FinTech

Boost Bank, Malaysia’s homegrown digital bank and Parkson Credit Sdn Bhd have formed a strategic alliance aimed at accelerating the adoption of digitally-enabled banking and financing solutions across Malaysia.

Prediction markets such as Kalshi are emerging as real-time gauges of Fed expectations, offering probabilities that can complement futures and surveys.

As Asian trading volumes and market-data demands rise, firms need to examine whether their backup connectivity can survive the same disruption as their primary routes.

Google Cloud has launched preview editions of Gemini Enterprise for financial services and legal teams with specialized agents and connectors.

TNG Digital has added GXBank's FlexiCredit revolving credit line to CashLoan, letting eligible Malaysians apply within the TNG eWallet.

Razorpay Curlec has integrated DuitNow Pay, bringing participating Malaysian banks and e-wallets into a unified online checkout for merchants.

Singapore investment platform StashAway has acquired digital wills provider MakeGoodwill, extending its offering from wealth building into legacy planning.

SOOHO.IO and Partior have signed an MOU to connect the Korean firm’s Ezys platform with Partior’s live multi-currency settlement network.

HashKey Exchange has added Franklin Templeton's grBENJI tokenized money market fund to its Earn channel for eligible professional investors in Asia.

Crypto-asset services in Vietnam will have to report suspicious transactions to the State Bank of Vietnam, or the country's central bank, according to the newly-approved amendments to law on anti-money laundering and banking.