Tagged: singapore

June 29, 2019 @ 8:10 am By Cali Haan  |  

On Thursday, a hacker “exploited a vulnerability in (the Bitrue exchange’s) Risk Control team’s 2nd review process to access the personal funds of about 90 Bitrue users,” according to a tweet thread from Singaporean crypto exchange Bitrue. This initial attack was quickly repeated on the… Read More

June 21, 2019 @ 9:22 am By JD Alois  |  

Singapore based Algorand successfully raised $60 million in a dutch auction token sale this week. The Algorand Foundation said the auction was “met with overwhelming demand” as they distributed the first 25 million Algos to global auction participants. Algorand boldly claimed this was the “start… Read More

June 16, 2019 @ 5:00 pm By X.Y. Ng  |  

The Fintech space has seen significant investment growth in recent years. Out of 310 private companies valued at over US$1 billion globally, 10 percent are in the Fintech sector, according to CB Insights. Only two other sectors claim a larger share of the unicorn pie,… Read More

June 10, 2019 @ 11:42 pm By JD Alois  |  

BDO Australia has formed a partnership with Decentralised Capital to provide auditing and assurance services to the blockchain and crypto asset sector. The move was described as likely to boost institutional interest in the emerging sector of Fintech. Decentralised Capital is a specialist blockchain firm… Read More

June 7, 2019 @ 12:05 am By JD Alois  |  

The Algorand Foundation has announced its Dutch Auction will take place on June 19th. The Foundation said this will be the first of a series of auctions for the Algo the native token of the Algorand platform. The Algorand Foundation has a vision of a… Read More

June 5, 2019 @ 5:09 pm By X.Y. Ng  |  

Peer-to-peer (P2P) lending is a form of crowdfunding, a method of raising capital that is nowadays often facilitated via the internet. Rather than rely on large amounts of funding from a handful of entities, crowdfunding uses small investments from a large pool of individuals. For… Read More

May 30, 2019 @ 8:06 am By JD Alois  |  

FinovateAsia is returning to Singapore, one of the world’s leading fintech hubs. The city has all of the key elements needed to drive fintech innovation, including strong governmental support, an atmosphere of collaboration – both between incumbents/startups and tech/finance – and a deep pool of… Read More

May 29, 2019 @ 11:46 am By JD Alois  |  

TransferMate, a cross-border B2B payments providers, has secured its first regulatory approval in Asia with a payments license in Singapore. TransferMate claims to hold one of the largest portfolios of payments licenses in the world. This includes all 50 US states plus territories, to support… Read More

May 28, 2019 @ 2:02 pm By JD Alois  |  

For years, there has been a discussion regarding the initial public offering (IPO) conundrum. Back in the day, smaller investors could join alongside institutional money to capture wealth in an IPO. Today, too frequently, that is simply not the case. The big money has been… Read More

May 20, 2019 @ 8:30 am By JD Alois  |  

Announced last week, the Securities Commission Malaysia revealed updated regulations as well as the approval of 8 new “Regulated Market Operators” serving the investment crowdfunding – peer to peer financing market. Included in the list of approved platforms of the first Islamic Equity Crowdfunding license,… Read More

May 15, 2019 @ 7:48 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Singapore-based Pundi X announced on Wednesday that its blockchain-powered point-of-sale (POS) solution XPOS has received FCC, CE, KC and UAE TRA certifications. Pundi X claims that the XPOS is the first wireless point-of-sale solution that enables merchants and consumers to do secure digital transactions on… Read More

May 13, 2019 @ 9:22 am By JD Alois  |  

Earlier today, KAYA, the native token issued by LATTICE80, was delisted by COSS.io. In February, LATTICE 80 reported that it had “finished the ICO round 2 with $52 million committed” and planned a 3rd round. The Business Times reported that Rune Evensen, CEO of COSS.io,… Read More

May 10, 2019 @ 10:27 am By JD Alois  |  

GTR Ventures has taken an equity stake in supply chain management and finance platform Octet Europe. Details on the investment were not disclosed. GTR Ventures has offices in both Singapore and London and this is their 10th Fintech focused investment but first in Europe. Octet… Read More

May 10, 2019 @ 9:04 am By JD Alois  |  

Singapore based Huobi Global has announced the launch of Huobi Prime Lite, a launch platform for digital assets. As part of the launch, Huobi said that Prime Lite sold 33 million “Thunder Tokens” (TT), the native token of the ThunderCore project (Price Limit: 1 TT… Read More

May 8, 2019 @ 8:17 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Chinese fintech Pintec Technology Holdings Limited (PINTEC) announced on Wednesday it has opened new international headquarters in Singapore, while also launching “SquirrelSave,” a new digital wealth management service developed by its Singapore-based venture, PIVOT Fintech Pte. Ltd (PIVOT). PINTEC reported its international headquarters in Singapore will… Read More

May 8, 2019 @ 8:11 am By JD Alois  |  

Crypto exchange Zebpay has opened up trading services to the Australian market with a new office in the Fintech hub of Melbourne.  Zebpay currently claims over 3 million active users. The company is headquartered in Singapore. Zebpay is also extending its Lightning Network to Australia… Read More

May 7, 2019 @ 9:44 am By JD Alois  |  

Following the success of the state-sponsored Singapore Fintech Festival, the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) has partnered with the Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) to launch a new event – the inaugural Afro-Asia Fintech Festival. The conference will take place in Nairobi this coming July…. Read More

May 6, 2019 @ 8:21 am By JD Alois  |  

Thunes (previously DBA as TransferTo), a cross-border payments Fintech, has completed a $10 million Series A financing led by GGV Capital.  Thunes is a Licensed Payments Service Provider in the UK. Headquartered in Singapore, Thunes connects mobile wallet operators, corporates, merchants, money transfer operators, payment… Read More

May 2, 2019 @ 8:41 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Singapore-based Pundi X announced on Thursday it is planning to launch its platform called Open Platform for developers and companies to list digital tokens within XPOS, XWallet, and XPASS. According to Pundi X, the platform will also allow the creation of customized XPASS cards within… Read More

April 23, 2019 @ 8:10 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Binance, the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange by volume, has officially launched its services in Singapore. According to TechCrunch, the launch of the service comes just six months after the crypto exchange received an investment from Vertex, a VC firm that is backed by Singapore-based sovereign… Read More