FinTech

SINGAPORE (Oct 5): A gaping rift between Wall Street and Main Street remains even a decade on from the global financial crisis (GFC) as financial systems around the world continue to function without a core purpose, according to an associate editor and gl

SINGAPORE (Sept 26): Singapore banks have closed accounts of several companies which specialise in providing cryptocurrency and payments services, according to two local bodies which represent financial-technology firms.

(Sept 19): ZhongAn Online P&C Insurance, China’s largest online insurer, started taking orders for a Hong Kong initial public offering that could raise as much as US$1.5 billion ($2.02 billion).

SINGAPORE (Sept 5): In tech-savvy Singapore, where almost everyone has a smartphone, nine out of 10 people still prefer to pay for everyday transactions the old-fashioned way – with cash. 

SINGAPORE (Aug 30): DBS Bank has launched its digibank by DBS app, a new-era, paperless mobile banking solution, in Indonesia.

SINGAPORE (August 3): LifeBrandz, the lifestyle and entertainment brand development and management company, now wants to diversify into the travel sector as well as provide fintech and fund management services.

SINGAPORE (Aug 1): DBS has partnered New Zealand cloud accounting platform Xero to launch an API-driven bank feed integration service with the aim of providing the bank’s small medium enterprise (SME) customers a better grasp of their cash flow with

SINGAPORE (July 27): Nasdaq Inc. is expanding its Analytics Hub in Asia and is looking for fintech firms in the region, including in Singapore, to partner.

HONG KONG (June 9): Asia's competitiveness in fintech is being undermined by the rivalry among the region's financial centres that has created regulatory complexity and uncertainty, a financial lobby group has warned.

(May 24): Andy Maguire faces a challenge: tasked with upgrading HSBC’s digital-banking systems, he has discovered that customers are twice as likely to trust a robot for heart surgery than for picking a savings account.