Asia

January 23, 2022 @ 10:03 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

CIMB Philippines recently revealed that it has teamed up with Zoloz, an e-KYC tech provider, in order to enhance its virtual banking services. The banking institution will reportedly use Zoloz’s digital KYC solution for supporting secure and seamless customer onboarding as well as an improved… Read More

January 23, 2022 @ 9:32 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Wa’ed, the entrepreneurship division of Saudi Aramco, has been working with Fintech Saudi as a key partner, along with local seed and early-stage VC company Flat6Labs, in order to introduce a 12-week Fintech Accelerator program. The new Fintech Accelerator will focus on supporting the ongoing… Read More

January 23, 2022 @ 8:50 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Indian Fintech firm Paytm reveals that it’s growing rapidly and so is the cloud infrastructure. The main reason for choosing cloud computing and processing is its ability to scale in and scale out according to changing requirements. As explained by Paytm in a blog post,… Read More

January 23, 2022 @ 1:07 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The Metaverse, a relatively new concept and a term used to describe a shared, immersive digital ecosystem supported by the use of VR and augmented reality (AR) technologies, has quickly become one of the fastest-growing trends in the digital economy. It’s notably a nascent industry… Read More

January 22, 2022 @ 6:58 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Hong Kong’s leading virtual bank ZA Bank has reportedly expanded its footprint into investment business as the first local digital-only bank to be “licensed by the Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) for Type 1 regulated activity (dealing in securities).” As mentioned in an update shared… Read More

January 21, 2022 @ 9:18 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

Financial Software and Systems (FSS), a global provider of integrated payments and payments processing, this week announced its collaboration with YAP, the United Arab Emirates’ (UAE) first independent digital banking platform, to deliver digital-first card experiences to consumers in the Middle East and Africa. YAP… Read More

January 21, 2022 @ 7:38 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

Digital River, a global commerce service provider, this week announced an expansion of its cross-border services to new geographies in the APAC region. This solution offers a single integration to enable brands to ship from 249 markets worldwide using their existing supply chain, or Digital… Read More

January 21, 2022 @ 6:12 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) and the Association of Banks in Singapore (ABS) have responded to a recent spike in SMS phishing scams by introducing stricter security measures, they announced this week. The MAS said it expects all financial institutions to have “robust measures”… Read More

January 20, 2022 @ 11:27 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

METACO, the provider of security-critical software and infrastructure to the digital asset ecosystem, has announced that Union Bank of the Philippines is implementing its digital asset management services. As noted in an update shared with CI, UnionBank is deploying services on IBM Cloud, in order to… Read More

January 20, 2022 @ 9:52 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

A European logistics real estate fund managed by the Singapore-regulated Elite Partners Capital has completed a €520-million sale of its entire portfolio to a fund managed by the US private equity firm Blackstone Group. Launched in early 2020, Elite Logistics Fund I is a two-year,… Read More

January 18, 2022 @ 11:09 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Netbank, the banking as a service platform, has introduced a service that allows international payment firms to support various transactions in the Philippines. As mentioned in an update shared with CI, the Philippines has a fast-growing international trade market. Global trade in goods has has… Read More

January 18, 2022 @ 10:55 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The team at Razorpay asks whether you’re aware of what’s one of the things that’s quite common among all Indian startup founders and business owners. According to Razorpay, they tend to struggle when managing tax and compliance payments. And, if you’ve just started your business,… Read More

January 18, 2022 @ 10:43 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

The Network for Greening the Financial System (NGFS) this week announced the appointment of the Monetary Authority of Singapore’s (MAS) managing director Ravi Menon as their new chair. He will serve for a two-year term. Formed at the Paris One Planet Summit in December 2017 by… Read More

January 18, 2022 @ 9:20 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

Telenor Group, a provider of tele, data, and media communication services across Asia and the Baltics, this week announced it will be selling its 51 per cent stake in Digital Money Myanmar, a digital payment solutions provider that is also known by the name Wave… Read More

January 18, 2022 @ 5:56 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) today took steps to effectively ban the advertising of cryptocurrencies to the general public. The guidelines cover payment institutions, banks and other financial institutions, as well as applicants under Singapore’s Payment Services Act. Services included in the directives are… Read More

January 17, 2022 @ 4:58 pm By JD Alois  |  

Coldwell Banker, a global real estate firm, has partnered with Coinweb to tokenize real estate, first in Thailand. Coldwell Banker represents a network of property firms across 3,000 offices in 49 countries and territories. The collaboration is said to expect Coinweb to develop and support… Read More

January 16, 2022 @ 11:57 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

F88, Vietnam’s secured lending provider and insurance distributor, has reportedly finalized a $10M senior secured loan facility from Lendable Inc, an emerging market Fintech focused on offering debt financing. As mentioned in the announcement, this facility is the first transaction for Lendable in Vietnam and… Read More

January 16, 2022 @ 11:31 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Just a year ago, countries all across the globe were rushing to pull down the shutters on their airports and economies took a massive hit, however, today “paints a different picture,” according to an update from Funding Societies. The team at Funding Societies writes in… Read More

January 16, 2022 @ 2:59 pm By Xu Gao  |  

Tencent Releases Metaverse-Rate Scoring System On January 12th, Tencent News and the School of Journalism, Fudan University jointly released the “2021-2022 Metaverse Annual Report”. For the first time, the report proposed the concept of “Metaverse-Rate” which will become the scoring standard for the development of… Read More

January 16, 2022 @ 12:42 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

Propine, a Singapore-based, Monetary Authority of Singapore-licensed digital asset custodian, has entered into a partnership with XinFin (XDC), a Singapore-based hybrid blockchain platform to provide on-chain custody for the XDC Network. The partnership will allow the XDC ecosystem to see security and fully compliant and… Read More