Fintech
RHB in fintech tie-up with Startupbootcamp FinTech
The RHB Banking Group said it has entered into a partnership with Startupbootcamp FinTech that will bring digital innovations in financial services to the Malaysian market.
MasterCard, SMU launch social and financial inclusion programme
MasterCard and Singapore Management University (SMU) said they are partnering in a new two-year social and financial inclusion programme that catalyse research on social entrepreneurship, innovation and financial inclusion.
Dragging corporate secretarial services out of the dark ages
While the rest of the business world is going increasingly digital, corporate secretarial services appear stuck in the medieval ages, according to Otonomos founder and CEO Han Verstraete.
KL-based fintech startup iMoney boosts C-suite with new appointments
KL-based fintech startup iMoney has announced a new leadership team to support and extend its position in South-East Asia ahead of its next fund-raising round.
Fintech takes centrestage at SC’s World Capital Markets Symposium
The Securities Commission Malaysia (SC) said that the World Capital Markets Symposium (WCMS) 2015 will feature global technology founders and experts sharing ideas and insights on Markets and Technology: Driving Future Growth Through Innovation.
Kashmi goes the social path for bill-splitting between friends
Settling bills between friends seems to be enough of a problem that many startups have tried to tackle the issue, and even the banks are coming in. Singaporean startup Kashmi thinks it has a singular solution.
Telstra names its muru-D Singapore ‘class of 2015’
Telstra-backed startup accelerator muru-D announced its inaugural class in Singapore, which attracted applications from 15 countries, including Chile and Russia.
‘Toolbox’ on Singapore startup ecosystem shows it’s soaring
Singapore, known as an Asian launchpad for multinational companies in the 1990s, is quickly becoming one for startups in the 2010s – at least, according to the Singapore Startup Ecosystem and Entrepreneurial Toolbox prepared by 500 Startups' Arnaud Bonzom.
IMJ out to tap startup ecosystem surge in South-East Asia
The startup ecosystem in South-East Asia has certainly moved on to the next level in the two years IMJ Investment Partners has been in the region, in terms of both valuations and activity, according to its CEO Yuji Horiguchi.
Singapore fintech startup ApexPeak acquires Netherlands-based Asyx
Singapore-headquartered fintech (financial services technology) startup ApexPeak said it has acquired Netherlands-based supply chain finance and collaboration solutions provider Asyx. Acquisition terms were not disclosed.