Tagged: apac region

June 3, 2023 @ 9:14 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

TS Imagine, the global, cross-asset provider of trading, portfolio, and risk management solutions for financial institutions, is pleased to announce the appointments of Stephanie Cheung and An Hoong to its team in the Asia Pacific (APAC) region. Both bring relevant experience “from previous roles at… 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 3, 2023 @ 10:38 am By Omar Faridi  |  

In Q2 2021 Fintechs Hit Peak Valuation of 20X Revenue  Financial technology revenues are projected to grow sixfold from $245 billion to $1.5 trillion by 2030, according to a report released by Boston Consulting Group (BCG) and QED Investors. At the same time, since April… Read More

April 20, 2023 @ 10:32 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Adyen (AMS: ADYEN), the global financial technology platform of “choice” for major businesses, launches its Unified Commerce solution in Malaysia to help businesses flexibly meet ever-evolving consumer expectations. Powered by Adyen’s single platform, Unified Commerce gives businesses end-to-end control of transactions across sales channels (online,… Read More

March 28, 2023 @ 11:24 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Linedata (Euronext Paris: LIN), a global provider of credit and asset management technology, data and services, announced the opening of its new office in Singapore, “strengthening its presence in the APAC region following a strong increase in businesses’ needs.” Leaning on its large portfolio of… Read More

March 26, 2023 @ 1:34 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Checkout.com, the global payments solutions provider, and Mastercard announced that they will make Mastercard Send available to more Checkout.com customers in the Asia Pacific region, starting in Australia and Hong Kong SAR later this year. The Send service – which “powers real-time payments1 for consumers, gig… Read More

February 23, 2023 @ 9:57 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Coincover, the digital asset protection company, announces a new partnership with Cobo, which claims to be the largest digital asset custodian and blockchain infrastructure provider in the Asia Pacific (APAC) region. This news comes shortly after Coincover’s recent successful $30 million funding round. Cobo explains… Read More

January 8, 2023 @ 6:17 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Visa (NYSE: V), which claims to be a world leader in digital payments, is announcing an open call for startups across the APAC region in order to apply for the Visa Accelerator Program 2023 and applications will close on January 10, 2022. Currently in its… Read More

January 3, 2023 @ 3:51 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

2022 has been a year of “success” and excitement, the team at Poloniex claims. As a proponent of blockchain technology, Poloniex says that it understands very well that education and adoption “are the key to fostering the development of Web3.” Since its establishment in 2014,… Read More

January 3, 2023 @ 7:34 am By Omar Faridi  |  

BNY Mellon (NYSE: BK) announced it has been selected by the Employees Provident Fund Board of Malaysia (EPF) to deliver a transformational investment accounting project. In addition to custody solutions BNY Mellon provides for the EPF, this broader remit aims to deliver “a solution for… Read More

December 26, 2022 @ 2:17 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Deal activity (mergers & acquisitions [M&A], private equity, and venture financing deals) in the Asia-Pacific (APAC) region “continues to bear the brunt of the ongoing global geopolitical issues and volatile market conditions on the back of rise in the number of COVID-19 cases in some… Read More

November 2, 2022 @ 12:17 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Rapyd, the fintech platform for global payments, payouts and business everywhere, has announced the launch of a multi-currency Treasury Solution, which is reportedly the “first of its kind” for the APAC area. This solution is described as a collection of cash management features/solutions that optimize… Read More

October 21, 2022 @ 5:33 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Remitly Global, Inc. (NASDAQ: RELY), a digital financial services provider for immigrants and their families in over 170 countries around the world, announced key business milestones in the Asia-Pacific (APAC) region. Remitly has expanded its global footprint “to include Japan and New Zealand. To date,… Read More

September 28, 2022 @ 1:26 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Trulioo, a global identity verification company, has expanded to Singapore in response to growing customer demand in the Asia-Pacific (APAC) region. The move allows Trulioo “to directly serve its extensive and expanding enterprise-level APAC customer base.” Steve Munford, CEO of Trulioo, said: “As businesses in… Read More

September 6, 2022 @ 11:39 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Calastone, which claims to be one of the largest global funds networks, announced the opening of their regional headquarters in Singapore, “underpinning their aggressive growth strategy to expand product offerings and footprint across the Asia-Pacific (APAC) region.” Calastone claims it has been “disrupting the investment… Read More

August 6, 2022 @ 4:17 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Ranqx, the digital lending platform built for lenders to small-to-medium sized businesses (SMBs), has expanded its working relationship with Visa (NYSE: V) into North America. Before collaborating with Visa in North America, Ranqx worked cooperatively with Visa in its Asia Pacific region. Under the latest… Read More

June 15, 2022 @ 1:42 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Wirex, a crypto payments firm, has made their recently launched non-custodial wallet more accessible to APAC users “after releasing a new payment method.” The addition of instant bank transfers and local payment systems for Indonesian and Malaysia customers “to purchase crypto on the app will… Read More

May 16, 2022 @ 11:36 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Big Data Exchange (BDx), a data center solutions provider in Asia Pacific, recently announced that it has entered a conditional sale and purchase agreement of shares (CSPA) and joint venture agreement, “together with a series of commercial and operational agreements, with PT Indosat Tbk (Indosat… Read More

May 16, 2022 @ 11:05 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Binance, which claims to be the world’s “leading” cryptocurrency and blockchain infrastructure provider, has strengthened its team “with the recruitment of Jarek Jakubcek as the Head of Intelligence and Investigations for Asia-Pacific.” Jarek is “a leading global expert in cybercrime and former cryptocurrency specialist in… Read More

April 16, 2022 @ 6:27 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

MogoPlus, the international “experts” in bank transaction data insights, will reportedly work with TrueLayer, a key player in open banking, to “access financial data using Australia’s Consumer Data Right (CDR).” As mentioned in an update shared with CI, MogoPlus is in “the process of becoming… Read More