Financial Technology
UnionPay and Network International Support UAE Merchants with Smart Payment Solutions for Post-COVID Era
* Over 10,000 UAE merchants have benefitted so far DUBAI, UAE, April 12, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- UnionPay International ("UPI"), a leading global payment services provider, in cooperation with Network International, the leading enabler of digital commerce in theMiddle East and Africa (MEA) region,...
PINTEC to Acquire Jishengtai in Expanding Fully Digitized Securities Brokerage and Wealth Management Platform
BEIJING, April 12, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Pintec Technology Holdings Limited (Nasdaq: PT) ("PINTEC" or the "Company"), a leading independent technology platform enabling financial services inChina, today announced that it has entered into an agreement to acquire all of the equity interest in Shenzh...
Itiviti's OEMS named Best Sell-Side Front Office Platform at WatersTechnology Awards 2021
LONDON, April 12, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Itiviti, a leading trading technology and service provider to financial institutions worldwide, today announced that Itiviti's order and execution management system (OEMS) was named Best Sell-Side Front Office Platform at the WatersTechnology's Sell-Side Tec...
Nium and Travelex partnership boosts digital remittance offering for Asia Pacific
SINGAPORE, April 12, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Travelex
X Financial to Report Fourth Quarter and Fiscal Year 2020 Financial Results on April 20, 2021
SHENZHEN, China, April 8, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- X Financial (NYSE: XYF) (the "Company"), a leading technology-driven personal finance company inChina, today announced that it will release its unaudited financial results for the fourth quarter and fiscal year endedDecember 31, 2020, before the open...
Alpian secures USD 18 million Series B Funding
ZURICH, GENEVA and LUGANO, Switzerland, April 8, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- The digital financial services company Alpian SA ("Alpian"), incubated by the Swiss banking group REYL & Cie Ltd ("REYL"), today announced a successful Series B funding worth aroundUSD18 million (CHF16.9 million). The fundraisi...
The Saudi Stock Exchange (Tadawul) Announces Its Transformation into A Holding Company (Saudi Tadawul Group) In Preparation for IPO
RIYADH, Saudi Arabia, April 8, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- * Four subsidiaries under the umbrella of the new Group, focused on growth and innovation * The launch of (Saudi Exchange) a dedicated stock exchange company, and (Wamid), an applied technology solutions company aimed at strengthening the G...
MoneyGram Announces Three-Year Extension to Partnership with SBI Remit in Japan
TOKYO, April 7, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- MoneyGram International, Inc, a global leader in cross-border P2P payments and money transfers, today announced a three-year extension to its partnership with SBI Remit Co., Ltd., one of the Company's key partners inJapan. For over a decade, MoneyGram and SBI ...
OTC Markets Group Adds Tiger Brokers as Distributor of Real-Time Level 2+ Quotes
NEW YORK, April 7, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- OTC Markets Group Inc. (OTCQX: OTCM), operator of financial markets for 11,000 U.S. and global securities, today announced Tiger Brokers, a leading stock brokerage inAsia that allows customers to buy and sell stocks from all over the world, as a new distrib...
Futu: Generation Z to dominate investment landscape for foreseeable future
SINGAPORE, April 7, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- According to a Survey conducted by
FUTU Holdings
OneConnect Financial Technology and Singapore Management University announce key findings from joint research on potential for quantum computing to resolve blockchain trilemma
* Result findings were revealed at virtual event organised by Blockchain Association Singapore * Proof of Concept (PoC) developed for a quantum distributed ledger to uncover potential advantages for distributed ledgers (DLT) SINGAPORE, April 7, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- OneConnect Financial Techno...
TMRW launches TMRW Creators Camp to help millennials with a passion for content creation make tomorrow theirs
BANGKOK, April 7, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- TMRW by UOB, the first mobile-only
bank for ASEAN's digital generation, has launched TMRW Creators Camp, to equip
millennials with skills and knowledge to further their dream career of being a
content creator.
SCEX Exchange Launches Related-Party Trading and Copy Trading System
SINGAPORE, April 7, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- SCEX Exchange, the first comprehensive digital asset contract trading platform integrating target contracts, periodic contracts, leveraged contracts, game contracts, super computing power, and super cloud mining, announced today the launch of a related-par...
Visa selects five startups across Asia Pacific for first accelerator program
SINGAPORE, April 7, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Visa, the world's leader in digital
payments, has selected five startups to be a part of the first Visa Accelerator
Program inAsia Pacific: Brankas, Curlec, DigitSecure, ModusBox and Open.
Equality for all: with the rise of investment platforms, individual investors can now access private debt deals alongside large institutional players
SINGAPORE, April 7, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- According to the recent research paper
byZero One
IC Markets Surpasses USD 1 Trillion in Volume for March
SYDNEY, April 7, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Yet another quarter of record-breaking growth for online trading company IC Markets announced its results for the first quarter of 2021. The retail trading firm reported a surge in trading volume across all asset classes. According to IC Markets, 2021 sees...
Digital River Expands Best-of-Breed Payment Options with TreviPay
Global e-commerce company further automates and develops consumer-like purchasing experience for B2B Buyers with TreviPay OVERLAND PARK, Kan., April 7, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- TreviPay, a global business-to-business payments company, today announced the launch of its payments solution withDigital R...
StashAway, the award-winning digital wealth manager, launches in Hong Kong
HONG KONG, April 7, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- StashAway, Asia's leading and fastest- growing digital wealth manager, is a low-cost and easy-to-use investing platform that provides intelligent asset allocation with global ETFs for both retail and professional investors. The platform will now be availab...
Leading cross border payments platform Instarem unveils new brand image and upgraded consumer offerings
SINGAPORE, April 6, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Instarem, a leading digital cross border payments platform, today announced that it has rebranded to align with the company's vision for moving beyond digital remittances. The rebrand involves a new brand identity that comes with a new logo, redesigned ...
Singapore-based neobanking startup StashFin raises USD 40 MM in Series B Extension equity financing from a clutch of global investors to expand in South Asia
SINGAPORE, April 6, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Singapore-based neo-banking startup Morus Technologies Pte Ltd 'StashFin' has announced the successful completion of Series B Extension equity financing ofUSD 40 million from a clutch of global investors. New investors participating in the round includeAlt...
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