FinTech

The digital lending market in the Philippines — consisting of duly-registered non-bank digital lenders and digital banks — could exceed $1 billion in the second half of 2025, with likelihood of growth at an accelerated pace due to the high demand for online technologies from consumers, a study revealed on Tuesday.

"We see a lot of progress made in Southeast Asia on fintech developments like QR payments and inclusive finance, where the region is already seen as a leader in broad digitalization, including in areas like national standardized QR codes and G2G linkages. We will continue to work closely with our payment and merchant partners in the region to meet these new…

Maybank Investment Bank has on Friday maintained a positive view of the new economy in Indonesia as it sees the sector is moving on the right path.

Singapore-based superapp Grab has acquired a stake in Cambodian food-delivery and e-commerce platform Nham24 to grow food and grocery delivery market in the country.

Rafael, who lived in Asia for nine years, also shared his views on the future of FinTech, and his experience as a video content creator in the exclusive interview.

According to Rafael, no tech conference is complete without AI, blockchain and green finance in 2024.

XTransfer, the China-based business to business (B2B) cross-border trade payment platform, and OCBC, the Singapore-based financial services group, have jointly announced the comprehensive partnership for global multi-currency accounts.

Santan, the inflight catering and food and beverage subsidiary of Capital A, in collaboration with Soft Space Sdn. Bhd. (Soft Space), a Malaysia-based fintech-as-a-service (FaaS) provider, have unveiled a major upgrade to its inflight retail solution, Fasspos.

Osome, the Singapore-based fintech platform for business and financial management, has on Thursday announced strong 25 percent revenue growth year on year and significant progress in operational efficiency, customer service, and bottom-line performance.

Funding Societies | Modalku, the largest unified small and medium enterprises (SME) digital finance platform in Southeast Asia, has on Thursday announced that it has raised US$25 million in equity investment from Japan’s sovereign wealth fund Cool Japan Fund (CJF).

Swipey, a Malaysian fintech startup, has secured a funding from 1337 Ventures to boost small and medium-sized enterprise (SME) financial management.