Asia

November 4, 2019 @ 2:28 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The Shanghai branch of the People’s Bank of China (PBoC), the nation’s central bank, has released 40 new measures that have been created mainly to support Fintech development in the city, which is one of the four municipalities in the country. PBoC’s latest measures will… Read More

November 4, 2019 @ 10:16 am By JD Alois  |  

It has been widely reported that the People’s Bank of China is nearly ready to issue the first Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC) to streamline the payment/transfer process for the Renminbi. Many central banks are reviewing the pros and cons of a CBDC but China… Read More

November 2, 2019 @ 1:54 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Japan-based Paidy Inc., a Fintech firm that allows consumers to make online purchases quickly and securely without using a credit card or pre-registration, announced on October 31 that it received $143 million in additional funding. As noted in a release, Paidy’s funding consisted of a… Read More

November 2, 2019 @ 12:31 pm By Xu Gao  |  

People’s Bank of China and the State Administration for Market Regulation Jointly Incorporate Fintech Products into the National Certification System To implement the policy of “pushing for the establishment of a management system based on government supervision and led by standards where corporate responsibilities are… Read More

November 1, 2019 @ 1:08 pm By Cali Haan  |  

There is a lot of anger on “crypto Twitter” today following news that BitMEX, a cryptocurrency exchange known for allowing 100x leveraged cryptocurrency trades on its platform, has exposed the email addresses of “many” of its customers. The error occurred when the company sent out… Read More

November 1, 2019 @ 8:18 am By JD Alois  |  

Ethis has received regulatory approval to operate in Indonesia marking the third market this year where the platform may now provide online capital formation. Ethis received approval to provide peer to peer crowdfunding as authorized by the Financial Services Authority of Indonesia. Prior to this… Read More

October 31, 2019 @ 11:00 pm By Cali Haan  |  

Hong Kyung-sik, head of Bank of Korea’s Banking and Financial Affairs Division, told an audience at the ‘Hoyoung Viewing the Future of Payments’ conference Tuesday that countries with developed payments infrastructures like Korea do not need a central bank digital currency (CBDC), Coindesk Korea reports. Hong… Read More

October 31, 2019 @ 7:00 pm By Nick Raper  |  

With the implementation of PSD2 in Europe, Open Banking payment solutions are starting to be rolled out across the UK and Europe. But while the core Open Banking payment solutions are live, there is a long way to go until we see the widespread adoption… Read More

October 31, 2019 @ 2:02 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The government of Guangzhou, the capital and most populous city of China’s Guangdong province, has reportedly launched a $140 million subsidy fund in order to support the ongoing development of several local blockchain projects. Guangzhou’s authorities intend to allocate around 1 billion yuan (appr. $141… Read More

October 31, 2019 @ 1:10 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Carbon exchange AirCarbon has announced the launch of a globally accessible tokenized carbon credits trading platform. The Singapore-based platform will allow airline companies to purchase and sell tokens that represent Eligible Emission Units (EEUs) or carbon offset credits. The platform’s services were recently approved by… Read More

October 31, 2019 @ 1:39 am By Cali Haan  |  

On the heels of yesterday’s news that competitor Canaan has filed an IPO prospectus to go public on the Nasdaq comes a report that Bitmain, the world’s largest manufacturer of cryptocurrency mining hardware, is also seeking to go public on a New York Stock Exchange…. Read More

October 30, 2019 @ 3:17 am By Cali Haan  |  

Despite an official ban on cryptocurrency trading imposed progressively in the region since 2016, China now appears to be throwing its full weight behind “blockchain,” a type of distributed-ledger technology popularized by Bitcoin that many critics claim is of little use outside of it. A… Read More

October 29, 2019 @ 10:30 pm By Cali Haan  |  

Micree Ketuan Zhan, majority stakeholder of world’s largest crypto mining hardware manufacturer, Bitmain, appears to have been forced out of the company he helped found with Jihan Wu. Chinese media including Sina reported on the developments, which appear to have been confirmed in an email… Read More

October 29, 2019 @ 4:23 pm By Cali Haan  |  

Chinese state news site The People’s Daily is advising Chinese investors to be “rational” despite excitement raised by President Xi Jinping’s recent remarks endorsing, “accelerate(d) development of blockchain technology and industrial innovation.” According to Reuters, The People’s Daily urged Monday: “Blockchain’s future is here but… Read More

October 29, 2019 @ 7:08 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Singapore-based crypto exchange Huobi’s Japan division has reportedly received nearly 500 million yen (appr. $4.6 million) in funding from a major Tokyo-listed firm focused on several areas including leasing, real estate, insurance brokerage and mergers and acquisitions (M&A). As noted in Huobi’s press release, the… Read More

October 28, 2019 @ 9:20 pm By Cali Haan  |  

After an application to go public in Hong Kong lapsed last year, Canaan, the second-biggest maker of cryptocurrency mining hardware after Bitmain, has brought its bid to go public to New York. According to a registration statement submitted to the SEC in Washington, Canaan plans… Read More

October 28, 2019 @ 6:56 pm By Cali Haan  |  

Reuters is reporting that Sun Tianqi, chief accountant at China’s State Administration of Foreign Exchange (SAFE), told financiers assembled at the Bund Summit in Shanghai this week that governments in emerging markets must regulate cryptocurrencies because they can be used to transmit capital illegally and could… Read More

October 28, 2019 @ 9:15 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The Securities Commission Malaysia (SC)  hosted the sixth edition of the SCxSC Fintech Conference on October 22, an event aimed at helping to scale up the nation’s Fintech industry.  Notably, Malaysia’s Fintech sector has seen several new players enter its ecosystem, following the regulatory agency’s… Read More

October 28, 2019 @ 6:00 am By JD Alois  |  

Visa (NYSE:V), the ubiquitous credit card and payments rails, and Marqeta, the modern card issuing platform, have announced a new partnership designed to “ease global expansion for multinational card programs.” The project is said to provide a streamlined developer-friendly path for Visa issuers to launch… Read More

October 27, 2019 @ 11:38 pm By JD Alois  |  

InstaReM, a fast-growing payments Fintech, is rebranding as “Nium.” The InstaReM brand will be maintained as a remittance platform powered by Nium which is being positioned as the “first global payments platform to enable businesses to send, spend and receive money from around the world.”… Read More