Tagged: singapore

November 9, 2022 @ 10:37 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Weavr, a London-headquartered technology provider that empowers businesses with plug-and-play embedded finance solutions, sets up in Singapore “as part of its mission to make embedded financial services available to any digital business.” Backed by a US$40m Series A led by American investment firm Tiger Global,… Read More

November 7, 2022 @ 9:43 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The BIS Innovation Hub is launching a new project around central bank digital currencies (CBDCs) and Decentralized Finance (DeFi) protocols “as part of its 2022 work program.” Project Mariana “explores automated market makers (AMM) for the cross-border exchange of hypothetical Swiss franc, euro and Singapore… Read More

November 6, 2022 @ 9:31 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The global wealth and asset management segment of Manulife Financial Corporation, Manulife Investment Management recently announced its cooperation with Singapore-headquartered environmental, social, and governance (‘ESG’) fintech Hashstacs Pte Ltd (‘STACS’). The cooperation centers “around the usage of STACS’ ESGpedia digital registry, which powers the ESG… Read More

November 6, 2022 @ 8:43 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

iLex, a Platform-as-a-Service fintech that designs, builds and operates digital market infrastructures for the US$6 trillion syndicated loans and private credit market, announced recently that it “has US$10 billion of assets listed on its platform.” The number of market participants across APAC and EMEA on… Read More

November 4, 2022 @ 3:21 pm By JD Alois  |  

ADDX, a Singapore-based digital securities exchange, has “tokenized” a portfolio of wine from top vineyards in Burgundy, France, providing a keen example as to how distributed ledger technology can be utilized to turn different products into digital assets. According to ADDX, the estimated worth of… Read More

November 3, 2022 @ 9:51 am By JD Alois  |  

Partior has raised a Series A led by Standard Chartered with the support of existing investors JP Morgan, DBS, and Temasek – the Singapore government’s investment fund. The note from Partior did not include details on the funding round. Partior is a platform that strives… Read More

November 2, 2022 @ 12:08 pm By JD Alois  |  

DBS, a Singapore-based financial institution that operates across Asia, has announced that it has utilized permissioned DeFi liquidity pools on a public blockchain to test FX trading and government securities transactions. According to DBS, the first industry pilot included JP Morgan, and SBI Digital Asset… Read More

November 1, 2022 @ 2:17 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Indonesia Stock Exchange (IDX), the country’s national securities exchange and among the “fastest growing” in the continent, is exploring the possibility of working with MetaVerse Green Exchange (MVGX), a digital green exchange licensed and regulated by the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS), “to develop Indonesia’s… Read More

October 31, 2022 @ 2:16 pm By JD Alois  |  

DBS, a top financial services group in Asia with a presence in 18 markets and based in Singapore, has announced an initiative to create a programmable digital Singapore dollars (DSGD). The project has the defacto approval of the Singapore government which recently indicated its support… Read More

October 27, 2022 @ 9:10 am By JD Alois  |  

-Retail Investors May Be Banned from Using Leverage in Crypto Trading -Banks Allowed to Issue Stablecoins The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) has proposed new initiatives aimed at mitigating risk to consumers in regard to crypto trading. At the same time, MAS has proposed new… Read More

October 20, 2022 @ 3:27 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

UOB (SGX: U11) recently announced the launch of the UOB Sustainability Compass at the Gateway to ASEAN Conference. The Sustainability Compass is a tool that “provides a step-by-step guide for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) to overcome their inertia and kickstart their sustainability journeys.” As… Read More

October 18, 2022 @ 6:45 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

bolttech, which claims to be one of the world’s “fastest-growing” international insurtech companies, announced Tokio Marine, alongside other shareholders, will “lead bolttech’s Series B funding round.” The investment round reportedly “values bolttech, Singapore’s only homegrown insurtech unicorn, at an up-round valuation of approximately US$1.5 billion,… Read More

October 17, 2022 @ 9:12 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) announced that Ms. Gillian Tan will be appointed Chief Sustainability Officer “from 17 October 2022, in addition to her current role as Assistant Managing Director (Development & International).” MAS’ current Chief Sustainability Officer, Dr. Darian McBain, will “leave MAS… Read More

October 15, 2022 @ 2:34 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Blockchain.com, a leading crypto wallet provider, digital asset trading platform, and block explorer service provider, recently revealed that it has “secured an in-principle approval for the Major Payment Institution License offering Digital Payment Token services from the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS).” With this preliminary… Read More

October 14, 2022 @ 9:37 am By JD Alois  |  

  This past week, Coinbase (NASDAQ:COIN) revealed it had received regulatory approval to provide services in Singapore, the leading Fintech hub in Asia,  At the same time, it was announced that Coinbase founder and CEO Brian Armstrong is expected to participate at the annual Singapore… Read More

October 13, 2022 @ 10:24 pm By JD Alois  |  

finbots.ai, an artificial intelligence (AI) firm for credit modeling, has signed an agreement to partner with Proptech Tanaku, expanding their services into Indonesia. According to a company statement, finbots.ai platform will help Tanaku quickly create a high-quality customer risk assessment model to streamline pre-mortgage financing… Read More

October 13, 2022 @ 11:11 am By JD Alois  |  

Pillow, a Singapore-based crypto investment platform that currently reports serving 75,000 users in over 60 countries, has raised an $18 million Series A funding round. The capital injection was led by Accel, Quona Capital, Elevation Capital, and Jump Capital. Pillow notes that Elevation Capital was… Read More

October 10, 2022 @ 9:51 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Loans worth €14 million were purchased last month, according to an update from Robo.cash. The Robocash team further revealed that 594 people joined the platform. As noted in a blog post, Robo.cash investors earned €600,000, The investment platform has shared a few highlights covering what… Read More

October 9, 2022 @ 3:33 pm By JD Alois  |  

This past week, Singapore MP Yip Hon Weng queried public officials about the risk of money laundering and fraud in the cryptocurrency markets. Singapore has emerged as a top hub for digital asset innovation with some firms moving to the country due to its Fintech-friendly… Read More

October 7, 2022 @ 1:13 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

bolttech, the Singapore-based international insurtech, announced it has completed the acquisition of a majority shareholding in PT Axle Asia, “an established insurance broker in Indonesia.” Axle Asia will “become a subsidiary of bolttech and be subsequently rebranded.” The addition of Axle Asia will “accelerate the… Read More