FinTech
Google Play integrates K PLUS via Antom Merchant Payment Service
Google Play, Ant International’s Antom and KASIKORNBANK announced Friday the launch of K PLUS as a new local payment method on Google Play, marking the first time that a Southeast Asia (SEA) mobile banking app is made available as a payment option in the platform.
Adyen, Atlas tie up to improve payments technology for Singapore’s F&B businesses
Adyen, the global payments platform, announced Thursday its partnership with Singapore-based restaurant operating system Atlas, to improve payments technology for Singapore’s food and beverage (F&B) businesses.
Thunes, EzyRemit team up to enhance cross-border payments for expatriate communities
Thunes, a Singapore-based fintech firm, has announced a new collaboration with EzyRemit, an Australia-based digital money transfer operator, to enable fast, secure and cost-effective cross-border payments to overseas communities worldwide.
ZA Global leads $40M Series A2 round in RD Technologies to build Asia’s stablecoin infrastructure
ZA Global, a Hong Kong-based digital finance firm, has led a $40 million Series A2 financing round for fintech firm RD Technologies (RD).
Standard Chartered partners Alibaba to accelerate AI use in financial services
Standard Chartered and Alibaba Group Holding Limited have entered into a strategic partnership, utilizing Alibaba Cloud’s AI technologies to accelerate the pace at which the financial services sector embraces artificial intelligence (AI).
CapBay partners Olea to offer cross border financing for Malaysian exporters
Bay Group Holdings Sdn Bhd (CapBay), a homegrown Malaysian supply chain financing provider and peer-to-peer (P2P) financing company, has teamed up with Olea Global Pte. Ltd. (Olea), a Singapore-based technology-driven trade and supply chain finance solutions provider, to offer cross border financing for Malaysian exporters.
Singapore launches new electronic deferred payment solutions to support transition to e-payments
The Association of Banks in Singapore (ABS) announced Monday the launch of two new payments solutions - electronic deferred payment (EDP) and EDP+ - to support the transition to e-payments for cheque users.
Airwallex gets approval to launch yield product in Singapore
Airwallex, a global fintech platform, announced Monday that its Singapore entity, Airwallex Capital (Singapore) Pte Ltd, has been granted a Capital Markets Services (CMS) license by the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) to launch yield products in the country.
Singapore’s 129Knots and Green Link Digital Bank team up to launch global embedded finance initiative for marine fuel
Singapore's fintech firms Green Link Digital Bank (GLDB) and 129Knots have joined forces to launch a global embedded finance program aimed at unlocking liquidity in the marine fuel industry.
Maybank foresees higher revenue and EBITDA y-o-y growth for Sea in the second quarter
Maybank Investment Bank expects Singapore-based Sea's revenues and adjusted earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) to grow 31 percent and 79 percent, respectively year on year in the second quarter.
