Financial Technology

Vietnam’s central bank signs into regional cross-boundary payment system

The memorandum includes other central banks such as Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, and Thailand.

Vietnam’s central bank signs into regional cross-boundary payment system

The memorandum includes other central banks such as Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, and Thailand.

Regulatory dynamics remain a pressing issue in fintech

Collaborating with traditional banks emerges as central concern in the industry's evolution, as well.

HSBC unveils ETF platform solutions

The bank has collaborated with Calastone to develop an ETF order management system.

Atome Financial, HSBC extend collaboration to support Philippine market

The partnership also plans to boost new consumer financing products.

More cryptocurrency users in India by 2027, to surpass US and UK combined

India is expected to account for 33% of one billion global users in four years.

SkorLife takes $4m seed funding to empower Indonesians with financial literacy

This fintech startup plans to leverage technology to lift the Indonesian market’s potential for better financing.

Asian fintechs to outpace global competitors; China posts tepid growth

S&P Global’s latest report shows Asia’s fintech growth may be gradual for 2023, but small and emerging economies will keep the region steady.

Fintech funding slows to 10-year low as investors tout quality over quantity

Asian fintechs clinched US$5.1b in investments in H1, lower than $45b in H1 2022.

Singapore fintech investments record three-year low in H1

Consolidation drove fintech investments in the payments space, KPMG found.

UnionDigitalBank, Capital A launch embedded finance services in the Philippines

Amongst services to be offered is the “Fly Now, Pay Later” flexible payment option.

E-wallet Nagad reaches 80 million account registers

This was in line with their journey of boosting the region’s SDGs.

UnionPay inks deal with Cambodia to promote QR cross-border payments

It aims to benefit residents of both countries in cross-border mobile payments. 

UnionDigital Bank bags $16m more in capital

It will be utilised to grow its digital loan offerings.

How Mocasa is supercharging the Philippines' credit payments market

The credit payment service company is also developing a data-driven central credit bureau.

SEA gains 8.1 million new fintech users in Q1: study

Fintech penetration in the region was estimated at 83.3%.