Asia

November 20, 2022 @ 9:37 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

LMAX Group, the operator of institutional exchanges for trading FX and digital assets, is expanding its global technology infrastructure in Asia Pacific “following the launch of a matching engine in the Equinix IBX Data Centre in Singapore (SG1).” SG1, which went live earlier this year,… Read More

November 20, 2022 @ 9:32 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Wells Fargo & Company (NYSE: WFC) and HSBC Bank plc announced that the blockchain-based solution they are using for bilateral FX settlements is “expanding to include the offshore yuan (CNH).” The offshore yuan “marks the fifth currency to be settled between the two banks using… Read More

November 20, 2022 @ 7:47 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Flywire Corporation (Nasdaq: FLYW), a global payments enablement and software company, announced that it has partnered with HDFC Bank Limited, India’s largest private-sector bank, “to enable Indian payers to seamlessly and digitally pay international education fees to higher education institutions all over the world.” The… Read More

November 20, 2022 @ 1:51 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Abu Dhabi Global Market (ADGM), an international financial center located in UAE’s capital emirate announced a partnership with Rackspace Technology (NASDAQ:RXT), in order “to collaborate on a number of strategic technology initiatives.” As a long standing global leading service provider in multi-cloud computing, technology advisory… Read More

November 19, 2022 @ 10:34 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) and the United Nations Capital Development Fund (UNCDF) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding on 11 November 2022 “to jointly develop integrated and digital financial ecosystems for micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) from least developed countries (LDCs).” The… Read More

November 19, 2022 @ 9:39 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Bank Indonesia (BI), Bank Negara Malaysia (BNM), Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP), Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS), and Bank of Thailand (BOT) have agreed “to strengthen and enhance cooperation on payment connectivity to support faster, cheaper, more transparent, and more inclusive cross-border payments.” A Memorandum… Read More

November 18, 2022 @ 6:02 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Recently, at COP27, one of the world’s largest gatherings on climate action, a group of Web3 companies convened by ConsenSys and Allinfra, joined civil society leaders and the UNFCCC Climate Innovation Hub, “to announce the creation of the Ethereum Climate Platform (ECP).” Its mission is… Read More

November 17, 2022 @ 10:07 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Spare, an open banking platform licensed by the Central Bank of Bahrain, has announced its partnership with Eazy Financial Services, a Bahraini Payment Services Provider that is focused on “specializing in POS and online payment gateway acquiring solutions to embrace opportunities in Open Banking.” The… Read More

November 17, 2022 @ 9:11 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Holding its third day of sessions and panel discussions under the overarching theme of “Crypto Abu Dhabi”, Abu Dhabi Finance week witnessed the launch of Abu Dhabi Crypto Hub by Abu Dhabi Global Market (ADGM), the international financial centre (IFC) of the UAE’s capital. Given… Read More

November 17, 2022 @ 9:09 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Diebold Nixdorf (NYSE: DBD), a global player focused on driving connected commerce for the financial and retail industries, announced a multi-year services and strategic contract with Alhamrani Universal, Saudi Arabia’s largest fintech solutions provider in the self-service banking industry. Backed by Diebold Nixdorf solutions, including… Read More

November 17, 2022 @ 3:53 pm By JD Alois  |  

Fintech specialists, QED Investors, has backed its first company in Indonesia, a Proptech firm Pashouses. The VC firms led the $5 million pre-Series B round. Pashouses is an end-to-end transactional marketplace for buying and selling houses in Jakarta, from brokerage and renovation to staging and… Read More

November 16, 2022 @ 3:07 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Merchant commerce omnichannel platform, Pine Labs announced its partnership with Singlife with Aviva, a financial services company in Singapore. Through this partnership, all customer-facing platforms and internal employee gift cards for Singlife “will be powered by Qwikcilver, a Pine Labs brand.” Pine Labs will also… Read More

November 16, 2022 @ 9:05 am By JD Alois  |  

In partnership with the Abu Dhabi Investment Office (ADIO), OurCrowd has announced the launch of a global artificial intelligence (AI) hub.  Based at Abu Dhabi Global Market (ADGM)  Hub71, the AI hub has been named Integrated Data Intelligence Ltd (IDI) and will develop easily adoptable… Read More

November 15, 2022 @ 10:07 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

KKR, a global investment firm, and Privy, a digital trust provider in Indonesia, announced the signing of definitive agreements under which KKR “will participate as the lead investor in the $48 million Series C funding round of Privy, with participation from existing investors MDI Ventures,… Read More

November 14, 2022 @ 9:47 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Alipay+, a suite of cross-border payment and marketing solutions, has supported global online merchant partners “to serve over 100 million e-wallet users as they flock to take up the offers and benefits since the global Double 11 event kicked off on November 1.” The consumers… Read More

November 14, 2022 @ 9:23 pm By JD Alois  |  

ADDX, a Singapore-regulated digital assets exchange for private securities, has received an additional $20 million in new capital as part of a “pre-Series B” funding round. The money came from both existing and new investors – notably, Korea’s largest banking group – KB Financial Group… Read More

November 14, 2022 @ 9:04 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Binance, which claims to be the world’s “leading” blockchain ecosystem and cryptocurrency infrastructure provider, entered into a joint venture (JV) agreement with Royal Group of Companies, Cambodia’s strategic investment holding company, “to solidify the relationship between the two parties and to expand blockchain ecosystem in… Read More

November 13, 2022 @ 10:47 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

ChainUp, a global blockchain technology solutions provider, announced that it will be providing crypto exchanges “with a Merkle Tree Proof-of-Reserves solution to promote transparency of crypto assets.” A Merkle Tree is “a cryptographic tool that enables the consolidation of large amounts of data into a… Read More

November 12, 2022 @ 4:27 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Hash Blockchain Limited, a member of the HashKey Group, a digital asset financial services group in Asia, has “received approval” from the Securities and Futures Commission of Hong Kong (SFC) in order “to operate a virtual asset trading platform, under a Type 1 (dealing in… Read More

November 12, 2022 @ 3:18 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Globally, rising inflation, a higher cost of living, and slower wage growth are impacting the lives of people right around the world. A recent report suggested that many consumers are turning to physical cash to help manage their finances amid the cost-of-living crisis. But Muhannad… Read More