12/09/2019
Switzerland based Fintech Incubator and Accelerator F10 Sets Up Shop in Singapore
F10 seeks to support pre-seed and seed-stage Fintech, Regtech and Insurtech Startups to stimulate worldwide collaboration.
FinTech
12/06/2019
Ex-Morgan Stanley Executives Launch Crypto Derivatives Platform in Singapore
Phemex’s architecture can reduce latency so as to deliver an order entry and response time of less than one millisecond while maintaining stable APIs for algorithmic trading, according to Tao.
12/06/2019
Intellect ships RM Office 2020 for wealth managers
Intellect applied Design Thinking to solve its complex problem and completed holistic 6 dimensional needs to empower RM.
12/06/2019
Thai digital bank launches biometric tech
In an effort to simplify and secure account opening, access and operations, the bank has deployed fingerprint and facial biometrics.
12/05/2019
Japan’s MUFG Bank Says It Currently Has No Plans Of Creating a New Digital Currency
This is not the first time MUFG has been linked to digital currencies.
12/05/2019
Ripple is increasing its reach in the Asian market
They claim not to have created the asset or have no centralized control of it, something that is much questioned and debated within the cryptomarket.
12/04/2019
Bahrain's Rsquare Technologies Signs MoU with Singapore's Startup Accelerator
The agreement builds upon strong 30-year diplomatic ties between Bahrain and Singapore
12/04/2019
Ping An's fintech halo is losing its glow
OneConnect reported a nearly US$150 million net loss in the first nine months of 2019
12/04/2019
India has highest concentration of fintech hubs in Asia
Emerging economies outrank developed countries in financial innovation
12/03/2019
Two years after Chase acquisition, WePay retains its autonomy
Aberman characterized the consequences of the acquisition as an expansion of WePay’s mandate rather than a “co-opting” of the technology.
12/03/2019
Singapore-based app-lending start-up scores $683m valuation
The app uses customers' personal data and machine learning technologies to determine eligibility.
12/03/2019
Avaloq Banking Suite adopted by Maybank Group
Avaloq has continued to expand in the Asia-Pacific region, winning new clients and expanding existing relationships due to the ‘future proofing’ capabilities of the Avaloq Banking Suite
12/03/2019
Reserve Bank of Australia reviews retail payments regulation
The Issues Paper discusses and seeks stakeholder views on a number of potential issues that could be covered by the Review
12/03/2019
As Chinese Digital Banks Arrive, OCBC Gets Ready
It’s attractive to us because it’s the way that we can test out in the new digital economy as to what we could do.
12/02/2019
Is Japan considering a digital currency?
The Bank of Japan’s Institute for Financial Research has released a report on legal issues surrounding a Central Bank Digital Currency.
12/02/2019
Philippine Business Bank taps Intellect Digital Core to power DX
To be the preferred bank of SMEs, PBB has been focused on increasing its branch network across commercial and industrial centers of the country.
12/01/2019
CITIC Launches Robo-Advisor in Hong Kong
The launch makes CITIC the first bank in Hong Kong to offer a goals-based robo-investment advisory solution.
11/29/2019
Apis Partners’ Investment In Coda Payments
Coda Payments is a payment processing firm that provides digital content providers alternative payment methods and helps them monetise games and digital contents.
11/28/2019
Liberty Securities Selects Broadridge to Simplify Post-Trade Processing for Hong Kong Equities and Derivatives
Broadridge’s consolidated multi-asset solution will help Liberty Securities increase efficiency with the highest level of straight-through processing automation.
11/28/2019
Cognizant to raise variable pay proportion for senior executives
The new compensation structure will be linked to business units