New Data Laws in India Threaten U.S. Payments Companies
New rules banning the international transfer of data from India based e-commerce users is threatening some of the biggest payments firms in the world; ...
Asia’s Digital Only Startup Banks Find it Hard to Compete
Digital only startup banks have been all the rage in the last few years as their offerings provide much better tech and lower ...
Warren Buffet Investment in Paytm Shows Growth of India’s Fintech Market
Warren Buffet has typically shied away from India but the recent $300mn investment into Paytm not only shows a change of heart from the ...
Australia and US Strike Deal to Share Fintech Trends
Australian and US companies will find it easier to share information on fintech trends and developments with the signing of a new agreement between the ...
Aadhaar Ruling Could Hurt India’s Fintech Market
India’s Aadhaar ID system has been seen as the backbone of the India fintech market with startups accessing data through the program to verify ...
Hong Kong Prepares to Award First Digital Banking Licenses
At least a dozen banks, fintechs and telecom firms are looking to become the recipient of Hong Kong’s first online-only banking licenses. Large Chinese financial ...
Cryptocurrency Investors Find Hard Times as Prices Have Dropped
Cryptocurrency Investors have seen the overall value or digital tokens fall about 75 percent since the peak in January; the drop in value has ...
Singapore’s Fintech Influence is Growing Across Asia
Singapore saw almost double the amount of fintech funding in 2017 than Hong Kong; the country has now become a key fintech market for ...
JPMorgan and CIIE Partner on Financial Inclusion Lab in India
JP Morgan and the Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad’s Centre for Innovation, Incubation and Entrepreneurship (CIIE) have partnered on a financial inclusion lab in ...
UOB Launches Digital Bank for ASEAN
United Overseas Bank is launching a digital bank for ASEAN mobile users; Wee Ee Cheong, UOB’s deputy chairman and CEO, tells Banking Technology that this initiative ...