03/28/2022
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.
FinTech
03/28/2022
Stripe lays out Australian banking plan
Stripe says it is keen to add Australian banks to its global network as the BaaS offering expands.
03/28/2022
Indonesian fintech Amartha in Talks to Buy Bank
Small Singapore-based bank Singapura Finance has tied up with fintech MatchMove.
03/24/2022
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.
03/24/2022
Alert: Impersonation scams using fake contact details
A person you met online telling you about a great investment opportunity.
03/24/2022
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
03/23/2022
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.
03/23/2022
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03/23/2022
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"
03/22/2022
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.
03/22/2022
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.
03/22/2022
Fintech Acquires Citi Small Business Banking Assets
Singapore-headquartered Validus was founded in 2015 and is focused on SME growth financing in Southeast Asia.
03/21/2022
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.
03/17/2022
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.
03/16/2022
Buddy Technologies writes down intangible assets
Buddy’s write down is a result of adopting significantly reduced forecast revenue growth rates.
03/16/2022
Microsoft, Temasek invest in ConsenSys
ConsenSys will use the proceeds to buy Ether for its treasury, which holds the second-largest cryptocurrency along with stablecoins and other digital tokens.
03/15/2022
Tata Mutual Fund launches Tata Nifty India Digital Exchange Traded Fund
“As a result of the structure of the index, we believe that the Tata Nifty India Digital Exchange Traded Fund will be able to leverage on the evolving digital scenario in the long term”
03/15/2022
AMP Bank’s investment in technology speeding up loan approvals
Banking
03/15/2022
SGX and OCBC launch low carbon index tracking of top companies
The resulting top 50 companies by market capitalisation will constitute the index with capped weighting to ensure portfolio diversification.
03/13/2022
Top Strategic Technology Trends for 2022
Composable applications make it easier to use and reuse code, accelerating the time to market for new software solutions and releasing enterprise value.