighty on one platform dubbed as UOB TMRW. The bank will roll

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UOB’s FinLab Launches Accelerator Programme for Aspiring ‘Mumpreneurs’

UOB’s innovation accelerator The FinLab and Mumpreneurs-Go-Places, an arm of Mums@Work, launched an accelerator programme for aspiring mum entrepreneurs. The Business Transformation Programme is a comprehensive five-week virtual accelerator programme aims to equip aspiring women entrepreneurs, particularly mothers, with the

Cloud

UOB Offers SMEs Access to Xero’s Cloud-Based Accounting Platform in Digital Push

Xero, a cloud-based accounting software for small businesses, announced that it has expanded its collaboration with UOB to offer small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) that qualify for the UOB Start Digital pack free access to its platform for six months.