Asia

July 25, 2018 @ 9:21 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

DBS announced on Tuesday the launch of Southeast Asia’s largest bank-led property marketplace. DBS claims it is also the first bank in the region to launch an online property marketplace that offers listings from both agents and owners. According to DBS, the DBS Property Marketplace… Read More

July 24, 2018 @ 3:01 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Trulioo, an on-demand global identity verification company, announced on Tuesday it is launching its instant identity verification services in The Philippines through its GlobalGateway platform. This news comes less than a month after the company expanded its AML/KYC identity verification global footprint into Thailand. According to Trulioo, GlobalGateway… Read More

July 24, 2018 @ 7:38 am By Erin Hobey  |  

In the last few months, MobiKwik’s CPO Rohan Khara, CBO Vineet Singh and CMO Daman Soni, resigned from the platform. This week, CRO Puneet Agarwal also called it quits. “MobiKwik is evolving to become India’s largest digital financial services platform. We are in the process of rejigging… Read More

July 21, 2018 @ 1:35 pm By Xu Gao  |  

Chinese Fintech Enterprises Raised ¥230 billion (USD $ 2.64 billion) in the First Half of the Year The integration of technology and finance has become a major trend in the development of the financial industry. The investment enthusiasm of the capital market for financial technology… Read More

July 20, 2018 @ 1:00 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

UBIVELOX (089850), the KRX-listed company and manufacturer of smart cards, announced on Friday its entry into the cryptocurrency market after forming a new strategic alliance with Pundi X, a developer of a blockchain-based point-of-sale (POS) solution. According to the duo, UBIVELOX will support the deployment… Read More

July 20, 2018 @ 10:32 am By JD Alois  |  

NOON Capital, a company with offices in Singapore and Thailand, is getting into the business of real estate on blockchain. While not the first entity to securitize investments in real estate, NOON says they are the first in Southeast Asia. According to their web site;… Read More

July 19, 2018 @ 10:20 pm By Cali Haan  |  

Online publication Vietnam News is reporting that the Government of Vietnam has moved one step closer towards banning crypto mining machine imports in the country. The move comes after the State Bank of Vietnam (SBV) agreed to support a proposal from the Vietnamese Ministry of… Read More

July 19, 2018 @ 8:19 pm By Cali Haan  |  

Torrential rains in the mountainous Chinese province of Sichuan during late June caused loss of life, landslides, crop damage, the forced relocation of 9000 people, and at least 193 million yuan ($30 million) in economic losses. Global technicians also noticed a 30% concurrent drop in… Read More

July 19, 2018 @ 9:51 am By JD Alois  |  

In a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), Taiwan Semiconductor, the world’s largest dedicated semiconductor foundry, issued a statement that indicated a decline in cryptocurrency mining affiliated revenue as it backed off of expectations for later in 2018. Lora Ho, SVP and Chief… Read More

July 18, 2018 @ 11:20 am By Cali Haan  |  

Cryptocurrency consortium Bitmain, the world’s most valuable crypto firm, has embarked on yet another expansion, this time in Isreal, where it plans to triple the size of the workforce at its Ra’anana development centre. Bitmain told Israel business news site Globes that it is adding… Read More

July 18, 2018 @ 10:09 am By Cali Haan  |  

Following recent reports that it has established capacious bitcoin mining farms in Washington State and Quebec, the Beijing-based Bitcoin mining giant Bitmain is now renting offices in a Silicon Valley office tower called Riverpark Towers, CCN reports. Bitmain will occupy the last available vacancy in… Read More

July 17, 2018 @ 12:03 pm By Cali Haan  |  

The South China Morning Post has reported that a digital token offering (ICO) with ties to former Macau gangster “Broken Tooth” Wan Kuok-koi claims to have raised $750 million dollars from investors across South Asia in a mere 5-minute sale. [clickToTweet tweet=”Former Macau gangster “Broken Tooth” Wan… Read More

July 17, 2018 @ 10:28 am By JD Alois  |  

Speaking at the Bloomberg ASEAN Business Summit in Bangkok this past week, Dr. Veerathai Santiprabhob, Governor of the Bank of Thailand, delivered a broad based speech that discussed the opportunities provided by Fintech and blockchain specifically. Dr. Santiprabhob said their Fintech regulatory Sandbox;  “… serves as a… Read More

July 17, 2018 @ 1:12 am By JD Alois  |  

PINTEC, a China based Fintech firm that offers financial solutions that connect business partners and financial partners to provide financial services to end users, has announced its intent to do an initial public offering on NASDAQ Global Market. PINTEC expects to trade under the symbol… Read More

July 16, 2018 @ 8:11 am By JD Alois  |  

CreditEase, a China based peer to peer lending platform, has been recognized for its Fintech venture fund by a CB Insights report. According to the report, the CreditEase Fintech Investment Fund is number three in the world when it comes to ranking the most active… Read More

July 14, 2018 @ 4:29 pm By Xu Gao  |  

Toutiao Marches into the Fintech Market with Cash Loan Products China’s leading digital media platform Toutiao has long denied the potential of entering the financial markets. However, it is reported this week that a series of cash loan products have launched on Toutiao’s app without… Read More

July 14, 2018 @ 2:41 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Asian fintech innovation hub, Stone & Chalk, announced this week it is uniting fintech across the eastern seaboard with the launch of a new national capability, known as a mega hub, across its new home at the Goods Shed North in the heart of Melbourne’s… Read More

July 13, 2018 @ 9:50 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Paidy, Inc., a Japan-based post-pay credit account company, announced on Thursday it secured $55 million through its Series C funding round, which was led by ITOCHU Corporation with participation from Goldman Sachs. The company reported combined with its two previous Series A and B rounds,… Read More

July 13, 2018 @ 8:12 am By JD Alois  |  

Next Level Consulting has hired Kirsten Roy-Reid as its Senior Partner and Head of Compliance. Roy-Reid is a former JP Morgan Senior Vice President for compliance having worked in London, New York, Hong Kong and New Zealand for over 13 years. The hiring may be viewed… Read More

July 12, 2018 @ 7:41 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Bambu, a Singapore-based robo-advisory solutions provider, announced this week it secured $3 million through its Series A financing round, which was led by Franklin Templeton Investments.  Founded in 2016 by Ned Phillips and Aki Ranin, Bambu describes itself as a leading global provider of robot-advisory technology… Read More