Case study: DBS – the edge
DBS is shaping up to be a fintech innovator. What projects is it working on?
Asia Pacific
Hong Kong digital bank Neat nabs tidy $2m funding
Will be used for new features, tools and recruitment.
Credit manager AsiaCollect picks up $4.5m funding
Investment round led by SIG Asia Investments.
Banking Technology July/August 2018 issue out now
Deep minds. For fintech that matters.
China New Era Technology Fund powers up with $15bn
China’s answer to SoftBank’s Vision Fund in Japan.
Axe Finance goes live with Skye and signs up BPI and Al Rahji
Good times for Axe Finance.
Patients are a virtue in pacey Prudential claims process
Paperless and chatbots are the cure in Hong Kong.
Ant Financial turns to Standard Chartered for blockchain payments
Standard Chartered becomes core partner bank.
MYbank plans stellar SME support
Ant Financial brand offers the promised land.
South Korean crypto exchange Bithumb victim of $31m heist
Deposits and withdrawals have been subsequently stopped.
Schroders chatbot is GO in Singapore
Self-learning chatbot for sweet asset management.
Daon and Tradelink bring biometric tech to Dah Sing Bank
Dah Sing Bank will leverage Daon’s IdentityX platform to offer both fingerprint and facial authentication.
South Korean crypto exchange Coinrail derailed in hack
30% of the coins have been lost and Bitcoin’s value drops.
Standard Chartered Hong Kong to apply for virtual banking licence
To grab a share of the digital and financial inclusion markets.
Kakao Bank’s chatbot will answer up to 80% of requests
Kakao Bank’s new chatbot hopes to address the increasing customer demands.
Alternative investor DarcMatter and crypto fund #Hashed team up
Alternative investment platform DarcMatter teams with South Korea’s crypto fund #Hashed.
Micro-lending case study: Mynt
Philippines’ largest telco moves into micro-lending space.
SuperCharger’s latest programme raises $14.4m and inks 47 deals
SuperCharger accelerator results in 47 deals after 12 weeks, and a lot of funding.
Ant Financial lands $14bn investment for Alipay’s global march
Both domestic and international investors are participating in the investment round.
India and Singapore sign fintech MoU amidst ongoing joint projects
India and Singapore are making each other eyes when it comes to fintech partnerships.
Banking Technology June 2018 issue out now
A sublime eternal tune to the rhythms of fintech.
OCBC Bank in Singapore’s first instant account opening
You can now open an account with OCBC in Singapore in less than five minutes online.
BNY Mellon and Deutsche Bank launch co-developed chatbot for traders
BNY Mellon and Deutsche Bank launch chatbot for trading on the HKEX.
Finovate in 2018: a search for fintech’s frontier
Where is the future of fintech?
Instarem buddies up with BeeTech for payments on blockchain
Will use Ripple’s network RippleNet for action in Asia-Pacific and South America.
Ant Financial powers Shanghai Pudong Development Bank’s digital overhaul
Helps with risk management, AI, supply chain finance and biometrics.
China surging in payments technology: lessons for the West
What has driven the explosive growth of Asian paytech from giants such as Ant Financial and Tencent? And what’s next?
Julius Baer live with Temenos wealthtech
Private banking group has completed its migration.
OCBC goes all Touché feely for biometric-based payments
All at the touch of two fingers.
Ant Financial lights up China Everbright Bank’s digital revamp
Overhaul includes cloud platforms and mobile architecture.
Maybank makes a Grab for cashless payments in Malaysia
Bank and ride-hailing service team up.
Tokyo fintech business camp calls for start-ups
The Tokyo Metropolitan Government wants you.
MUFG and Akamai plan new blockchain payments service
Aim to offer new network from fiscal year 2019.
IBM’s quantum computing crusade calls on Japan
Working with MUFG, Mizuho and more.
DBS jumps on Carousell for mobile payments ride
Invests in classifieds marketplace’s latest fund raising round.
Indonesian B2B fintech start-up readies for launch
Serial entrepreneur plans yet another company.
OCBC Bank unleashes $20m workforce digital programme
$20 million, three years, and 29,000 employees.
Mitsubishi, MUFG and Standard Chartered in payments pilot over RippleNet
First time for a Japanese company to conduct cross-border payments over RippleNet.
VPBank vavooms with new digital credit card
Vietnamese bank’s consumer finance division offers MPlus+.
Jeneration game for fintech with new $800m fund
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