Asia

March 16, 2017 @ 9:04 am By JD Alois  |  

The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS), has proposed a limitation on the usage of coins for payment of goods and services. Recognizing the waning importance of coin-based currency, MAS pitched new legal tender limits as follows: A legal tender limit of 10 coins per denomination… Read More

March 16, 2017 @ 8:56 am By Erin Hobey  |  

Launched only 19 months ago, Silver Bullion Pte Ltd‘s bullion has secured P2P loan platform has matched 1000 loans. While it took roughly 13 months to match its first500 loans, it took only another 6 months for Silver Bullion to reach 1000 loans. One of… Read More

March 16, 2017 @ 8:54 am By JD Alois  |  

Yirendai Ltd. (NYSE:YRD), a prominent online lender in China, announced its unaudited financial results for the quarter and full year ended December 31, 2016. Folowing the release, shares moved lower in pre-market trading. In Q4 of 2016, Yirendai reported it had facilitated 194,505 investors with total… Read More

March 16, 2017 @ 8:31 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Chinese marketplace lending platform Yirendai announced on Thursday it has appointed Dr. Yichuan Pei as its new Chief Credit Officer. According to the lender, Dr. Pei will be responsible for the over management of its credit department to ensure that the credit risk of loan… Read More

March 14, 2017 @ 7:45 pm By JD Alois  |  

  The Australasian rewards-based crowdfunding platform Pozible has joined the Certified B Corp movement. Pozible, the largest platform of its kind in Australia,  has announced is is joining a growing group of businesses that believe in generating a positive impact on the world and “durable prosperity… Read More

March 14, 2017 @ 12:08 pm By Spencer Li  |  

One of the fundamental differences between Chinese and US lending platforms can be found just by examining the home pages of their websites. Most, if not all, US platforms’ landing pages are targeted at borrowers and exhibit mainly information around borrowing whereas, on those of… Read More

March 13, 2017 @ 9:23 am By JD Alois  |  

Less than a week after Japan inked an agreement to partner with the Financial Conduct Authority in the UK, the Financial Services Agency (FSA) in Japan has announced a cooperation framework with the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS). Similar to other existing arrangements by MAS,… Read More

March 10, 2017 @ 8:21 am By JD Alois  |  

SuperCharger FinTech Accelerator 2.0 Demo Day is scheduled to take place on the trading floor of the Hong Kong Exchange early next month. Each of the companies will demo their product and share the progress they have made in the past few weeks. SuperCharger FinTech Accelerator… Read More

March 9, 2017 @ 2:03 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Yirendai (NYSE: YRD) announced the launch of its new open technology platform, Yirendai Enabling Platform (YEP), during the 2017 LendIt USA Conference, which was held earlier this week in New York City. According to Yirendai, the new platform enables part companies to utilize its data… Read More

March 9, 2017 @ 12:37 pm By JD Alois  |  

Viva Republica, a Fintech startup that provides a P2P money transfer service called Toss, has received a $48 million investment from PayPal (NASDAQ: PYPL), Goodwater Capital, Bessemer Venture Partners, Altos Ventures and Partech Ventures. Toss had previously raised $29 million in earlier funding. The young company… Read More

March 9, 2017 @ 12:07 pm By JD Alois  |  

Money20/20, one of the world’s largest Fintech events, is gearing up for the inaugural Money20/20 Asia.  At a recent press event, Philip Thomas, CEO, Ascential Events, outlined why Singapore had been selected as a host city for the first ever Money20/20 event. Thomas said that… Read More

March 9, 2017 @ 11:17 am By Xu Gao  |  

NPC & CPPCC 2017 Annual Sessions Focus on Risk Prevention and Industry Regulation of Fintech Industry Last week, the National People’s Congress (NPC)and Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC), the country’s top legislative and political advisory body, opened the 2017 sessions in Beijing. Fintech, or… Read More

March 9, 2017 @ 9:25 am By JD Alois  |  

Marvelstone Group, the private investment group behind Fintech hub LATTICE80, has signed a memorandum of understanding with the Government of Andhra Pradesh in India to open the first LATTICE80 location outside of Singapore. Headquartered in Singapore, Marvelstone is a private investment group that develops specialized investment… Read More

March 9, 2017 @ 8:49 am By JD Alois  |  

The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) has concluded a “proof-of-concept project” to conduct domestic inter-bank payments using distributed ledger technology (DLT) also commonly referenced as Blockchain. The project, in partnership with R31 and a consortium2 of financial institutions, was first announced in November 2016. “This wholesale payments project… Read More

March 9, 2017 @ 3:59 am By Erin Hobey  |  

Startupbootcamp FinTech, the global accelerator for fintech startups, has announced the 12 international startups that will join its accelerator program in Singapore. The cohort was selected after a final evaluation from a panel of industry experts and VCs, covering multiple aspects of the fintech sector including wealth… Read More

March 8, 2017 @ 11:21 pm By JD Alois  |  

CoAssets (ASX: CA8), a crowdfunding platform specializing in facilitating funding for real estate and SMEs, has signed a non‐binding Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to invest in Fintech Pte Ltd, a Hong Kong-based Fintech company. Following due-diligence, the two companies expect to formally announce an investment… Read More

March 8, 2017 @ 10:08 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Dr. Zhengyu (Zane) Wang, founder, chairman and CEO of China Rapid Finance Limited, revealed at the 2017 LendIt USA 2017 conference the challenges to expanding consumer finance in China’s population. According to Wang, the country has emerged from being a market that in 2000 featured… Read More

March 8, 2017 @ 7:59 am By JD Alois  |  

  The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) and Abu Dhabi Global Market (ADGM) have signed a “Cooperation Agreement” (CA) to encourage closer cooperation on the development Fintech. The agreement seeks to foster entrepreneurship and support innovation in financial services in both Singapore and Abu Dhabi. … Read More

March 3, 2017 @ 9:14 am By JD Alois  |  

Credit Suisse has announced, “enhancements” to its digital private banking platform in Asia by partnering with Fintech company Mesitis Pte Ltd to provide its clients the ability to access “Canopy”, an automated account aggregation platform and reporting solution through Credit Suisse’s digital private banking platform…. Read More

March 2, 2017 @ 11:14 pm By JD Alois  |  

Alibaba has been roaming the globe acquiring or investing digital businesses. The most recent investment lands in India – marking an important entrant for Jack Ma’s firm. According to multiple reports, Alibaba has led a funding round in Paytm, an Indian ecommerce and payments platform. A… Read More