01/27/2022
Indonesia switches on real-time payment system
Indonesia is the latest in a series of Southeast Asian countries to upgrade its national payments infrastructure to drive digital economies and accelerate growth.
01/27/2022
Asia’s Virtual Banks Need Regulator Oversight to Guard Data, BIS Says
Technology brings down transaction costs for serving higher risk customers
01/26/2022
Avaloq has been serving RBC Wealth Management’s growing Asia operations since 2012
01/25/2022
Temasek had a net portfolio value of S$381 billion ($283.31 billion) as of end-March 2021.
01/25/2022
The wider adoption of digital payments in the Philippines is expected to have a positive impact on inflationary trends moving forward, according to the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas.
01/24/2022
The launch comes six months after Syfe raised S$40 million (US$30 million) in a Series B funding round led by Valar Ventures, a venture capital firm co-founded by Peter Thiel, the co-founder of PayPal.
01/24/2022
The deal comes less than a year after Binance ran into trouble with Thailand’s securities regulator.
01/21/2022
With Singapore's digital bank licensees expected to begin operations this year, a spate of online scams wiping victims of their life savings serves as yet another wakeup call and demonstrates regulations sometimes are the only way to shake organisati
01/21/2022
Tenacious Ventures has backed agtech-fintech startup Geora in a $1.5 million seed round to transform supply chain economics for Aussie farmers.
01/20/2022
The HKMA also stated that it intends to enshrine stablecoin authorization requirements in law, with all licensed institutions having to comply with them on an ongoing basis.
01/20/2022
Fusang plans to sell 2.5 million tokens at US$4, and list them on its own digital securities exchange in early February
01/19/2022
HUB24’s portfolio, administration and reporting services (PARS) FUA was at $18.3 billion, up from $17.8 billion from the September quarter. This was up 97% on pcp.
01/19/2022
What we’ve been able to share with Up is that you can expect that from banks,” Mr Shay said.
01/17/2022
ASIC obtained interim orders and injunctions from the Federal Court in Queensland against A One Multi and its directors Aryn Hala and Heidi Walters to protect investors.
01/14/2022
Organizations Struggle to Consistently Authenticate Users and Devices
01/13/2022
Other initiatives in the plan include improving financial literacy of retail investors, promoting connectivity opportunities for investment in other countries, and encouraging businesses to move towards sustainability.
01/12/2022
The Paper sets out the HKMA’s thinking on the regulatory approach for crypto-assets particularly payment-related stablecoins.
01/10/2022
The proposed acquisition in the UK bank will allow the Group to acquire a banking licence in the UK, a reputable jurisdiction and a global financial centre.
01/10/2022
The head of the city's securities watchdog in November 2020 said it would propose a licensing regime for all crypto-trading platforms, an approach rival financial hub Singapore is also pursuing.
01/07/2022
The report quotes a person in the Finance Ministry who also said cryptocurrency traders should prepare for increased surveillance.