Financial Technology

Ant Group outbids Citadel for Credit Suisse’s China investment bank venture: report

But this faces a “thorough review” because China favors a foreign buyers, sources said.

Ant Group outbids Citadel for Credit Suisse’s China investment bank venture: report

But this faces a “thorough review” because China favors a foreign buyers, sources said.

How HomePay is combating renovation scams in Singapore

Money is put in an escrow account and disbursed when milestones are reached.

Fintech UNOAsia raises $32.1m in pre-series B round

It will support efforts to scale up UNO Digital Bank in the Philippines.

Thai broker KKPS, Nasdaq ink deal for banking and brokerage risk platform

KKPS is expected to benefit from a rapid onboarding process.

Embedded finance, partnerships to shape future of SEA fintechs

Digital payments, WealthTechs, and cryptocurrency are also slated for growth.

SG AI fintechs score funding wins amidst fintech investment downturn

This bucked the global trend, where AI fintechs overall clinched less investments.

ASEAN banks show impressive uptime performance in 2023 – Brankas

The report calls for better customer awareness of disruption and recommends institutions to keep at least a 99% uptime.

KakaoBank expands AI research at ICN10 data centre

Digital Realty's ICN10 data centre was selected for its optimized AI deployments.

Navigating the Fintech Frontier: Key Trends Shaping 2024

As financial networks look to become increasingly interconnected within and cross borders, the imperative to ensure their seamless and stable...

1 in 3 Singaporeans use digital investment apps

There is a desire in the local population to increase private wealth, says UnaFinancial.

BPI doubles GCash e-loading fee

GCash loading via ECPay fee will be charged PHP10 starting March.

Boost-RHB digital bank clinch official approval to commence operations

Boost Bank aims to pave the way for a new era of embedded finance

Vietnam fintech funding plummets 84% in 2023

For the second year in a row there were no late-stage funding rounds.

SEA fintech investments drop 65% to $2b in 2023

Singapore made up over half of the investments, with its fintechs clinching $1.1b in total.

BSP onboards first non-bank e-money issuer in real-time settlement system

OmniPay no longer needs an existing RTGS participant to sponsor their settlement.

Indonesian fintech investments halved in 2023: study

Seed-stage and early-stage funding plummeted during the year.

GCash eyes “biggest IPO” title, overseas expansion in 2024

The Philippines’ biggest payments and mobile wallet floats the possibility of going public soon.