Financial Technology

How tech disruption, branding innovation are shaping the future of finance: analysts

The afternoon sessions of ABF Summit 2023 saw analysts and bankers explore why tech and marketing are important to financial institutions.

Funding Socities | Moldaku raises $27m in debt

AlteriQ Global, Augment Capital Partners, and Orange Bloom participated in the fund raising. 

Singapore named Asia’s top fintech hub, fourth globally

The Lion City attracted the highest level of VC investments, offering regulatory stability.

Tempered adoption of AI tools may spell greater leap for fintech firms

Expert underscores generative AI’s strength in streamlining front-of-office work, but banks on human expertise for in-depth development.

Tech and transformation take center stage at the ABF Summit 2023

Over 180 participants graced the 20+ sessions in the day-long event.

Robocash Group enters new phase as ‘UnaFinancial’

It plans to expand its services in the financial sector.

ASIC to take PayPal to court for unreasonable term in SME contracts: Report

The regulator sees it unfair for PayPal to put a penalty over its own overcharging errors.

Alipay+ touches down in the Philippines revealing three new mobile wallets

It will be made available to merchants in Manila and Cebu.

Bank Rakyat Indonesia’s assets leaps 9.2% YoY in Q2

It boosted its consolidated earnings to IDR23.56t.

Vietnam’s central bank signs into regional cross-boundary payment system

The memorandum includes other central banks such as Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, and Thailand.

Regulatory dynamics remain a pressing issue in fintech

Collaborating with traditional banks emerges as central concern in the industry's evolution, as well.

HSBC unveils ETF platform solutions

The bank has collaborated with Calastone to develop an ETF order management system.

Atome Financial, HSBC extend collaboration to support Philippine market

The partnership also plans to boost new consumer financing products.

More cryptocurrency users in India by 2027, to surpass US and UK combined

India is expected to account for 33% of one billion global users in four years.

SkorLife takes $4m seed funding to empower Indonesians with financial literacy

This fintech startup plans to leverage technology to lift the Indonesian market’s potential for better financing.