Rakuten International Commercial Bank was one of three groups granted authorisation to set up a

SME-focused neo bank Tide is plotting international expansion with a planned launch in India in the first

The Singapore Fintech Report 2021, produced by Fintech News Singapore in partnership with Alibaba Cloud,

Grab Financial Group (GFG), Southeast Asia (SEA)’s leading fintech platform, announced today it has raised

Standard Chartered has formed a strategic partnership with Bukalapak to launch digital banking offerings which will be

Vietnamese ride-hailing startup Be Group has joined hands with Vietnam Prosperity Bank (VPBank) to roll

DBS announced today the launch of an in-house digital training institute to keep its close

Malaysia’s reserve bank, Bank Negara, has released its policy document on digital banks. The Malaysian central bank’s new

Gojek has acquired 22% of Indonesia’s Bank Jago as part of a strategic partnership to

South Korean digital bank Kakao Bank Corp has picked advisors for its planned initial public

Neobank Xinja has announced it will close all bank accounts, refund customer savings and hand

CHAI provides an API that enables companies to accept over 20 payment systems. The Seoul-based

Data platform company, RegulAItion has won the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) 2020 Global Fintech Hackcelerator. Competing

U.S. digital payments company Stripe plans to expand across Asia, including in Southeast Asia, Japan,

During the Singapore Fintech Festival 2020, Ravi Menon, Managing Director, Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS)

SIX Digital Exchange (“SDX”) and SBI Digital Asset Holdings Co., Ltd., an SBI Group (“SBI”)

Union Bank of the Philippines (UnionBank), in partnership with Standard Chartered Bank (SCB), successfully completed a

Enterprise Singapore, the Infocomm Media Development Authority, and the National Research Foundation Singapore, has launched a S$12

The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) and the Smart Nation and Digital Government Group (SNDGG)

Singapore on Friday granted four firms, including Ant Group  and Grab,  licenses to run digital banks in the Southeast

Mbanq Labs, the Singapore-based FinTech and digital banking accelerator, invites applications from startup founders to

PhonePe, the digital payments unit of Walmart’s Indian e-commerce arm Flipkart, said on Thursday it

Finin, a fintech company, has launched itself as a ‘neobank’, in partnership with SBM Bank, a wholly-owned

One of Europe’s largest fintechs, TransferWise, will be able to connect directly into Australia’s real-time

The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) announced today that eligible non-bank financial institutions (NFIs) will

Singapore-based TONIK Financial Pte LTD recently announced its collaboration with solutions provider CRIF for the automation of its loan

In Vietnam, digital banking development is accelerating on the back of rapid fintech adoption, a

Telkomsel, Indonesia’s biggest telecom network, has invested $150 million in ride-hailing firm Gojek,  TechCrunch reports. As part

Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) and the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) have committed to

Thakral One is extending its relationship with additiv and Microsoft as they seek to expand