FinTech
FINANCIAL services platform GoBear on Wednesday said it has raised US$17 million from Dutch venture capital firm Walvis Participaties, as well as Aegon NV, a provider of life insurance, pensions...
[ZURICH] UBS Group is setting aside hundreds of millions of dollars of its own money to invest in fintech companies, joining peers in financing startups that are upending traditional banking.
[BENGALURU] Visa will allow a majority of its workforce to work from home through 2020, according to chief executive officer Alfred Kelly Jr, mirroring similar moves from other fintech companies...
UK-BASED payments fintech Revolut on Tuesday announced that it has appointed James Shanahan - previously the chief operating officer (COO) of insurtech Singapore Life - as its Singapore chief...
[SHANGHAI] The Covid-19 pandemic likely barely dented Tencent Holdings' growth, thanks to its dominance of online spheres from gaming to social media. Now that China's industries are emerging from...
THE introduction of open-banking regulations and the granting of digital-banking licences will significantly accelerate and deepen the use of physical and virtual payment solutions across the Asia...
CHINESE financial technology firms have matured under a favourable domestic policy regime with very different standards compared with other markets. Whether or not these companies can adapt...
[BENGALURU] Robinhood Markets Inc said on Monday it has raised US$280 million in a funding round that valued the online brokerage at US$8.3 billion as it benefits from new sign ups amid increased...
FINANCIAL services platform GoBear on Monday said it has acquired Singapore-based digital lender AsiaKredit for an undisclosed sum.
ONLINE lending startup Oriente on Tuesday said it has secured a capital injection of about US$50 million in its ongoing Series B funding round led by Peter Lee, the co-chairman of Hong Kong...
ALTERNATIVE lender Helicap has raised US$10 million in a Series A funding round led by Saison Capital, the corporate venture arm of Japanese consumer finance firm Credit Saison, the startup...
