Asia

August 3, 2017 @ 10:51 am By Erin Hobey  |  

Abu Dhabi Global Market (ADGM), the International Financial Centre in Abu Dhabi and the Capital Markets Authority (CMA) Kenya signed a Cooperation Agreement which provides a framework for cooperation to support financial innovation in each jurisdiction. The Agreement was signed by Paul Muthaura, Chief Executive,… Read More

August 3, 2017 @ 10:28 am By JD Alois  |  

Kabbage is out with some big news. SoftBank has committed $250 million in an equity investment into the online lender. This is a significant statement on the belief that Kabbage is on the right trajectory when it comes to the competitive online lending market. SoftBank… Read More

August 2, 2017 @ 10:41 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Chinese peer-to-peer lending platform Dianrong announced on Wednesday it successfully secured $220 million during its Series D round funding, which was led by GIC Private Limited with participation from CMIG Leasing, Simone Investment Managers, and other institutional and individual investors. The funding round comes just two… Read More

August 2, 2017 @ 9:53 am By JD Alois  |  

The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) will establish a “Payments Council”, a move designed to facilitate the vision of an e-payments ecosystem in Singapore. This includes the development of seamless payments solutions like PayNow, supporting the introduction and rollout of unified point-of-sale terminals at merchants, and… Read More

August 2, 2017 @ 9:12 am By JD Alois  |  

FundedByMe Malaysia (FBM Crowdtech Sdn Bhd), one of the first approved crowdfunding platforms in the country,  has created a peer to peer lending platform for SMEs. The new platform, entitled AlixCo, is designed to help finance Malaysian entrepreneurs and to address the SME financing gap in… Read More

August 2, 2017 @ 7:04 am By JD Alois  |  

CoAssets Limited  (ASX: CA8), a crowdfunding platform specializing in facilitating funding for real estate and small to medium-sized enterprises, reported its financial results for the fourth quarter of fiscal year 2016, ended 30 June 2017. CoAssets said that Q4 was a break even quarter and… Read More

August 1, 2017 @ 7:15 pm By JD Alois  |  

The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) is out with a statement today regarding the burgeoning Initial Coin Offering or ICO market. The cryptocurrency driven funding sector has been red hot in recent months with some issuers raising tens of millions of dollars in a totally… Read More

August 1, 2017 @ 9:50 am By JD Alois  |  

FinTech Australia is out with a comment on the report that was published by the Committee for Sydney regarding the Fintech sector in Australia. FinTech Australia welcomed the report, entitled “Scaling the Fintech Opportunity: For Sydney & Australia,” as it indicates that Sydney is a… Read More

July 31, 2017 @ 3:47 pm By JD Alois  |  

Asia is hot when it comes to technology. Perhaps more so regarding Fintech as it is the largest internet finance market in the world. Israel is globally known as the Innovation Nation. Global equity crowdfunding platform OurCrowd is helping to boost the Israel – China… Read More

July 30, 2017 @ 10:46 am By Xu Gao  |  

China Issues Guideline on Artificial Intelligence Development Last week, China’s State Council has issued a guideline on artificial intelligence (AI) development, setting a goal of becoming a global innovation center in this field by 2030. The total output value of artificial intelligence industries is expected… Read More

July 29, 2017 @ 9:07 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Malaysia’s second-biggest bank, CIMB Group Holdings Bhd, announced this week its new equity joint venture partnership with Ant Financial Service Group’s Alipay to provide mobile wallet and related financial services.  According to Reuters, CIMB unit, Touch ’n Go Sdn Bhd, will be the majority shareholder… Read More

July 28, 2017 @ 8:05 am By JD Alois  |  

Visa (NYSE: V) and Marqeta, a payment card issuing platform that can provide consumers with immediate loans, has announced a global partnership to propel innovations in commercial and consumer payments in lending. Visa has also made a strategic investment in Marqeta and led a $25… Read More

July 28, 2017 @ 7:49 am By Jonathan Nieh  |  

  TenX, a fintech firm based out of Singapore, is trying to bring cryptocurrencies, like Bitcoin and Ether, out of the digital world and into the real world through the creation of a pre-paid Visa card that will instantly convert crypto coins into real spendable… Read More

July 27, 2017 @ 11:07 am By Erin Hobey  |  

Abu Dhabi Global Market (ADGM), the International Financial Centre of Abu Dhabi, Labuan International Business and Financial Centre (Labuan IBFC) and Labuan Financial Services Authority (Labuan FSA) have entered new partnerships to foster greater collaboration on joint financial activities and regulatory practice that support the… Read More

July 26, 2017 @ 12:00 pm By JD Alois  |  

Fundnel a crowdfunding and community platform serving all of AsiaPac, has announced it formed a first of a kind partnership with ThincLab, an Australia start-up incubator born out of the University of Adelaide. The collaboration will bring ThincLab’s network to Singapore, Fundnel’s home base, and… Read More

July 24, 2017 @ 8:09 am By JD Alois  |  

Data intelligence firm TAB (previously named Crowdsurfer) has launched the an index designed to indicate the health of the global online crowdfunding and marketplace finance industry. The Crowdfunding and Marketplace Finance Index (CAMFI) has been created in partnership with China big data firm BBD, Hangzhou Ling… Read More

July 22, 2017 @ 5:21 pm By Xu Gao  |  

National Financial Work Conference Points Out Clear Way for Building Financial ‘Super Regulator’ The two-day national financial work conference held from July 14-15 in Beijing came up with major principles for the country’s financial work, and make statements about direct financing and the construction of… Read More

July 22, 2017 @ 12:21 pm By Cole Lyons  |  

Deloitte has recently released a report concerned with how finance will look in the years to come, titled “Crunch time – Future of Finance in a Digital World: An Indian Perspective.” In this report, Deloitte takes into account how rapidly digital adoption has improved within… Read More

July 21, 2017 @ 10:15 am By JD Alois  |  

Ron Suber, perhaps the most prominent global Fintech Ambassador and President Emeritus of Prosper Marketplace, is on an extended swing across Asia visiting various platforms and presenting at events. Visiting with CNBC Asia this week, Suber explained how important transparency is for online lending and… Read More

July 19, 2017 @ 11:14 am By JD Alois  |  

KyberNetwork is a new project headed up by Loi Luu, a PhD candidate at National University of Singapore. He has done research on cryptocurrencies, smart contract security and distributed consensus algorithms and is one of the original founders of Oyente and Smartpool. KyberNetwork is a new… Read More