Asia

July 13, 2021 @ 10:44 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The Philippine Stock Exchange (PSE) is currently seeking regulatory approval to begin offering cryptocurrency trading, PSE President and CEO Ramon Monzon thinks that the bourse can offer an ideal platform for facilitating digital currency trading because of its robust trading infrastructure and established customer safeguard… Read More

July 13, 2021 @ 10:26 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

The COVID-19 pandemic helped drive further growth in India’s e-commerce sector, new research from GlobalData shows. According to the firm’s E-Commerce Analytics, e-commerce payments in the country grew by 12.2 percent in 2020 and should reach $61.5 billion this year. Between now and 2025 sales… Read More

July 13, 2021 @ 10:16 pm By Priyanka Pani  |  

The Fintech sector in India is getting greener by the day. At least four large Indian fintechs are readying themselves for a big bang public listing this year as the Covid-triggered pandemic has accelerated the growth of these companies. Together, these startups could raise anything… Read More

July 13, 2021 @ 4:29 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The research analysts at BitOoda have published their Weekly Hash report, dated July 12, 2021. The report reveals that cryptocurrency miner economics have improved despite the range-bound Bitcoin (BTC) price. The BitOoda team writes in a blog post that China’s Bitcoin mining ban “continues to… Read More

July 13, 2021 @ 1:55 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Indian neobank Razorpay recently shared payroll compliance mistakes that businesses should try to avoid. The RazorPay team explains that payroll compliance is one of the “most important” processes a business performs so that it can maintain operations. All businesses in India and globally have to… Read More

July 13, 2021 @ 12:31 am By Omar Faridi  |  

India’s digital payments giant Paytm recently introduced Paytm Postpaid Mini, which allows users to acquire small ticket instant loans to help them with managing their monthly or everyday expenses The Paytm team notes in a blog post that their goal is to bring clients the… Read More

July 12, 2021 @ 11:45 pm By Priyanka Pani  |  

Indian neo-banking startup StashFin is betting big in the credit-starved nation with its innovative ‘credit line’ cards that could disrupt the digital lending ecosystem of the country. The fintech, which raised $40 million in Series B from a clutch of global investors in April this… Read More

July 12, 2021 @ 8:30 am By Xu Gao  |  

WeChat Pay Offers Special Call Center Service for Users Over 60 Years Old On February 3rd, CNNIC released “The 47th Statistical Report on China’s Internet Development”. Up to December 2020, the number of mobile payment users in China stood at 853 million, up 87.44 million… Read More

July 11, 2021 @ 4:39 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

Several factors will contribute to strong growth in card payments in the Philippines, a new report from GlobalData suggests. Gains of 15.4 percent are expected due to the gradual revival of the economy, easing of lockdown restrictions, and improving consumer spending. Those gains will leave… Read More

July 10, 2021 @ 8:01 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Nium, a global payments platform, reveals that it has entered a definitive agreement to acquire Wirecard Forex India Pte. Ltd, which serves as a foreign currency exchange, pre-paid card, and remittance service provider for Indian markets. Wirecard Forex has been licensed by the Reserve Bank… Read More

July 10, 2021 @ 4:53 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Netbank and Investree have announced a new partnership in order to expand electronic SME lending in the Philippines. Netbank, which is a banking as a service (BaaS) platform, and Investree, an SME lender from Indonesia, have confirmed that their partnership will focus on expanding loans… Read More

July 9, 2021 @ 5:27 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

BigPay is focused on expanding its business operations into Thailand after Airasia’s acquisition of Gojek’s Thailand division via its digital unit in a deal valued at RM208 million (appr. $50 million). This move has been announced ahead of AirAsia‘s plans to offer a Super app… Read More

July 8, 2021 @ 9:28 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Workmate, a Southeast Asian Workforce Management Platform and marketplace for informal workers, has reportedly acquired a senior secured loan of “up to $10 million” from Lendable Inc., a provider of debt to Fintechs in emerging and frontier markets. As mentioned in the announcement: “A committed… Read More

July 8, 2021 @ 7:41 pm By Priyanka Pani  |  

Vietnam is the latest among smaller nations to have joined the crypto bandwagon as the country is developing a strategy towards having a digital government. In the last few weeks, countries such as El Salvador, Portugal, and Philipinnes have introduced regulations around cryptocurrencies. Vietnam’s Prime… Read More

July 8, 2021 @ 1:31 pm By JD Alois  |  

The news regarding China’s crypto exit continues to cascade around the world as the second-largest economy puts the squeeze on Bitcoin mining, crypto trading, and other uses of crypto-assets. Just this week, it has been widely reported that the People’s Bank of China has demanded… Read More

July 8, 2021 @ 11:21 am By JD Alois  |  

The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) and Banque de France (BdF) say the two agencies have successfully completed a test using central bank digital currency (CBDC) for a wholesale cross-border payment and settlement. Both jurisdictions have been known to be experimenting with CBDCs with the… Read More

July 7, 2021 @ 9:01 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Real-time payments are becoming increasingly common as cash as a payment solution or method for consumers in Southeast Asia, according to research from ACI Worldwide (NASDAQ: ACIW) and YouGov. Three out of five or around 60% of consumers residing in Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand and Singapore… Read More

July 7, 2021 @ 1:44 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The Qtum Chain Foundation, which supports the ongoing development of Qtum (QTUM), a leading blockchain platform, reports financial expenditures quarterly “for transparency and openness with the community.” The Qtum Chain Foundation’s latest report, published on June 6, 2021, notes that they have covered (as usual)… Read More

July 6, 2021 @ 10:45 pm By Priyanka Pani  |  

Crypto-trading platform PDAX has launched seven new cryptocurrencies for its users: Chainlink (LINK), Enjin (ENJ), Basic Attention Token (BAT), Graph (GRT), Compound (COMP), Aave (AAVE), and Uniswap (UNI). With this, the total number of coins offered on the platform is pegged at 14. Founded in… Read More

July 6, 2021 @ 12:45 pm By JD Alois  |  

Pine Labs is raising more money, according to a statement from the firm. Pine Labs says that Fidelity Management & Research Company, funds managed by BlackRock, Ishana, Tree Line, and a fund advised by Neuberger Berman Investment Advisers LLC are all participating in the funding…. Read More