05/17/2017
Thailand Wants Your Fintech Startup
The Thai government, meanwhile, has also relaxed the rules of doing business with startups.
FinTech
05/16/2017
IBM And UBank Launch RoboChat
RoboChat will be available on the home loan section of UBank’s website and will be available to guide customers through the application form.
05/15/2017
International law firm launches online hedge fund start-up resource in Hong Kong
As Hong Kong continues to develop as an asset management centre in Asia, hosting a large concentration of international fund managers, LaunchPlus is an innovative addition to the local startup scene.
05/15/2017
Alibaba Makes Its First FinTech Investment In Hong Kong
Qupital's aim is to address this problem.
05/14/2017
Indian Startup Uses Blockchain and Watson to Speed up Banking Compliance
Signzy has leveraged on the vast capabilities of IBM’s Hyperledger Fabric Blockchain service and Watson cognitive computing and machine learning platforms to come up with the innovative product.
05/11/2017
Japanese Coincheck Exchange Will Introduce Interest-paying Bitcoin Accounts
Long-term investors in BTC may look into this offering over the coming months.
05/11/2017
Mizuho Teams Up with World Innovation Lab to Roll Out New Fintech Unit
The collaboration will create new business services utilizing fintech innovations and IoT developments.
05/10/2017
New data feeds will save advisers time: ANZ
ANZ Wealth head of life insurance, Gerard Kerr, says these enhancements will save advisers time when preparing quotes for OneCare.
05/10/2017
Synpulse, additiv ink robo-advice focused partnership
It will define and deliver an offering that will place them among the disruptors and first movers.
05/10/2017
KPMG Buys Fintech Innovation Firm
Fintech companies and solutions are reviewed and undergo a curation process in order to qualify to appear on KPMG's innovative Matchi platform.
05/10/2017
J.P. Morgan Launches Virtual Branch in China
The launch follows the successful introduction of J.P. Morgan’s Virtual Branch in India, Indonesia and Thailand.
05/09/2017
Swiss Fintechs Launch Asia Service
They therefore are targeting less wealthy client groups to keep the momentum going.
05/09/2017
Not just Cognizant, these IT biggies are considering large scale layoffs too
Top IT firms Capgemini, Wipro and Infosys are said to be in the process of initiating large scale layoffs amid a slowdown and a shift towards hiring more Americans
05/08/2017
Fintech Trends in Emerging Markets
The limited scope of this article could not allow us to discuss fintech trends in emerging markets conclusively.
05/07/2017
Japan pledges additional $40mln to Asian Development Bank
The funds will be provided over a two-year period to a newly-created fund of the ADB.
05/07/2017
Why blockchain technology may be the next big thing
By leveraging the benefits of blockchain, a distributed digital ledger, this dairy now wants payments to be reconciled in a matter of hours.
05/07/2017
Bitcoin surges to all-time high on regulatory changes in Asia
Yen, yuan, won among top five trading currencies
05/05/2017
These daughters of an Indian billionaire are investing in startups like a boss; have raked in $100 million so far
We are not really passive investors.
05/04/2017
No more data hassle when opening bank account online
Four banks here start tapping MyInfo, a govt-backed digital vault of personal data
05/04/2017
Blockchain startup BitcoinGrowthFund raises $2.5 mn via ICO; aims for $32 mn
BGF launched the ICO on 27th April, 2017 in Bangkok and within 24 hours had received 1.6 million dollars of investment from retail investors globally. ICO is like an ‘IPO’ where investors get coins/tokens instead of shares in a company or fund