Tagged: vietnam

March 22, 2017 @ 4:22 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Last Friday, the Governor of the State Bank of Vietnam (SBV) signed Decision No.328/QĐ-NHNN to establish SBV Steering Committee on Fintech. According to the bank, the Steering Committee on Fintech will be led by Deputy Governor Nguyen Kim Anh and Deputy Director of SBV Payment… Read More

March 1, 2017 @ 3:04 am By Jessica Pham  |  

Vietnam-based peer-to-peer bitcoin marketplace platform Remitano is continuing its global expansion into the English-speaking market. Remitano is already operating in the U.S., Australia, Malaysia, Nigeria, Vietnam, Cambodia, and China. Cryptocoins News reported that CEO and Co-Founder Dung Huynh who is also the company’s Lead Product… Read More

February 18, 2017 @ 6:30 am By Jessica Pham  |  

F88 is a Vietnam-based pawn shop service chain and it secured last month an undisclosed amount of investment thanks to its attractive tech platform that “was launched to overcome the difficulties in accessing funds from customers, meet market demand, as well as catch up with… Read More

February 18, 2017 @ 3:14 am By Jessica Pham  |  

Vietnam is moving forward in reducing cash transactions and formalizing electronic payment methods. Deputy Prime Minister Vuong Dinh Hue signed a plan that ensures that the country has the infrastructure and equipment that it needs to progress toward a cashless economy by 2020. Focus areas… Read More

December 23, 2016 @ 7:31 am By Jessica Pham  |  

Tima says that it is Vietnam’s first P2P lending platform, and it has recently secured Series A funding from a Singaporean investor.  The amount is unclear but is a reported “US dollar seven-figure” amount.  The Singapore fund is also unnamed. An unnamed co-founder of Tima… Read More

August 16, 2016 @ 10:20 am By Erin Hobey  |  

The South Korean commercial bank Woori Bank Co. has partnered with the Vietnam-based mobile banking service provider M-Service, according to Pulse News, aiming to strengthen its presence in the Southeast Asian financial market.  Woori Bank has opened over 200 global financial service outlets, with two offices already in Vietnam, in… Read More

November 17, 2015 @ 9:26 am By JD Alois  |  

CrowdPlus.Asia is the first, of the approved platforms, to launch in Malaysia – and across multiple Asian markets. CrowdPlus.asia will focus on the ASEAN market, having established a presence in Malaysia, Thailand and Vietnam, as well as mainland China and Hong Kong where there is a number… Read More

June 2, 2015 @ 10:49 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

In an attempt to gain full access in the top-secret Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) trade deal, the documentation leaking website, WikiLeaks, has launched a crowdfunding campaign on its own platform to raise $100,000 reward for the remaining chapters of the TPP. The TPP is a “proposed regional regulatory and investment treaty”…. Read More

October 17, 2014 @ 9:02 am By JD Alois  |  

Real Estate Crowdfunding Platform Sees Opportunity in Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos and Other Emerging Markets. Southeast Asia’s first real estate crowdfunding site CoAssets, has partnered up with Alternaty as it expands its footprint into other Asian countries. Altneraty, a real estate company based in Vietnam, specializes… Read More

March 1, 2014 @ 10:45 am By Charles Luzar  |  

A bit of history: Flappy Bird was an annoyingly difficult and incredibly addictive game for iOS and Android. I played it once on a friend’s phone, and after ten frustrating minutes I handed the phone back and swore not to download it lest I spend… Read More

January 25, 2013 @ 1:59 pm By Michael Goldberg  |  

Quang Mai Duy, the dynamic CEO of the Vietnamese start-up company Biaki, has a problem. Despite Biaki’s initial progress in developing its CRM software solution for the Vietnamese market, Quang is having a hard time raising capital in Vietnam. Angel investing outside of the family… Read More

January 21, 2013 @ 3:46 pm By Michael Goldberg  |  

Quang Mai Duy, the dynamic CEO of the Vietnamese start-up company Biaki, has a problem. Despite Biaki’s initial progress in developing its CRM software solution for the Vietnamese market, Quang is having a hard time raising capital in Vietnam. Angel investing outside of the family is almost non-existent in… Read More

November 7, 2012 @ 9:15 pm By The Conversation  |  

Vietnam has thousands of kilometres of coastline, and may have thousands of shipwrecks. Many of these wrecks would be loaded with archaeologically fascinating and significant items. But the country has struggled to preserve its underwater cultural heritage. To date the protection and preservation of Vietnam’s… Read More