Tagged: singapore

April 30, 2022 @ 12:27 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Asia-Pacific is getting ready for the next phase of its real-time payments journey as the region’s key service providers look for new growth opportunities and prepare “to enter the next stage of their real-time payments development.” This, according to the third edition of Prime Time… Read More

April 27, 2022 @ 10:37 pm By JD Alois  |  

  Finbots.AI, an “Artificial Intelligence-envisioned” firm for financial services, has raised $3 million in a Series A round funded by a single investor – Accel. The VC made the investment via its Fund VII and is said to be the first external investment Finbots.AI has raised…. Read More

April 27, 2022 @ 10:44 am By JD Alois  |  

Blockchain Association Singapore (BAS) has announced a partnership with BNY Mellon, a global bank based in New York City. BNY Mellon has had a presence in Singapore since 1974. Singapore has long been a robust Fintech hub in Southeast Asia. BNY Mellon also said it… Read More

April 26, 2022 @ 9:20 am By JD Alois  |  

OCBC Bank and MetaVerse Green Exchange (MVGX) – both based in Singapore, will partner on a digital exchange for carbon credits. MVGX is a “digital green exchange” licensed and regulated by the Monetary Authority of Singapore. OCBC Bank is the longest established Singapore bank and… Read More

April 25, 2022 @ 9:18 am By JD Alois  |  

Digital asset marketplace Zipmex has announced a new partnership with the National Rugby League, A-League and community sports teams in Australia. The goal is to broaden exposure and understanding of crypto markets. The partnership includes professional teams Penrith Panthers Rugby League Football Club and Central… Read More

April 20, 2022 @ 4:16 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Australia Treasury and the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) recently signed the Australia-Singapore Fintech Bridge Agreement in order “to strengthen cooperation between the Fintech ecosystems of both countries.” The commencement of discussions to develop the Fintech Bridge was “announced in June 2021, when Australian Prime… Read More

April 20, 2022 @ 11:09 am By JD Alois  |  

ADDX, a full-service capital markets platform with Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) licenses for the issuance, custody, and secondary trading of digital securities, along with Singtel and UOB have priced Singapore’s largest foreign currency digital bond, to date. Digital bonds, or tokenised bonds, are issued… Read More

April 18, 2022 @ 10:42 pm By JD Alois  |  

Thunes has purchased a majority stake in Tookitaki Holding Pte Ltd. According to a statement from Thunes, the company invested over $20 million Thunes is a Singapore-based payments Fintech. Tookitaki is a compliance firm providing anti-money laundering (AML) and know your customer (KYC) services, as… Read More

April 18, 2022 @ 8:10 am By JD Alois  |  

Ant Group, an offshoot of Alibaba and the owner of the largest payment platform in China – Alipay, has partnered with 2C2P – a global payments platform. Simultaneously it was announced that Ant Group will become the majority shareholder of 2C2P upon completion of the… Read More

April 17, 2022 @ 11:56 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Retailers in Singapore can now accept digital payment tokens (DPT), through a new cryptocurrency payment solution introduced by Singapore-based Major Payment Institution FOMO Pay. The new payment method intended for retailers is reportedly “the first such to be developed by a Digital Payment Token (DPT)… Read More

April 15, 2022 @ 10:21 am By JD Alois  |  

Terraform Labs has completed a “mind-blowing transaction” according to a blog post as it donates 10 million $LUNA at a value of around $880 million. TFL has gifted an additional 10 million $LUNA to the @LFG_org. https://t.co/tNirkgGGm0 — Terra 🌍 Powered by LUNA 🌕 (@terra_money)… Read More

April 11, 2022 @ 10:46 pm By JD Alois  |  

OneConnect Financial Technology Co., Ltd, part of the Ping An Group, has signed a 10-year exclusive strategic partnership with Pismo, a banking Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) provider. According to a company statement, OneConnect current services will be augmented by Pismo’s “multi-tenant SaaS platform” to serve a broader… Read More

April 11, 2022 @ 10:30 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Hong Kong – ZA Tech Global Limited, a Singaporean tech venture founded by ZA International and backed by Softbank’s Vision Fund 1, has become “the latest strategic partner to collaborate with Aladin Bank as an investor and a business partner, and is fully committed to… Read More

April 10, 2022 @ 10:51 pm By JD Alois  |  

Nexum Foundation and The Climate Group Africa aim to disrupt the shipping industry, according to a public release. Nexum Foundation has reportedly agreed to provide its technology platform to power a new carbon credits exchange using blockchain technology. In partnership with HBKDOP Dubai, UAE, and… Read More

April 7, 2022 @ 7:15 am By Tony Zerucha  |  

Gupshup, a conversational messaging platform, this week announced it has acquired Active.Ai, a conversational AI platform popular with banks and fintechs. The terms of the deal were not made public. Based in Singapore, Active.Ai distributes its Conversational Banking-as-a-Service platform to customers in 43 countries, including the… Read More

April 6, 2022 @ 11:35 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Singapore-headquartered fractional share trading Fintech Gotrade has secured $15.5 million via a Series A round that was led by Velocity Capital Fintech Ventures. MUFG, BeeNext, Kibo Ventures, Picus Capital, LocalGlobe, Social Leverage, and Raptor also joined GoTrade’s latest investment round. Established back in 2019, the… Read More

March 31, 2022 @ 9:47 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

Asian BNPL platform Pace announced today that it had signed an agreement to acquire competitor Rely for an undisclosed sum. They will absorb all Rely personnel, who will work to transition Rely customers to the Pace platform. Rely was an early entrant in Singapore’s BNPL… Read More

March 31, 2022 @ 5:45 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

Today, merchant commerce platform Pine Labs announced a $50 million investment from Vitruvian Partners, a London-headquartered international investment firm. Incorporated in Singapore, Pine Labs’ key investors include Sequoia India, Actis Capital, Temasek, PayPal and Mastercard. Pine Labs serves large, mid-sized and small merchants across India… Read More

March 30, 2022 @ 10:23 pm By JD Alois  |  

Tokenize Xchange (aka Tokenize), a Singapore-headquartered digital asset exchange, has joined the VerifyVASP alliance as it aims to create a seamless, compliant experience for its users of digital assets. According to a note from Tokenize, the company will utilize VerifyVASP’s network to connect with other… Read More

March 28, 2022 @ 11:45 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Greenland Financial Technology Group (Shanghai), a core platform of Greenland Group, a Fortune 500 company and one of Shanghai’s biggest state-backed enterprises focusing on real estate, infrastructure and finance, and the MetaVerse Green Exchange (MVGX), a digital green exchange licensed and regulated by the Monetary… Read More