Latvia’s Robocash set to raise $5m for P2P investments in Southeast Asia
European investors can now back 12-month commercial loans in Singapore.
Malaysia
iSunOne to build world’s first Islamic blockchain financial system
The firm will work directly with the Malaysian government.
Indonesian FSA launches online register to monitor fintechs
The platform will grow business through OJK’s innovation hub.
Railsbank raises $10m to expand into Southeast Asia and beyond
The open banking platform has opened an office in Singapore.
Selangor government unveils one-stop digital payments platform
Citizens will be able to make payments to agencies at all levels.
WeChat Pay and Alipay partner QFPay raises $20m
The latest funding round brings QFPay’s total to $36.5 million.
RHB targets card fraud with automatically refreshed CVV codes
New codes are displayed on mini-screens on the back of the cards.
Maybank unleashes e-wallet for everyone
New service called MAE – Maybank Anytime, Everyone.
Open banking – build it and they will come?
It is the innovative data wranglers that will decide the success of open banking.
RHB Bank gets modern capital markets tech with Murex
Malaysian deploys Murex’s MX.3 tech for its Islamic and conventional treasury and capital markets (TCM) operations.
PayPal to close offices in Malaysia
All PayPal Malaysia employees will be affected by this closure.
Malaysia gets real-time payments with ACI Worldwide
Under the DuitNow platform.
Alipay powers Pakistan’s “first” blockchain-based cross-border remittance service
Service provided by Telenor Microfinance Bank and Valyou.
Malaysia files criminal charges against Goldman Sachs over 1MDB misuse
Bank denies wrongdoing – charges due to misappropriation of $2.7 billion from bonds.
Malaysian MoneyMatch completes first Ripple-based transaction
Establishing the Malaysia-Spain blockchain channel.
Bank Simpanan Nasional to complete move to ICBS core system
Malaysian bank gets ready for phase two of major tech migration.
Malaysian insurer TPM launches SmartPesa’s POS devices
Policy payments on the spot.
Razer expands payments reach with Singapore move
Partners with United Overseas Bank to launch Razer Pay.
Maybank makes a Grab for cashless payments in Malaysia
Bank and ride-hailing service team up.
Maybank to invest $7.6m in digital upskill of employees
Maybank launches “FutureReady” digital upskilling programme for all employees.
Moxtra teams with OCBC Bank to pilot new mobile app
To deploy and test the new “Secure Chat Banking” mobile app.
Infographic: the power of $1
Instarem presents a series of infographics to find out what $1 can do for you.
New clients in the Netherlands and Malaysia for Wolters Kluwer
ABN Amro and SME Development Bank sign for Wolters Kluwer’s OneSumX regtech software.
New go-lives and clients for core banking tech vendor BML Istisharat
BLC Bank has ousted Ambit Treasury Management in favour of BML Istisharat’s ICBS.
Maybank brings facial and voice recognition to its Maybank2u app
Malaysia’s largest bank, Maybank, has unveiled its facial and voice recognition authentication for its customers accessing their Maybank accounts using its Maybank2u app.
Top fintech stories this week – 17 November 2017
Catch up on Banking Technology’s top five fintech stories of the week – all in one place!
ACI powers Malaysia’s real-time payments network plan
Payments Network Malaysia (PayNet), the national financial market infrastructure provider, will build Malaysia’s real-time retail payments platform (RPP) using ACI Worldwide’s UP Immediate Payments solution. RPP is an initiative to modernise the country’s infrastructure to all participants in the ecosystem, including banks, institutions, businesses, consumers and the government. PayNet resulted from the merger of Bank […]
RHB and RinggitPlus launch chatbot lending in Malaysia
Malaysia’s RHB Bank Berhad and RinggitPlus – a comparison website for financial products – have introduced “ChatBot’”, the “first” real-time messenger-style platform in Southeast Asia for personal loan applications. Consumers can apply for a loan via ChatBot on RinggitPlus’s website and obtain the results for eligibility via an SMS. The platform auto populates information provided […]
Bank Islam plans digital Islamic banking roll-out
Bank Islam Malaysia Berhad is working with consulting firm Cognizant to lay the foundation for its digital banking platform roll-out across its entire network. Encik Khairul Kamarudin, CEO of Bank Islam, says the move will bring “greater accessibility to our customers as well as simplifying and improving their banking experience with us”. According to the […]
Ant Financial Forms JV with CIMB Subsidiary for Digital Financial Services
In another step to expand its global footprint and promote financial inclusion, Ant Financial Services Group on July 24 announced it’s entering into an equity joint venture with CIMB Group Holdings Berhad subsidiary Touch ‘n Go Sdn Bhd (TNG). The JV will introduce a “world-class mobile platform for payments and other financial services,” the companies said.
Maybank launches fintech sandbox
Malaysia’s largest bank, Maybank, has unveiled its fintech sandbox to let ASEAN start-ups develop and test new ideas. As the “first in ASEAN”, the Maybank FinTech Sandbox offers a place “free of charge” to help developers throughout the region. The bank is keen to tap into ideas around cloud, the internet of things (IoT) and […]
Top fintech stories this week – 2 June 2017
Catch up on Banking Technology’s top five fintech stories of the week – all in one place!
Malaysia’s central bank unveils fintech sandbox
Bank Negara Malaysia (BNM), the nation’s central bank, has approved four fintech start-ups to operate within its regulatory sandbox. As Banking Technology reported last month, BNM called out to fintech start-ups for ideas to improve the financial services sector. The bank’s Financial Technology Enabler Group (FTEG) announced it was open to concepts through its “Fintech […]
Malaysia’s central bank seeks fintech start-ups
Bank Negara Malaysia (BNM), the nation’s central bank, is calling out to fintech start-ups for ideas to improve the financial services sector. The bank’s Financial Technology Enabler Group (FTEG) is now open to concepts through its “Fintech Hacks” initiative which aims to “identify pain points in the delivery and consumption of financial services, and solicit […]
AmBank in mobile banking “quantum leap” with Backbase
AmBank will be launching “a new phase of mobile banking very soon”, according to the bank’s new group CEO, Dato’ Sulaiman Mohd Tahir. The solution is provided by Backbase.
Asia’s first Shariah-compliant robo-advisor to launch
Algebra, Asia’s “first Shariah-compliant robo-advisor”, will be launched this December by Malaysia-based Farringdon Group Private Wealth Managers. It will be open to investors from across the globe, with a minimum investment of $200 per month. Funds will follow basic Islamic principles. For example, no stocks may derive income from gambling, alcohol, tobacco, pork products, adult […]
Standard Chartered opens new Malaysian office
Standard Chartered Bank, has opened a Global Collective Intelligence and Command Centre at Technology Park Malaysia, which aims to develop new technology to improve banking services. The centre is staffed with software engineers, operations specialists and service partners, co-located in a 33,000 square feet fully-digitised and secured environment. “Defining and implementing our digital aspiration is a […]
The rise of ‘halal hubs’ represents an Islamic finance opportunity
An interesting trend is developing in the halal sector: regional hubs are developing in places that have some local demand but not the size that would be significant markets on their own. Think of Malaysia (the largest) or Dubai or tiny Brunei. Each sees the halal sector as being strategic to their economic growth, and for Dubai and Brunei at least, as key aspects of their economic diversification. This trend has the potential to support global growth in the Islamic economy as well as SME development but need a lot of (costly) infrastructure put in place to open up the international side to SMEs
CCP proliferation clouds Asian OTC derivatives markets reform
Most emerging Asian countries have developed or are developing their own CCPs and trade repositories in response to global reforms of OTC derivatives markets – but proliferation of CCPs is a concern, according to new research by analyst firm Celent.
AmBank Malaysia turns on Murex risk tools
Malaysia’s AmBank has installed a risk management tool from Murex, which it says will help the bank to meet regulatory and reporting requirements as well as improve its internal oversight.
