Financial Technology
BigBrainBank disrupts financial brokerage trading ecosystem with digital bank initiative
LONDON, Dec. 30, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- BigBrainBank has stepped up a notch with the impending launch of BigBrainBank Digital Bank in the first quarter of 2021. Following the success of TheBrain AI Trade Strategies app which provides trade ideas based on artificial intelligence and machine learning...
UnionPay International Partners with Solidarnost Bank and Huawei to Further Encourage Contactless Payment in Russia
MOSCOW, Dec. 29, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- UnionPay International (UPI) today announces that UnionPay cardholders using their HUAWEI or HONOR smartphones with Solidarnost Bank can now make contactless payments with HUAWEI Pay inRussia . The cooperation is a strategic move from UPI that follows the surg...
MEG Announces Purchase Agreement for 2,000 Units of D1, BYD's Custom Electric Ride-hailing Vehicle
- MEG's Qingdao Medici enters into a purchase agreement for an initial 2,000 units of model BYD D1 - BYD D1 is the world's first custom-built, all electric car specifically for ride-hailing with smart technology, safety, and comfort features for both drivers and passengers - Through the Didi Ch...
Simpl bags Fintech Startup of the Year title at India Fintech Awards 2020
BANGALORE, India, Dec. 28, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Simpl
Yeahka Acquires Additional 42.5% Equity Interest in Chuangxinzhong to Maximize Synergies in its Precision Marketing Services
HONG KONG, Dec. 25, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- YEAHKA LIMITED ("Yeahka" or the "Company", stock code: 9923.HK), a leading technology platform inChina, today announced that it has agreed to acquire an additional 42.5% stake in Beijing Chuangxinzhong Technology Co., Ltd. ("Chuangxinzhong") forRMB170 mill...
Run for Charity: How Indonesian Fintech JULO marks 4th Anniversary during Pandemic COVID-19
JAKARTA, Indonesia, Dec. 23, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Indonesian Fintech PT JULO Teknologi Finansial (JULO)marks 4 years of operation as a verified peer-to-peer (P2P) lending institution inIndonesia on December 20th, 2020. This year as the Pandemic COVID-19 cases still surging nationwide, JULO celebr...
Huawei Pay Welcomes New Partner Aleta Planet to Provide Mobile Payment Solution for Singapore Users
SINGAPORE, Dec. 23, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Huawei Pay, the mobile payment service by Huawei, today announced a new partnership with Aleta Planet and UnionPay International (UPI) to introduce the mobile payment solution combining Near Field Communication (NFC) and Quick Response Code (QR code) payme...
InComm Payments First to Launch App Store Cards in Taiwan
Physical and digital cards now available at more than 9,500 locations across the region,including 7-Eleven and FamilyMart ATLANTA and TAIPEI, Dec. 22, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- InComm Payments, a leading global payments technology company, today announced that it has partnered with Apple to launch Ap...
Gojek invests in Bank Jago to accelerate financial inclusion in Indonesia
JAKARTA, Indonesia, Dec. 22, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Gojek, Southeast Asia's
leading mobile on-demand services and payments platform, has invested in Bank
Jago, anIndonesia-listed technology-based bank, as part of a strategic
partnership that will accelerate financial inclusion inIndonesia.
AsiaPay Partners With Fat Zebra to Further Expand to Australia & New Zealand
SYDNEY, Dec. 22, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Premier digital payment service provider and technology vendor AsiaPay has announced today that it will further expand its payment platform inAustralia and New Zealand thanks to a new partnership with Fat Zebra. Fat Zebra is a scalable global payments...
Kept by Krungsri Wins Accolades for Excellence in Retail Deposit Product
BANGKOK, Dec. 22, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Bank of Ayudhya (Krungsri) was named the winner of the 'Deposit Product of the Year' at the 3rd Global Retail Banking Innovation Awards 2020. The Digital Banker awards recognize and celebrate the most preeminent financial institutions pioneering unrivalled s...
VeChain Foundation Announces Partnership With the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT) Blockchain Innovation Hub, Accelerating Blockchain Governance Research
SINGAPORE, Dec. 21, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Since its initial launch in January 2018, VeChain's global innovative research grant program, VeResearch, has been one of the major driving forces behind our blockchain-related technological progress, cooperating and co-developing solutions with leading gl...
Agoda launches regional instalment payment option with Atome
SINGAPORE, Dec. 21, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Digital travel platform Agoda
ValueLabs wins IBSI Global Fintech Innovation Award
HYDERABAD, India, Dec. 18, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- ValueLabs, a global technology services provider, won the IBSI Global Fintech Innovation Award for the Best Original & Adoptable Concept in Compliance & RegTech. It was for the Enterprise Customer Due Diligence solution which they built for Diligent...
StarCompliance Announces Significant Growth Investment from Marlin Equity Partners
Marlin Equity joins Luminate Capital in backing StarCompliance in its next phase of growth ROCKVILLE, Md., Dec. 18, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- StarCompliance ("Star"), a leading provider of employee compliance and regulatory technology solutions to the financial services industry, today announced a ma...
Beyond Limits Expands AI Technology into Asia Pacific; Signs MoUs in Singapore with Infosys Compaz and Kaplan
SINGAPORE, Dec. 17, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Beyond Limits
Cashfree introduces 'Global Payouts' for International Businesses to Remit Payments Directly to Bank Accounts in India
- Allows international businesses to pay their sellers, service providers or freelancers inIndia directly in their local Indian bank account - International businesses can send money in their preferred currency including USD, EUR, GBP, JPY - While traditional cross border methods including wire ...
Agility CIS and IntegraPay Powering Payments for Energy Retailers
BRISBANE, Australia, Dec. 16, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Utility billing systems provider Agility CIS and digital payment specialist IntegraPay have launched a tailored solution for the energy industry to automate customer payments, bringing substantial benefits to both retailers and their customers. ...
Funding Societies gets Samsung investment
SINGAPORE, Dec. 16, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Southeast Asia's largest SME digital financing platform, Funding Societies (also known as Modalku inIndonesia), today announced that Samsung Venture Investment Corporation has invested in its latest funding round. This comes on the back of earlier investme...
Inside the TMGM and Australian Open Official Partnership Event
SYDNEY, Dec. 16, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- The evening of Friday, 27 November 2020,
was a significant date for the Australian Open and leading online trading
platform TMGM. The two celebrated anOfficial Partner sponsorship alliance with
an event rich in industry leader attendance.
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