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January 11, 2022 @ 10:10 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The team at Pine Labs, a digital payments firm that confidentially filed for a $500 million IPO at valuation of around $7 billion, notes that online payment methods in India have been “around for a while now and with their rising popularity, they are here… Read More

January 11, 2022 @ 4:12 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Financial services have become a lot more accessible, seamless, and user-friendly in the past decade due largely to the rise of innovative Fintech platforms throughout the world. Traditional banking service providers have launched their own digital transformation strategies in order to remain competitive in a… Read More

January 11, 2022 @ 2:41 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Uppsala Security has announced the launch of TOMS 2.0, which is an updated version of the already deployed Threat Reputation Database On-premise Management System (introduced at the end of March 2021). As mentioned in a release, the product was initially created to “address an increased… Read More

January 11, 2022 @ 5:56 am By JD Alois  |  

PayU has partnered with SBM Bank India to launch LazyCard, a prepaid card backed by a credit line. LazyPay is PayU’s BNPL solution. According to a company statement, the card aims at empowering the financially underserved with easy access to credit. LazyCard is said to… Read More

January 11, 2022 @ 12:37 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Remitly, a payments company that leverages digital channels, including mobile phones, to send money internationally, has explained how you can send funds securely to Thailand. Remitly writes in a blog post that if you’re looking for a safe way to send funds to Thailand, then… Read More

January 10, 2022 @ 11:28 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The team at Indian Fintech firm Razorpay notes that the developer experience is at the “core” of all their innovations. The Fintech Unicorn writes in a blog post that they know that you “love Postman for its simple platform for building and testing APIs.” Razorpay… Read More

January 10, 2022 @ 12:47 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Sopnendu Mohanty, Chief Fintech Officer at the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS), notes in the Global CBDC Challenge 2021 Report that history has shown that currency is a protean concept. Mohanty points out that from livestock around 9000 BC, to the introduction of paper money around… Read More

January 10, 2022 @ 12:04 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The team at Indian Fintech Zeta says that it has been a great year in the US. Their journey is just getting started, the company reveals in an update. Bhavin Turakhia, Co-founder and CEO at Zeta, notes that he’d like to share a short recap… Read More

January 7, 2022 @ 6:03 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Railsbank APAC Marketing Manager Darren Thang has taken a look at how property buyers are about to get an enhanced experience. Thang writes in a blog post that increasingly, nonbank firms are “warming to the idea of embedded finance experiences, offering banking-like services that provide… Read More

January 6, 2022 @ 11:46 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Indian payments Fintech Paytm says that one of things they are proud of is their 23 million merchant partners, who have chosen them for the “trusted” and secure payments experience. Paytm writes in a blog post that they’ve built their leadership in the peer-to-merchants space,… Read More

January 6, 2022 @ 10:17 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Bank Negara Malaysia, the nation’s central bank, recently issued the Discussion Paper on Licensing Framework for Digital Insurers and Takaful Operators. As noted by Bank Negara, the Discussion Paper outlines the proposed framework for “licensing new digital insurers and takaful operators (DITOs)” in order to… Read More

January 6, 2022 @ 9:49 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Bitrefill, a Fintech company that’s supporting digital currency adoption by helping consumers “live on crypto” with gift cards, phone refills, and Lightning Network access, claims that you can now live on crypto in Saudi Arabia. Bitrefill has reportedly added 73 new and popular gift cards… Read More

January 6, 2022 @ 9:29 am By JD Alois  |  

Payments Fintech Wirex has added another stablecoin to its platform. According to Wirex, XSDG, a Singapore dollar backed stablecoin is now available alongside other popular stablecoins. Currently, Wirex offers six stablecoins; STASIS EURO (EURS), True (TUSD), USD Coin, (USDC), Tether (USDT), USDP, and now XSGD…. Read More

January 6, 2022 @ 8:01 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Digital banking platform Revolut has reportedly acquired approval from the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) to provide clients with gold and silver exposure via the firm’s Fintech app. Revolut‘s management noted that they aim to introduce the service to their Singapore clients this year. After… Read More

January 6, 2022 @ 7:00 am By Tony Zerucha  |  

The HBAR Foundation today announced a partnership with Indian composer, producer and musician A.R. Rahman, to create content for a new NFT music platform focused on India’s independent music community. It is providing a grant and organizational support for development and growth of the NFT… Read More

January 5, 2022 @ 10:56 pm By JD Alois  |  

Radar Payments by BPC has been by Red Dot Payment (RDP), an e-commerce service focused primarily on serving the e-commerce and hospitality verticals. According to a release, RDP has selected the Fraud Risk Management and Prevention solutions delivered as a SaaS model. RDP was founded… Read More

January 5, 2022 @ 2:12 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The VeChain Foundation, a non-profit entity established in Singapore, recently revealed that they’re pleased to confirm that following months of development, the contract for VeUSD, VeChain’s first native stablecoin, will “soon go live on mainnet, ushering in a new era for VeChainThor.” With their international… Read More

January 4, 2022 @ 10:07 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

India’s largest bank is providing financial incentives to its customers to go digital. Beginning Feb. 1 the State Bank of India is waiving fees on digital transactions for instant money transfers in amounts up to Rs 5 lakh, they said today. That amount is up… Read More

January 4, 2022 @ 5:52 pm By JD Alois  |  

The People’s Bank of China has commented on the country’s “Fintech Development Plan” (2022 to 2025). The PBC states that the plan is formulated in accordance with the “Fourteenth Five-Year Plan for National Economic and Social Development of the People’s Republic of China and the… Read More

January 4, 2022 @ 11:22 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Nium, a company focused on payments and card issuance for businesses, notes that as they wrapped up 2021, they decided to take a look back at some of the key milestones.. 2021 was a year of many ‘firsts’ for Nium, the company wrote in a… Read More