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BizPay follows Singapore launch with debut in Australia

BizPay, a SMB fintech solution which was launched last month in Singapore, is now available in Australia. It makes use of credit limits in corporate cards and converts them into…

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Beyond Ventures VC helps protect forest fires

Hong Kong based venture capital fund Beyond Ventures has led a HK$6m Series A investment in a company which intends to protect over four million hectares of forests – a…

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Is it a bird, is it a plane, no, it’s Fintech

It might not be fintech to the rescue as regards Covid-19, but how the industry can be best used after the pandemic is on the minds of several industry bodies…

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Global mobile wallet market to reach $7,580.1bn by 2027

The global mobile wallet market will reach $7,580.1bn by 2027, growing at a CAGR of 28.2% from 2020 to 2027. The drivers behind this growth are threefold: soar in number…

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Korean Fintech Global Money Express Partners with MoneyGram

Global Money Express, a money transfer and payment fintech in South Korea, has partnered with NASDAQ quoted MoneyGram International, a global leader in cross-border P2P payments and money transfers based…

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Fintech key growth engine for HK and wider area

King Leung, Head of Fintech at Invest Hong Kong, has highlighted how the industry has become a vital growth driver for the region. He made the observation as Hong Kong-based…

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Back of the net – Fintech and Football score winner

The FC Barcelona ($BAR) fan token generated US$1.3m in less than two hours after going on sale on fan voting and rewards app Socios.com and the Chiliz Exchange, the world’s…

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Mastercard buys data company Finicity as open banking gets thumbs up

Mastercard has opened its wallet and bought Finicity, a leading North American provider of real-time access to financial data and insights. The purchase price was US$825m with a potential earn-out…

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GIC backs Checkout.com again as it raises $150m

Singapore’s sovereign wealth fund, GIC, was one of the existing investors putting more money into global payment solution provider Checkout.com as it raised $150m in a Series B funding round,…

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And through to the next round is….MAS doesn’t reveal chosen ones bidding for electronic banking licence

The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) today announced that 14 lucky contenders for an electronic banking licence are through to the next round. Seven of the 21 applications were booted…

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BizPay follows Singapore launch with debut in Australia

Beyond Ventures VC helps protect forest fires

Is it a bird, is it a plane, no, it’s Fintech

Global mobile wallet market to reach $7,580.1bn by 2027

Korean Fintech Global Money Express Partners with MoneyGram

Fintech key growth engine for HK and wider area

Back of the net – Fintech and Football score winner

Mastercard buys data company Finicity as open banking gets thumbs up

GIC backs Checkout.com again as it raises $150m

And through to the next round is….MAS doesn’t reveal chosen ones bidding for electronic banking licence

fintech and ethics – (un)easy bed fellows?

BizPay follows Singapore launch with debut in Australia

Beyond Ventures VC helps protect forest fires

Is it a bird, is it a plane, no, it’s Fintech

Global mobile wallet market to reach $7,580.1bn by 2027

How environmentally friendly is fintech?

ByteDance targets bank licence says source

Fintech in India: time for revolution?