Asia

May 29, 2023 @ 10:48 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Instant Cash, a company within the FINTX portfolio, the fintech arm of Emirates Post Group, has received the Retail Payment Services and Card Scheme Regulation (RPSCS) Category 2 License from the Central Bank of the UAE (CBUAE). This reportedly makes it “the first Money Transfer… Read More

May 28, 2023 @ 8:44 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Abu Dhabi Islamic Bank (ADIB) has reportedly become the first bank in the UAE to provide small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) “with convenient remote account opening services through a mobile app by deploying Emirates Face Recognition (EFR) technology.” This new feature will “allow businesses to… Read More

May 27, 2023 @ 4:49 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

MoMo, which claims to be one of Vietnam’s leading fintech companies, recently announced that it now offers customers of Vietnam’s Apple Store Online flexible payment options, “with the launch of monthly Instalments for Apple Store Online.” With this new feature, Vietnamese customers will “have the… Read More

May 25, 2023 @ 10:00 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

D360 Bank, Saudi Arabia’s innovative new digital bank is pleased to announce its partnership with Thunes, a global cross-border payment infrastructure platform. This collaboration will “empower D360 Bank’s customers in Saudi Arabia to make fast and cost-effective B2B business payments and international remittances worldwide.” Additionally,… Read More

May 25, 2023 @ 9:52 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

SAB has announced its collaboration with Ottu, a fast-growing payment fintech, to enhance its Digital Payments Solution. This partnership will “provide SAB merchants with an Online Payment Management Solution (OPMS) using direct integration with the payment gateways provided by SAB.” This collaboration aims “to simplify… Read More

May 25, 2023 @ 9:48 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Global blockchain technology company and start-up accelerator Cronos Labs announced that it will participate as the main blockchain network partner of the ‘Seoul Web 3.0 Festival 2023’ (SWF2023), organized by the Seoul Metropolitan Government. SWF2023 aims “to enhance the competitiveness of Korea’s Web3 industry and… Read More

May 25, 2023 @ 8:37 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Accel-backed finbots.ai, a Singapore headquartered B2B SaaS FinTech announced signing Sathapana Bank—Cambodia’s commercial bank—as their latest client. With this, finbots.ai’s client case “has extended to 9 countries across APAC and MEA markets.” Sathapana Bank claims it is “one of the leading commercial banks in Cambodia… Read More

May 25, 2023 @ 2:02 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Builder.ai announces over $250M Series D led by QIA to push new boundaries for its AI powered composable software platform Strong customer tailwinds “continue to push Builder.ai’s vision of empowering everyone to build the software they need for their business or ideas and making it… Read More

May 24, 2023 @ 11:17 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Checkout.com, the global payments service provider, has been granted a Retail Payment Services license from the Central Bank of the United Arab Emirates. This makes Checkout.com the first global payments provider “to be granted an acquiring license in the country, further cementing its position as… Read More

May 23, 2023 @ 10:16 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Netbank, the Filipino banking as a service platform, is pleased to announce the successful completion of its Series A investment round. The investment round was led by Beenext, a prominent regional venture capital firm, with participation from leading Filipino investors: Kaya Founders and Oak Drive… Read More

May 23, 2023 @ 7:17 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

HoYoverse, the game publisher that created Genshin Impact and Honkai Impact and Coda Payments, the provider of cross-border content monetization solutions including Codashop, have partnered “to offer a series of Honkai: Star Rail vouchers as part of the game’s sensational launch in April.” Game fans… Read More

May 23, 2023 @ 5:30 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The Securities Commission Malaysia (SC) has taken action against Huobi Global Limited, and its Chief Executive Officer Leon Li for “operating a digital asset exchange (DAX) in Malaysia without registration.” Accordingly, the SC has “issued a public reprimand against Huobi Global Limited, and Leon Li… Read More

May 22, 2023 @ 5:18 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

PayTabs, MEASA’s payment solutions provider, today announced a strategic partnership with FlapKap, MENA’s revenue-based financing platform. The collaboration between the two firms aims “to support new and existing PayTabs entrepreneurs, webpreneurs and small and medium e-commerce businesses (SMEs) based in the UAE to obtain a… Read More

May 22, 2023 @ 9:31 am By JD Alois  |  

BitMEX says it is ready to apply for a virtual asset service provider (VASP) license in Hong Kong. The license is available under Hong Kong’s Anti-Money Laundering and Counter-Terrorist Financing (Amendment) Ordinance 2022. BitMEX which has endured several rocky years – most recently firing its… Read More

May 21, 2023 @ 10:28 pm By JD Alois  |  

Tranglo and Lulu Money have announced a partnership on cross-border payments. Tranglo currently processes 80% of its payments in real-time.  LuLu Financial Holdings runs a proprietary Digit9 platform, an API-first model for remittance-as-a-service. The two companies say they will benefit from complementary strengths on international… Read More

May 21, 2023 @ 9:52 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Futu Holdings Limited (Nasdaq: FUTU) announces its expansion into Malaysia with its super investment platform, moomoo, introducing a comprehensive suite of tech-driven offerings to promote financial inclusion. Through inclusive finance, Malaysia investors “will enjoy lifelong access to a holistic suite of self-help educational resources, free-for-all… Read More

May 21, 2023 @ 6:56 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Aurum Equity Partners, an investor in fast-growing digital infrastructure real estate data center assets, is pleased to announce the launch of its $250M global private equity fund plan to close Q1 2024. Aurum has “allocated $50M to Hyderabad, Telangana for the development of data centers,… Read More

May 21, 2023 @ 4:41 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

TS Imagine, the global, cross-asset class provider of trading, portfolio, and risk management solutions for financial institutions, announces the appointment of Simarjit (Sim) Johal to Head of Asia Pacific (APAC), reporting to Rob Flatley, Chief Executive Officer. Sim will reportedly “join TS Imagine’s Executive Leadership… Read More

May 20, 2023 @ 12:48 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Paymob, the financial services enabler in the Middle East, North Africa, and Pakistan (MENAP), announces that it has secured Saudi Arabia’s Payment Technical Services Provider (PTSP) certification, making it fully operational in the Kingdom. The PTSP certification, “issued by Saudi Payments is a significant operational… Read More

May 20, 2023 @ 7:30 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Delta Capita, the Financial Services division of Prytek, a global Capital Markets consulting, managed services and technology provider has welcomed Julian Chesser as its new Regional Head of APAC who will be based in Singapore. In this role, Julian will be “responsible for leading all… Read More