Managers of Wealth Asia Pacific

DBS U-Turns on Retail Crypto Plans

DBS Digital Exchange (DDEx) launched in December 2020 and currently only allows institutional and accredited investors to access the platform

BIS Innovation Hub and Monetary Authority of Singapore develop prototype supervisory analytics platform

Regulators need accurate and timely information to assess emerging risks

Savills Ties Up With Singapore Payments Fintech

The collaboration will also work to create green financing to help local businesses reduce their carbon footprint, the release said.

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Fraudulent website related to The Bank of East Asia, Limited

The HKMA wishes to remind the public that banks will not send SMS or e-mails with embedded hyperlinks which direct them to the banks’ websites to carry out transactions.

Thailand bans use of digital assets for goods and services

As a top tourist destination, he says Thailand could have developed a platform to accept digital assets.

Stripe lays out Australian banking plan

Stripe says it is keen to add Australian banks to its global network as the BaaS offering expands.

Indonesian fintech Amartha in Talks to Buy Bank

Small Singapore-based bank Singapura Finance has tied up with fintech MatchMove.

Societe Generale rolls out Surecomp Imex to Asian operations

The Paris-based bank has been partnering with Surecomp in Europe to drive innovation for digitized trade finance to improve customer service and transaction growth.

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ANZ completes landmark stablecoin payment

ANZ today announced it has successfully executed the first ever Australian-bank issued Australian dollar stablecoin (A$DC) payment through a public permissionless blockchain transaction. ANZ delivered the stablecoin for Victor Smorgon Group via Zerocap, a

Malaysia nod for digital banks may include Grab-Singtel, which also won in Singapore

According to the report, the five may win because their joint venture partners have deep pockets and established connections with the underserved market, which are mostly in the remote states of East Malaysia.

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Will Malaysia be next to make bitcoin legal tender?

“Countries considering the introduction of central bank digital currencies, while deviating from the tenets of crypto"

Portal Asset Management launches its own actively managed multi-strategy fund

The fund is uncorrelated with traditional asset classes such as equities, real estate, bonds and commodities and also with the cryptocurrency markets.

Central banks, BIS team up on digital-currency payments

This has the potential to reduce reliance on intermediaries and, correspondingly, the costs and time taken to process cross-border transactions.

Fintech Acquires Citi Small Business Banking Assets

Singapore-headquartered Validus was founded in 2015 and is focused on SME growth financing in Southeast Asia.

MoneySmart Gets $162 Million Bid

The major shareholders of MoneySmart holding more than 5 percent stakes include Catapult Ventures CEO and Founder Vinod Nair, Kakaku.com, SPH Ventures and Golden Gate Ventures, the filing said.

Crealogix listed as a strong performer in The Forrester Wave™: Digital Wealth Management Platforms

The report also noted that reference customers highlighted our platform’s reliability, validated the strong front-end experience, and noted our responsiveness and good implementation support.

Buddy Technologies writes down intangible assets

Buddy’s write down is a result of adopting significantly reduced forecast revenue growth rates.

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