Asia

July 31, 2018 @ 11:28 pm By Cali Haan  |  

Another high profile crypto rip off in Vietnam may have further imperiled the nascent sector there. According to VN Express, 20 investors have filed a complaint with the Vietnamese police claiming that the CEO of a cryptocurrency “cloud mining” scheme called Sky Mining has defrauded them… Read More

July 31, 2018 @ 11:04 pm By JD Alois  |  

Singapore based online lender Validus is reporting a milestone of having originated over S$ 100 million in loans to SMEs. Validus is claiming to the be Southeast Asia’s fastest growing SME lender. Validus is licensed by the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) and is also… Read More

July 30, 2018 @ 11:15 pm By JD Alois  |  

Experian, a financial data firm, has led a $28 million funding round in C88 Financial Technologies Group. C88 is described as one of the largest Fintech firms in Southeast Asia, having served over 50 million customers in Indonesia as CekAja.com and The Philippines as eCompareMo.com. C88 is also… Read More

July 30, 2018 @ 10:43 pm By JD Alois  |  

TransferTo, a cross-border mobile payments network, says its international money transfer business has hit $800 million in the first six months of this year. In 2017 during the same period, TransferTo booked just $310 million. The Fintech also reports it expects to surpass $2 billion… Read More

July 30, 2018 @ 1:09 pm By JD Alois  |  

Bitmain, a China based hardware and tech firm that produces some of the most popular mining servers in the cryptocurrency world, is said to be planning an initial public offering (IPO).  According to a report in Fortune, Bitmain is prepping to issue shares at a… Read More

July 30, 2018 @ 9:36 am By JD Alois  |  

A subsidiary of Fintech Creditease, Good Hope Investment Service, is providing “support and sponsored legal fees” to Chinese investors caught up in the EB-5 backlog. CreditEase started as a peer to peer lender but has since migrated into a plethora of Fintech services. EB-5 is… Read More

July 30, 2018 @ 8:35 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Fintech hub LATTICE80 announced on Monday it is launching Crypto Asia Index in order to help institutions and Asian retail investors. According to the hub, the LATTICE80 Crypto Asia Index (Beta version) will be offered to registered users first and structured model portfolio will be offered through… Read More

July 28, 2018 @ 12:00 pm By Xu Gao  |  

China and South Korea’s Financial Regulatory Agencies Reach Cooperation on Cryptocurrencies and Other Issues According to Chosun’s report last week, Yoo Kwang-yeol, the first senior vice president of the Korea Financial Supervision Service (FSS), recently met with the vice chairman of the China Banking &… Read More

July 26, 2018 @ 12:03 pm By JD Alois  |  

Singapore based FintruX Network, “a global P2P lending ecosystem,” has added Bob Rinaldi to its Board of Directors. Rinaldi is a long time banker and entrepreneur.  According to FIntruX, Rinaldi has served as the CEO of CI Finance, a national equipment finance company, and as a Director… Read More

July 26, 2018 @ 7:09 am By Erin Hobey  |  

Crossflow, a working capital marketplace for corporates and their supply chains, announced positive annual results. Launched in 2014, the Brexit neutral platform (Crossflow is domiciled in the Republic of Ireland) aims to allow financial institutions to cost-effectively finance corporates and suppliers in a click. Crossflow, a member… Read More

July 25, 2018 @ 11:25 pm By JD Alois  |  

Bitcoin is in a bit of a rally right now and BitMEX may be benefiting from the investor interest. According to a report from the cryptocurrency exchange, BitMEX has topped the record of Bitcoin trading during a 24 hour period. The company states that 1,041,748 BTC… Read More

July 25, 2018 @ 10:35 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Alipay, a Chinese digital payment platform operated by Ant Financial Services Group, and San Francisco’s tourist destination PIER 39, announced on Wednesday they have formed a partnership to create a seamless payment experience for Chinese travelers. The duo reported that through the partnership, more than 40… Read More

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