Asia

March 7, 2022 @ 10:08 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

India’s Venture Debt Report 2022, released by Stride Ventures, reveals that the year 2021 saw 111 firms acquiring funds via debt, of which 91 companies were categorized as unique. Bengaluru reportedly saw the highest number of venture debt deals, making up 40% of all such… Read More

March 7, 2022 @ 10:03 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Sequoia Capital India and Saudi Arabia based VC company STV have reportedly led a $54 million round for Tabby, which claims to be one of the largest Buy Now, Pay Later (BNPL) providers in the Middle East. As the overall demand for Fintech services continues… Read More

March 7, 2022 @ 9:17 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Singapore-based virtual bank IN Financial Technology (INFT) has now acquired MyCash Money, which is a money transfer company that is mainly focused on migrant workers (for an undisclosed amount). INFT is an end-to-end, employer-to-employee Fintech platform that supports MSMEs operating in Asian markets in order… Read More

March 7, 2022 @ 6:59 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Luna Foundation Guard, which secured $1 billion to establish a Bitcoin reserve for the UST stablecoin, has confirmed that the funding would be channeled towards creating a new reserve that may serve as a release valve for UST redemptions at the time of selloffs in… Read More

March 7, 2022 @ 4:02 pm By JD Alois  |  

The UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has issued a statement pertaining to EQONEX Limited and the Binance Group stating that Bifinity will advance a USD $36 million in a convertible loan to EQONEX. EQONEX is a firm based in Singapore that is listed on the NASDAQ… Read More

March 6, 2022 @ 10:17 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

BigPay, a Capital A venture firm and virtual banking platform, announced the introduction of its all-digital loans issued by “BigPay Later”, which is a wholly owned subsidiary operating within the group and a digital money lending license holder. The personal product provided by BigPay Later… Read More

March 6, 2022 @ 10:00 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

We recently caught up with Abhinav R. Soomaney, Founder and CEO at CryptoTax Pvt. Ltd. He talked about different tax aspects of cryptocurrency and blockchain-related investments. CryptoTax Pvt. Ltd. (CryptoTax) was incorporated in the year 2021 and claims to be the first cryptocurrency tax consultancy… Read More

March 6, 2022 @ 6:32 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) in the Philippines has reportedly granted crowdfunding permits to SeedIn Technology and Eastern Securities Development Corporation. The licenses should allow the business entities to serve as crowdfunding intermediaries and provide crowdfunding portals, offering the Southeast Asian country’s SMEs with… Read More

March 6, 2022 @ 6:28 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Maybank recently revealed that it has introduced its digital home financing solution “Maybank Home2u” via its MAE app which is able to provide approvals within seconds and is available to existing and new clients. Supported by Maybank’s automated decisioning engine, the solution provides a fully… Read More

March 6, 2022 @ 6:00 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC), a global financial center situated in the MENA and South Asia region, has issued a consultation paper “proposing to amend the Real Property Law, DIFC Law No. 10 of 2018.” The Proposed amendments will aim to “facilitate the administration… Read More

March 6, 2022 @ 4:25 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Following a 2-year stint at TNG Digital, Ignatius Ong has reportedly decided to resign from his position as the CEO “effective 31st March 2022” because of personal reasons.. Ignatius had previously been appointed as the CEO back in 2019 in order to replace Syahrunizam Samsudin… Read More

March 6, 2022 @ 1:20 pm By Xu Gao  |  

The Supreme Court Adds Use of Cryptocurrency Trading, P2P Lending as illegal fundraising On February 24th, the Supreme People’s Court issued “Decision Concerning Several Legal Issues in Relation to the Specific Application of the Supreme People’s Court Criminal Cases on Illegal Fund-raising,” which revised and… Read More

March 6, 2022 @ 1:13 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Zaapi, a mobile app that allows small businesses to establish their digital commerce presence within seconds, has finalized a $4 million seed round. VC investors including GFC, Flourish Ventures, and Partech have led Zaapi’s investment round. Other investors in the funding round reportedly include 1982… Read More

March 5, 2022 @ 5:35 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Uppsala Security, a provider of security tools and services for Crypto AML/CTF, Transaction Risk Management, Regulatory Compliance, Transaction Tracking, and Cyber Security recently announced the integration of its RSS news feed with Crypto.com’s Uppsala Security Price Page. Via this integration, Crypto.com users may directly access… Read More

March 5, 2022 @ 7:58 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Qatar Fintech Hub announced that it decided to host the fourth hackathon “to foster innovative ideas in next generation banking” Applications had been open “until 2 March 2022.” As confirmed in the announcement, pitches “take place on 10 March, and winners to be announced by… Read More

March 4, 2022 @ 9:38 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Dubai-headquartered Fintech firm Alaan has acquired $2.5 million in capital via an investment round. The firm is now coming out of stealth mode. The multi-currency spend management platform developers noted that they would use the proceeds to hire new talent and scale operations across the… Read More

March 4, 2022 @ 9:22 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Indian Fintech firm Razorpay notes that cart abandonment makes a “serious dent” in a digital commerce company’s operations. You may ask e-commerce stores, and they will tell you how much it affects their business. And when it comes to stats and data, we can see… Read More

March 3, 2022 @ 9:08 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Tide, which is the United Kingdom’s business financial platform with full-scale operations set to launch in India, has confirmed their plans to support 500,000 female-led companies by 2027. UK based #fintech #Tide commits to incubate 500,000 women-led small businesses in India in next five years,… Read More

March 2, 2022 @ 11:47 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Standard Chartered (LON: STAN) recently confirmed that it teamed up with the International Air Transport Association (IATA) to introduce IATA Pay in India. IATA Pay, which is available in several European markets, is an airline industry payment platform that provides optionality, convenience and an improved… Read More

March 2, 2022 @ 11:29 pm By JD Alois  |  

Singapore-based Volopay, a Y Combinator-backed neobank that offers corporate cards, payable management, business accounts, payments and more, has raised $20 million in a Series A funding round with a combination of debt and equity. The company did not share the details on the funding beyond… Read More