Tag: Asia

Key European PayTech investment stats H1 2023: • European PayTech deal activity reached 93 transactions in the first half of 2023, down 52% YoY • European...

IDEX Biometrics, a global leader in fingerprint biometrics, has entered into a collaboration with Beautiful Card Corporation (BCC), one of the world's leading smart card manufacturers, to increase the distribution of biometric smart cards in Asia.

The dynamic world of RegTech in Taiwan's financial industry is one that is constantly evolving, driven by a growing demand for innovative solutions and promising future prospects. Supporting this transformation is Flagright, an innovative no-code centralised AML compliance and fraud prevention platform causing ripples in the financial sector.

Singapore-based Betterdata, which leverages programmatic synthetic data to help preserve privacy, has reportedly secured $1.55m in seed funding.

Village Capital has named the 32 startups, which span Africa, Asia and the Middle East, which have been selected to join its Financial Solutions for Migrants program.

Digital onboarding solution developer Know Your Customer has announced two Singapore-based strategic clients, Volopay and Coda Payments.

Bank of Japan, the country’s central bank, has announced it will launch a proof of concept (PoC) pilot programme for a Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC).

India-based PrivaSapien has reportedly collected $1min its seed round, which was led by Omidyar Network India.

Singaporean venture capital firm Northstar Group has reportedly hit the $90m first close for its fund with a brand-new investment strategy.

Insurance giant Aviva and financial services company Singlife have launched a new accelerator programme to support the growth of InsurTech startups in Singapore.