Banking/Financial Service

FinAccel Raises US$90m to Build and Expand a set of 'Fast, Affordable and Accessible' Financial Services in Southeast Asia

SINGAPORE, Dec. 2, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Singapore-headquartered FinAccel, a financial technology company that enables Indonesian consumers to buy online and pay later under the brand Kredivo, has raisedUS$90 million in a Series C equity funding round to expand inIndonesia and the region. The roun...

2019-12-03 10:00 2309

Visa signs up new partners to make it easier for fintechs to issue plastic and digital payment cards

SINGAPORE, Dec. 3, 2019 /PRNewswire/ --  Visa, the world's leading digital payments technology company, has announced a series of new partners that will make it easier for fintechs to issue payment cards in physical plastic or digital formats. The four new partners have joined the Visa Fintech F...

2019-12-03 09:00 17861

AUB partners with Liquid Group to enable cross-border QR payments between Singapore and the Philippines

* Liquid Group expands its cross-border QR payment network to the Philippines through a strategic collaboration with Asia United Bank (AUB), one of the fastest-growing publicly-listed banks inthe Philippines that have acquired universal banking status. * The partnership will accelerate the ad...

2019-12-03 09:00 4054

OANDA hires David Grant as Chief Operating Officer, Asia Pacific

SINGAPORE, Dec. 3, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- A global leader in online multi-asset trading services and currency data and analytics,OANDA  is pleased to announce the appointment of industry veteranDavid Grant as Chief Operating Officer, Asia Pacific. Based in Singapore, he will be r...

2019-12-03 08:00 4161

UnionBank Takes Honours at Global Retail Banking Innovation Awards 2019 for Unscrambl-developed Technology

MANILA, Philippines, Dec. 3, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Unscrambl , the company democratizing data discovery and insights consumption to accelerate the way businesses make decisions, announced today that its partner, Union Bank ofthe Philippines (UnionBank), has received the...

2019-12-03 08:00 3307

AQUMON helped CMB Wing Lung Bank Launch Hong Kong's First Retail Bank Based Robo Advisor

HONG KONG, Dec. 3, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Hong Kong-based fintech company AQUMON has partnered with CMB Wing Lung Bank to launch Wealth-Tech,Hong Kong's first retail bank based robo advisory offering that allows investors access to an automated mutual fund portfolio solution. By combining investmen...

2019-12-03 07:00 8617

HashKey Group and Velotrade Partner to Build Blockchain Platform for Trade Finance

HONG KONG, Dec. 3, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- In order to add trust, efficiency and speed to its trade finance platform which directly connects SMEs and professional investors, Velotrade Management Limited ("Velotrade") is collaborating with HashKey Digital Asset Group Limited ("HashKey") on implement...

2019-12-03 06:24 3274

underwrite.ai Leverages H2O.ai to Modernize Credit with AI

underwrite.ai Leads with H2O Driverless AI to Radically Outperform Traditional Credit Scorecards MOUNTAIN VIEW, California, Dec. 3, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- H2O.ai, the open source leader in artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning, today announced that underwrite.ai, a global provider of a...

2019-12-03 06:00 1625

Artprice by ArtMarket.com: Hong Kong - Capital of the New Hi-Lite Movement - Remains Unperturbed!

PARIS, Dec. 3, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Hong Kong's art market has posted excellent auction results. Last Saturday, 23 November, Christie's finished its session of 20th Century & Contemporary Art Evening Sale with a total of more than$136 million. In 2018, the same session totaled just $52 million. ...

2019-12-03 02:51 6156

SAI Global Named a Leader in 2019 Gartner Magic Quadrant for IT Vendor Risk Management Tools

CHICAGO, Dec. 3, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- SAI Global, provider of the world's leading Risk platform SAI360 , today announced that it has been named a Leader in the 2019 Gartner Magic Quadrant for IT Vendor Risk Management Tools[1]. Of...

2019-12-03 00:28 4487

24 Exchange, a New Multi-Asset Class OTC Trading Platform, Goes Live

FX Trading Now Available, with Low Trading Costs and No Market Data Fees HAMILTON, Bermuda, Dec. 2, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- 24 Exchange, a new offshore, multi-asset class, over-the-counter (OTC) platform, announced today that it is live and open for trading. The first product available for trading i...

2019-12-02 22:00 559

Jianpu Technology Inc. to Report Third Quarter 2019 Financial Results on Monday, December 9, 2019

BEIJING, Dec. 2, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Jianpu Technology Inc. ("Jianpu," or the "Company") (NYSE: JT), a leading independent open platform for discovery and recommendation of financial products inChina, today announced that it will report its third quarter 2019 unaudited financial results, onMonda...

2019-12-02 21:30 12058

The Global Sharing Economy Forum and GLASE Founding Ceremony advocate "dual reduction" vision

VIENNA, Dec. 2, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Recently, the Global Sharing Economy Forum & the Global Alliance of Sharing Economy (GLASE) Founding Ceremony, sponsored by ToJoy, were successfully held in Austrian capital ofVienna. Junqing Lu (Executive Chairman of GLASE), Jun Ge (Secretary-General of GLAS...

2019-12-02 21:09 1264

Yintech Reports Third Quarter 2019 Unaudited Financial Results

SHANGHAI, Dec. 2, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Yintech Investment Holdings Limited (NASDAQ: YIN) ("Yintech" or the "Company"), a leading provider of investment and trading services for individual investors inChina, today announced its unaudited financial results for the third quarter of 2019. Third Quar...

2019-12-02 18:00 12419

OneConnect conducted POV workshop on National Digital Trade Platform for Thailand's Joint Standing Committee on Commerce, Industry and Banking

SHENZHEN, China, Dec. 2, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- OneConnect Financial Technology Co. Ltd. (OneConnect), an associate company of Ping An Group, recently conducted a Proof-of-Value workshop for the National Digital Trade Platform (NDTP) Working Group from the Joint Standing Committee on Commerce, Indu...

2019-12-02 17:48 2136

The Global Sharing Economy Forum and GLASE Founding Ceremony advocate "dual reduction" vision

VIENNA, Dec. 2, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- On November 29, the Global Sharing Economy Forum & the Global Alliance of Sharing Economy (GLASE) Founding Ceremony were successfully held in Austrian capital ofVienna. In a speech, Mr. Kevin Rudd said: "As rapid technological change is challenging the growth ...

2019-12-02 17:02 1100

Logiframe Wins Prestigious Asia Accounting Partner of the Year Award 2019

JAKARTA, Indonesia, Dec. 2, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Logiframe , Asia's leading accounting consultancy firm, was announced as the winner of Xero Awards 2019 - Asia Accounting Partner of the Year[1]. Organised by Xero, the global leader in cloud accounting, the inaugura...

2019-12-02 16:27 4030

Championing Women-led Small Businesses: Visa Announces "Olympics and Women" Program

BEIJING, Dec. 2, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Visa (NYSE: V) today joined the China Women's Development Foundation (CWDF) and Beijing Sport University (BSU) to announce the launch of "Olympics and Women" program. Leveraging the Olympic Winter Games Beijing 2022, the program aims to empower women to grow ...

2019-12-02 16:04 5226

The 13th 2019 Forbes China Jing'an Nanjing Road Forum held in Shanghai

SHANGHAI, Dec. 2, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Themed "urban organic renewal endows the business district with new driving forces", the 13th 2019 Forbes China Jing'An Nanjing Road Forum was held inShanghai on Nov. 20. More than 400 attendees including government officials, experts, corporate executives ...

2019-12-02 15:48 1838

UnionPay International and Ctrip Release 2019 Chinese Outbound Travel Consumption Report

SHANGHAI, Dec. 2, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- UnionPay International ("UPI"), one of the world's largest bank card companies, together withChina's largest online travel agency Ctrip issued the 2019 'Chinese Outbound Travel Consumption Report' onNovember 28th. Drawing on payment data from UPI and statist...

2019-12-02 15:36 3286