Tagged: asia pacific

December 20, 2022 @ 8:50 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Nemesis Technologies, a venture capital fund that invests in deep technology, announced that it is on course to become the world’s “largest” digitally securitized fund, with significant nine-figure backing from Institutional Investors & Family Offices across Asia-Pacific, Europe, and the US. Set up throughout 2022,… Read More

December 6, 2022 @ 11:15 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Global fintech platform Airwallex is pleased to announce that Kai Wu has been jointly appointed “as the company’s Chief Revenue Officer (CRO) and Asia-Pacific General Manager (APAC GM).” Kai has “held a number of senior positions at Airwallex for close to five years, including as… Read More

December 4, 2022 @ 2:24 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

MUFG Bank (NYSE:MUFG) claims it is the “first” Japanese bank to commit to using CLSNet, CLS’s bilateral payment netting calculation service “for over 120 currencies.” MUFG Bank will “join the expanding CLSNet community of global and regional banks, which includes eight of the top ten… Read More

December 1, 2022 @ 7:11 am By Omar Faridi  |  

SEBA Bank AG, which claims to be a leading crypto bank in Switzerland having a suite of fully regulated banking services, officially opened its Hong Kong office for its subsidiary, SEBA (Hong Kong) Limited (SEBA Hong Kong). SEBA Bank says that it has “a strong… Read More

November 20, 2022 @ 9:37 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

LMAX Group, the operator of institutional exchanges for trading FX and digital assets, is expanding its global technology infrastructure in Asia Pacific “following the launch of a matching engine in the Equinix IBX Data Centre in Singapore (SG1).” SG1, which went live earlier this year,… Read More

November 14, 2022 @ 10:26 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Credisense, a no-code origination, workflow and credit decisioning platform, has partnered with cloud-native SaaS banking and financial services platform Mambu, “to accelerate the modernization of lending systems in the Asia Pacific market.” The partnership will “provide lenders of all sizes with a flexible end-to-end lending… Read More

November 2, 2022 @ 12:17 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Rapyd, the fintech platform for global payments, payouts and business everywhere, has announced the launch of a multi-currency Treasury Solution, which is reportedly the “first of its kind” for the APAC area. This solution is described as a collection of cash management features/solutions that optimize… Read More

October 23, 2022 @ 11:23 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Leveraging the firm’s expertise in asset management and Bitcoin Mining, JKL Group is set to raise “a $50M mining infrastructure fund from family offices, HNWI, and institutional investors active in the digital assets space.” JKL Group is reportedly “the first APAC headquartered digital asset management… Read More

October 21, 2022 @ 5:33 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Remitly Global, Inc. (NASDAQ: RELY), a digital financial services provider for immigrants and their families in over 170 countries around the world, announced key business milestones in the Asia-Pacific (APAC) region. Remitly has expanded its global footprint “to include Japan and New Zealand. To date,… Read More

October 11, 2022 @ 9:43 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Zetl and Netbank, (a Rural Bank), inc. have partnered in order “to provide an innovative approach to SME financing in the Philippines.” Under this partnership, Zetl will “identify ‘asset light’ SMEs with a regular and guaranteed income stream, seeking funding.” Netbank will “provide loans to… Read More

September 28, 2022 @ 1:26 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Trulioo, a global identity verification company, has expanded to Singapore in response to growing customer demand in the Asia-Pacific (APAC) region. The move allows Trulioo “to directly serve its extensive and expanding enterprise-level APAC customer base.” Steve Munford, CEO of Trulioo, said: “As businesses in… Read More

September 6, 2022 @ 11:39 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Calastone, which claims to be one of the largest global funds networks, announced the opening of their regional headquarters in Singapore, “underpinning their aggressive growth strategy to expand product offerings and footprint across the Asia-Pacific (APAC) region.” Calastone claims it has been “disrupting the investment… Read More

August 14, 2022 @ 2:05 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Google Cloud recently revealed that it intends to expand to Malaysia in order to address rising demand for Cloud services in the Asia Pacific region. Other areas that Google Cloud is considering reportedly include Thailand, New Zealand, Germany, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Mexico, Israel, and Turin…. Read More

August 6, 2022 @ 4:17 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Ranqx, the digital lending platform built for lenders to small-to-medium sized businesses (SMBs), has expanded its working relationship with Visa (NYSE: V) into North America. Before collaborating with Visa in North America, Ranqx worked cooperatively with Visa in its Asia Pacific region. Under the latest… Read More

July 12, 2022 @ 11:25 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Hong Kong-based digital bank WeLab recently revealed that it has introduced its virtual wealth advisory service, GoWealth Digital Wealth Advisory. Clients may kick start their personalized investment plans from as low as HKD 100. In April 2022, WeLab had been granted Type 1 (dealing in… Read More

June 15, 2022 @ 1:42 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Wirex, a crypto payments firm, has made their recently launched non-custodial wallet more accessible to APAC users “after releasing a new payment method.” The addition of instant bank transfers and local payment systems for Indonesian and Malaysia customers “to purchase crypto on the app will… Read More

June 10, 2022 @ 8:11 pm By JD Alois  |  

YAS MicroInsurance (YAS) and Amodo have partnered to deliver insurance on-chain, according to a company statement. YAS is an Asia-Pacific Insurtech that is combining blockchain technology and insurance. Amodo is a telematics company providing on-demand insurance that is hyper-localized and usage-based insurance. The two firms… Read More

May 16, 2022 @ 11:36 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Big Data Exchange (BDx), a data center solutions provider in Asia Pacific, recently announced that it has entered a conditional sale and purchase agreement of shares (CSPA) and joint venture agreement, “together with a series of commercial and operational agreements, with PT Indosat Tbk (Indosat… Read More

May 16, 2022 @ 11:05 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Binance, which claims to be the world’s “leading” cryptocurrency and blockchain infrastructure provider, has strengthened its team “with the recruitment of Jarek Jakubcek as the Head of Intelligence and Investigations for Asia-Pacific.” Jarek is “a leading global expert in cybercrime and former cryptocurrency specialist in… Read More

April 20, 2022 @ 9:45 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

In the APAC region, regulatory authorities have reportedly been working on frameworks and guidelines in order take account of various products and services that are being launched due to ongoing Fintech innovation and the rise of emerging technologies. However, with the COVID crisis significantly accelerating… Read More