TECHCRUNCH: NerdWallet, the six-year-old company launched with $800 by company co-founder and chief executive, Tim

TECHCRUNCH: Thanks to the JOBS Act, the world of equity crowdfunding is blowing wide open. FlashFunders, an

GeekWire:  The 16 million Starbucks customers who use the company’s mobile payment service may want to strengthen

VENTUREBEAT: PayPal revealed today that it has loaned $500 million to small businesses since its launch of Working

TECHCRUNCH:  Uber is synonymous with its cashless payment experience, but that’s about to change. At

TECHINASIA: The Philippines has made technology-based ridesharing services like Uber legal, providing a regulatory framework for

The Next Web: Square Cash now lets you send a direct payment of a specific amount

THE ECONOMIST: Fintech has made inroads, but the incumbents still dominate day-to-day banking. For how long?

World Economic Forum: This week, the World Economic Forum comes to Latin America. From financial innovation to

IFRE.COM: Last week, the  head of Singapore’s DBS Group, Piyush Gupta, sounded the alarm over shifts

Fast Company: What would you say if your boss told you wouldn’t have a boss anymore?

The Guardian: A huge Chinese company, Tiens Group, is treating more than half of its

TECHINASIA: Which is the startup capital of India? That has been an ongoing debate in recent

TECHINASIA: Taiwan ought to be a digital nomad’s paradise. With ultra-efficient urban infrastructure, affordable prices (unless

E27.CO: The move is aimed at giving Filipinos easier access to loans and enabling more financial power

The Next Web: Japan-based messenger app LINE is one of the biggest apps in Asia, but many

ROBINHOOD: Dedicated to providing free access to the financial markets and inspiring a new generation of

The New York Times: New York State’s top financial regulator has granted the first license to

FINEXTRA: Denmark’s government is planning to help usher in the long-awaited cashless society by giving

Quartz: When Google’s co-founders, Larry Page and Sergey Brin, decided to set up a venture-capital fund back in 2009,

E27.CO: “The majority of international brands available in Myanmar today are relatively new to the market,

DEALSTREETASIA: Singapore-based private equity (PE) and venture capital (VC) fund managers deployed more than $9

TECHCRUNCH: Zenefits today said it has raised $500 million in a round led by Fidelity and TPG

The Korea Bizwire: South Korea’s top financial regulator said Wednesday that it will pave the way

RE/CODE: Having dabbled in online slideshows and fertility tracking, PayPal co-founder Max Levchin has swung fully back to his

CROWDFUND INSIDER: Zopa, the first peer to peer lender in the UK, has partnered up with another

TECHINASIA: In the past, Tech in Asia has referred to TradeHero as one of the best startups in Singapore. The firm

TECHINASIA: Online finance and lending platforms have been exploding in China, and the P2P lending sector

E27.CO: It turns out that last year’s seven startup graduates of Accenture’s first FinTech Innovation Lab in Asia Pacific have so

TECHCRUNCH: It’s only been a few short months since automated savings startup Digit opened to the public, but