Tag: Asia

Standard Chartered has inked a 10-year partnership with Atome Financial to help the company introduce its buy now, pay later (BNPL) service in select Asian markets.

Filipino FinTech GCash has partnered with InsurTech Igloo to help support its large customer base with bolstered online shopping protection insurance.

One of the key recent trends in global insurance has been the growth of InsurTechs in emerging markets. Research by SwissRe previously forecasted that emerging market premiums would more than double over the next ten years and outpace advanced market premium growth by four times. Post-pandemic, is this forecast still relevant?

The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) has named the 15 finalists for its competition to create Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC) solutions.

OneDegree, which claims to be one of the fastest growing InsurTech companies in Asia, has raised $28m in its Series B1 funding round.

MioTech, an AI-powered sustainability data and solution developer, has closed its Series B+ round, which will help it increase product development efforts.

Indonesia-based FinTech PAYFAZZ has invested $30m into Singapore-based Xfers to create Fazz Financial Group.

Vietnam-based VNLIFE Corporation Joint Stock Company, which is building a digital banking ecosystem, has scored $250m in its Series B round.

Singaporean InsurTech Bolttech has purchased European business-to-business-to-consumer fellow InsurTech I-surance for an undisclosed fee.

A cybersecurity report has found an alleged Chinese state-sponsored faction is attempting to hack telecommunications organisations in Taiwan, Nepal and the Philippines.