Tagged: singapore

August 25, 2017 @ 11:41 am By JD Alois  |  

KyberNetwork may be poised for a strong showing in their forthcoming Initial Coin Offering (ICO). According to a report from the company, KyberNetwork has received over 50,000 applications for their “ICO whitelist” in advance of the investment offer. It is interesting to note that KyberNetwork… Read More

August 25, 2017 @ 9:47 am By JD Alois  |  

Multiple government agencies in Singapore have come together in a Request for Information (RFI) on electronic payments. The initiative is part of a national drive towards fostering an electronic payment society in Singapore. The National Environment Agency (NEA), Housing & Development Board (HDB), Monetary Authority… Read More

August 24, 2017 @ 10:52 am By JD Alois  |  

The Future of Banking is Blockchain and Hero Wants to be the One Hero, part of the PawnHero online lending platform, is preparing an Initial Coin Offering (ICO). You may read the white paper in English here.  PawnHero is an already successful secured lending platform… Read More

August 24, 2017 @ 6:35 am By JD Alois  |  

  LATTICE80, a Singapore based non profit Fintech hub backed by Marvelstone Group, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with FINOLAB in Japan to mutually boost their Fintech ecosystems and global networks. Marvelstone is a global VC group based in Singapore. LATTICE80 is said… Read More

August 20, 2017 @ 10:24 am By JD Alois  |  

Singapore based KyberNetwork, a decentralized exchange for the instant trading of any cryptocurrency, informs us they will be closing their Initial Coin Offering (ICO) whitelist registration three days earlier than planned, “due to a massive number of registrations.” The KyberNetwork public token sale is scheduled… Read More

August 17, 2017 @ 11:17 pm By JD Alois  |  

Singapore has worked hard to gain, and retain, the crown of Asian Fintech Hub and you can guarantee it won’t give it up without a fight. There are several countries that are in the race. Recently both Australia and Hong Kong have staked a claim… Read More

August 15, 2017 @ 8:57 am By JD Alois  |  

Singapore based Funding Societies has become the first peer-to-peer lending platform to become a member of the International Association of Credit Portfolio Managers (IACPM), a prestigious forum for credit risk management. Funding Societies also reported that risk expert Terry Tse has joined the online lender’s… Read More

August 14, 2017 @ 8:00 am By JD Alois  |  

InstaReM (IE instant remittance), a company that claims 8% to 10% of remittance transactions between India and Australia, says it will be active in 34 European countries by next month. InstaReM says it is the largest digital cross border payments platform in Southeast Asia –… Read More

August 10, 2017 @ 9:08 am By JD Alois  |  

The Monetary Authority of Singapor (MAS), along with the Commercial Affairs Department (CAD) have published a warning to consumers regarding Initial Coin Offerings (ICOs) or Token Offers and other investment schemes involving digital coins. The ICO market and affiliated Token Offerings has risen rapidly catching… Read More

August 8, 2017 @ 4:56 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

The Centre for Finance, Technology, and Entrepreneurship (CFTE) announced on Tuesday it has formed a partnership with the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) to formalize plans to expand its education initiative to ASEAN. According to the organization, the prime objective is to train finance professionals in… Read More

August 8, 2017 @ 12:21 pm By Erin Hobey  |  

  It’s been quiet an exciting week for Abu Dhabi Global Market: global Fintech challenges, new alliances and partnerships. ADGM and KPMG have synced to launch the first ever FinTech Abu Dhabi Innovation Challenge on 22 October 2017 in Abu Dhabi to enable startups to… Read More

August 8, 2017 @ 11:24 am By Erin Hobey  |  

NEM.io Foundation, the creator of the P2P NEM blockchain platform providing payments, messaging and asset making, announced a sponsorship deal with Lithuanian basketball club Lietuvos Rytas. Basketball fans will now be able to purchase Rytas tickets with blockchain-supported digital currency.The NEM.io Foundation, a leader in… Read More

August 7, 2017 @ 10:00 pm By JD Alois  |  

In partnership with KPMG and organized by The FinTech Consortium, this event promises to be an invigorating evening of exciting discussions, demos, keynotes and an opportunity to network with close to 300 members of the Singapore Fintech & Regtech community. Join us as we explore… 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 @ 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

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 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 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 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

July 18, 2017 @ 8:17 am By Erin Hobey  |  

Due to popular demand, the application deadline for this year’s Global FinTech Hackcelerator has been extended to 25 July 2017. The Global FinTech Hackcelerator 2017, powered by KPMG Digital Village and Matchi, is looking for global innovative entrepreneurs who can address problems faced by the financial… Read More