Asia

India’s Paytm confirms getting board approval for its $3bn IPO

Alibaba-backed One97 Communications, which owns mobile payments firm Paytm, has received a green nod from its board to go public. In a letter to all its stakeholders and employees having stock options, the company said it had received in-principle approval from its board to issue… Read More

Nasdaq listed Bitcoin Mining Hardware Firm Canaan Launches After-Sales Office in Kazakhstan

Canaan Inc. (NASDAQ: CAN), an established high-performance computing solutions provider, revealed on Monday (June 7, 2021) that it has launched its first international after-sales service center, based in Kazakhstan. According to a release shared with CI, the new Service Center will offer Canaan‘s domestic clients… Read More

BaaS Fintech Netbank Launches in Philippines, Platform Is Fully Regulated with Rural Banking License

Earlier this week, Philippines-based Netbank, a banking as a service (BaaS) platform, went live in the Southeast Asian country. Netbank has reportedly been developed by an experienced team of international and local banking professionals. Like the country’s digital bank Tonik, Netbank is a fully regulated banking… Read More

Financial Inclusion Super App DiskarTech Is Being Widely-Used in Philippines for Social Aid Disbursement, Payments

Rizal Commercial Banking Corporation’s (RCBC) in the Philippines has revealed that its financial inclusion super app DiskarTech has been used widely as a disbursement platform for social aid, loans proceeds, dividends, and for making virtual payments. Since the community quarantines began (following the COVID-19 outbreak)… Read More

Equity Crowdfunding Platform Ata Plus in Malaysia Appoints Karen Puah as COO

Ata Plus, an equity crowdfunding platform and Recognized Market Operator (RMO) that has been registered with the Securities Commission Malaysia, recently revealed that it has appointed Karen Puah to serve as its Chief Operating Officer. Ata Plus is a blockchain enhanced Equity Crowdfunding online platform,… Read More

China’s Public Blockchain Nervos and IOHK to Offer Cross-Chain Bridge linking Cardano and Nervos Networks

Nervos, China’s leading public blockchain, and the team at IOHK, a global blockchain engineering firm and creators of the Cardano (ADA) blockchain, recently revealed that they are  forming a cross-chain bridge that will link the Cardano and Nervos networks. As mentioned in a release shared… Read More

Digital Identity: iDenfy to Offer ID Verification Services to Kazakhstan Fintech ITCS Trade Ltd

iDenfy recently revealed that their partnership with Kazakhstan’s Fintech firm ITCS Trade Ltd. will involve iDenfy offering ID verification services for new clients that sign up for the ITCS Trade trading platform. The ITCS team notes: “Our vision at ITCS Trade is to provide you… Read More

China: WeiyangX Fintech Review

The People’s Bank of China Launches a Pilot Scheme for Integrated Application of Financial data The People’s Bank of China has launched a pilot scheme for the integrated application of financial data across the country. Commercial banks, clearinghouses and non-bank payment platforms from Beijing, Jiangsu,… Read More

Netherlands based Adyen, a Global Payments Fintech, to Expand Local Acquiring Services in UAE

Adyen (AMS: ADYEN), a global payments solution provider based in the Netherlands, recently revealed that it’s expanding its local acquiring services to the United Arab Emirates (UAE). With acquiring capabilities now available in the UAE, Adyen aims to offer local and global companies with an… Read More

VeChain to Offer Blockchain enabled In-Vitro Fertilization Service App to China’s Renji Hospital

VeChain, a leading blockchain platform for supporting supply chains among other use cases, has announced that together with DNV, they are enabling Renji Hospital (in China) to launch the very first blockchain-enabled IVF Service App, called MyBaby. As mentioned in an update from VeChain Foundation,… Read More

Mambu Teams Up With Google Cloud to Enable Launch of New Indonesia-Based Digital Bank “Bank Jago”

  Mambu, a Germany-based SaaS banking platform provider, announced earlier this week it has teamed up with Google Cloud to power Bank Jago, a Indonesia-based digital bank. Mambu reported that Bank Jago is considered the first organization to benefit from the Bambu-Google Cloud collaboration. Jago… Read More

OurCrowd Talks Areas of Joint Interest Between UAE and Israel

Following the Abraham Accords, initiated by the Trump administration that saw the normalization of relations between the UAE and Bahrain, OurCrowd – a top global early-stage investment platform, moved quickly to announce relations with middle east gr0ups. After quietly working behind the scenes for years,… Read More

Dutch Payments Fintech Recharge Expands into Middle East

Dutch payments Fintech Recharge.com has expanded its services in the Middle East. Headquartered in Amsterdam, the Fintech specializes in digital gift and prepaid cards for local and global brands like Netflix, Spotify, and Xbox. Recharge is now operating in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and… Read More

U.S. Fintech Taulia Announces New Footprint in China & Singapore

  Taulia, a U.S.-based working capital solutions provider, announced on Tuesday it has expanded its global footprint by growing its presence in both China and Singapore. Founded in 2009, Taulia claims to be a leading provider of working capital solutions. Through a combination of its… Read More

Japan: GMO Internet Group and INX Limited Partner on Stablecoins

INX Limited has announced a partnership with GMO-Z.com Trust Company, Inc. The collaboration aims to offer the world’s first regulated stablecoin backed by the Yen or GYEN and made available to both retail and institutional customers. INX will also be integrating GMO Trust’s USD-backed stablecoin,… Read More

Securities Commission Malaysia and UN Capital Dev Fund to Support Islamic Fintech Innovation with Accelerator

Earlier this week, the Securities Commission Malaysia (SC) and the United Nations Capital Development Fund (UNCDF), through its Center for Financial Health program, introduced an accelerator to support the Islamic Fintech innovation ecosystem in the Southeast Asian country. The program, known as the FIKRA Islamic… Read More

Qatar based Payments Fintech Dibsy Secures $300,000 via Pre-Seed Round led by Salem Khalaf Al Mannai

Qatar-headquartered Fintech firm Dibsy has acquired $300,000 through a pre-seed round that was led by Salem Khalaf Al Mannai along with participation from several angel investors. Dibsy’s management reveals that their investment round was finalized in late 2020. The Dibsy team notes: “Our brand is… Read More

Bahrain’s NEC Payments Chooses Netcetera’s Payment Security Protocol

Bahrain’s payment services provider NEC Payments has reportedly chosen Netcetera for its 3DS 2.0 solution, a payments security protocol. NEC Payments is a fast-growing digital banking and payment tech firm that provides Cloud-based banking-as-a-service (BaaS) solutions in the Middle East. NEC Payments is focused on… Read More

Google Cloud enabled, AI enhanced Cantonese Chatbot to be Offered by Hong Kong Insurer YF Life

Hong Kong-based insurance firm YF Life has partnered with HKBN Enterprise Solutions (HKBNES) in order to offer a Google Cloud-enabled Cantonese voice chatbot. The chatbot will be supporting insurance services and is expected to be introduced in early 2022. The chatbot uses Google Cloud‘s AI… Read More

UK Fintech Wise Introduces Remittance Payments Services in India, as Company Expands Operations with Mumbai Office

UK-based Fintech firm Wise (formerly doing business as TransferWise) has introduced remittance services in India, as the company looks to expand its operations globally with a new office in Mumbai. This move by London-headquartered Wise has come after the company began supporting Google Pay users… Read More

Send this to a friend