FinanceAlibaba’s Ant Financial to raise $1 bn to invest in SE AsiaPritam BordoloiNovember 27, 2019 by Pritam BordoloiNovember 27, 2019 The fund will invest in payments and fintech startups in Southeast Asia and India... Read more
HealthcareSingapore healthtech Lucence to commericialise tech with fundingPritam BordoloiNovember 21, 2019 by Pritam BordoloiNovember 21, 2019 The funding round was led by IHH Healthcare, Asia’s largest private healthcare group... Read more
FintechVietnam, Singapore receive 87% of fintech funding in SE AsiaPritam BordoloiNovember 20, 2019 by Pritam BordoloiNovember 20, 2019 Fintechs in SE Asia raised $1.14 bn during the first nine months of 2019, compared to $679 mn in 2018... Read more
FinanceStandard Chartered ups SME play in Singapore to fight fintechsInternational Finance DeskNovember 15, 2019 by International Finance DeskNovember 15, 2019 Sage CashView reporting tool enables enterprises to simplify SME loan applications and review real-time data... Read more
BankingOCBC launches all-in-one digital payment terminal in MalaysiaPritam BordoloiNovember 14, 2019 by Pritam BordoloiNovember 14, 2019 Becomes the first foreign bank in Malaysia to do so by collaborating with the Revenue Group... Read more
TechnologySingapore’s Beenext to raise $100 mn for Emerging Asia fundPritam BordoloiNovember 13, 2019January 24, 2020 by Pritam BordoloiNovember 13, 2019January 24, 2020 The VC firm has already secured $8 mn from a single investor... Read more
Real EstateSingapore becomes Asia’s top property market, beats HKPritam BordoloiNovember 12, 2019January 24, 2020 by Pritam BordoloiNovember 12, 2019January 24, 2020 Hong Kong ranks last due to the escalating political unrest... Read more
Fintech$2 bn programme to make Singapore a green finance hubInternational Finance DeskNovember 12, 2019 by International Finance DeskNovember 12, 2019 MAS to establish Green Investments Programme to make the city state a hub of green finance activities... Read more
FintechSingaporean fintech startup DEXFT secures fundingPritam BordoloiNovember 8, 2019 by Pritam BordoloiNovember 8, 2019 Round led by blockchain and cryptocurrency fund LuneX and Singapore state-owned SGInnovate... Read more
BankingOCBC to form a new digital bank with Keppel and ValidusPritam BordoloiNovember 6, 2019 by Pritam BordoloiNovember 6, 2019 OCBC is planning to acquire a wholesale digital banking licence offered by Singaporean regulators... Read more