FinTech

(Dec 9): Google, Alibaba and other “Big Tech” companies could be forced to share data on financial services customers with banks and financial technology firms to prevent unfair competition.

SINGAPORE (Nov 18): “I think, from their perspectives, things only get serious when their kids can’t go to school, and they can’t get their lattes and go to yoga.” — Unnamed foreign executive, to the Financial Times, referring to the expatriate

SINGAPORE (Nov 12): Financial technology firms in Singapore continue to grab the lion’s share of funding in Asean, according to a report by United Overseas Bank (UOB), PwC and the Singapore FinTech Association (SFA).

SINGAPORE (Nov 12): Even as fintech start-ups struggle to raise capital, investors and financial institutions bemoan the lack of access to information that can help them source companies that could be investment opportunities.

SINGAPORE (Nov 11): Singapore’s central bank is poised to extend funding for financial-technology initiatives because the five-year round ending in March has yielded positive results, its top official said.

(Nov 11): The financial services industry, like others, is caught up with the need to innovate to stay ahead. Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corp (SMBC) - one of the largest banks in Japan - has invested in technology in its push to innovate but it is careful

SINGAPORE (Oct 15): Investment in financial technology (fintech) deals in Singapore has crossed the $1 billion mark in the first nine months of 2019, according to a study by consulting firm Accenture, drawing data from CB Insights, Pitchbook and Tracxn.

SFFxSWITCH to cement Singapore’s standing as global fi ntech hub as deal sizes and sustainable finance increase and new digital banks emerge

SINGAPORE (Nov 11): As the world faces unprecedented climate change, it has never been more evident that urgent action must to be taken. Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) assistant managing director (development and international) Benny Chey is under

(Sept 30): For the past three weeks working in China, I have not used any cash. Every single transaction in China, from buying a fresh apple from a roadside vendor in Dunhuang in Gansu province to paying for a rather expensive lunch I hosted in Beijing, w