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By allowing buyers and sellers to connect directly, iSTOX removes long-standing obstacles that have prevented many HNWIs from fully tapping the opportunities offered by the private markets.

SINGAPORE (Jan 31): As blockchain technology continues to attract investors and portfolio managers, Singapore based fintech startup DEXTF has devised a platform to make the process much easier. Not only will it make the fund management industry more cost-

(Dec 9): The new buzzword in global commerce is “digital trade”. And with new technologies such as 5G, artificial intelligence (AI) and blockchain gaining traction, the chatter around getting global trading digitally enabled is getting louder. The rap

(Dec 2): Interest in bitcoins and other cryptocurrencies seems to be waning, according to Google Trends. There was a sharp spike in interest when bitcoin hit an all-time high of about US$20,000 in December 2017, but it declined within six months and flatt

(Nov 25): Last week, in Beijing, I went to the bank. It was unusual for two reasons. Firstly, because bank branches have almost become redundant with the widespread penetration of WePay. They will become less important from a retail perspective as China p

SINGAPORE (Nov 11): The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS), global investment bank JP Morgan and local sovereign fund Temasek have jointly developed a blockchain-based prototype that enables payments to be carried out in multiple currencies on the same

(Oct 31) Singapore-based AirCarbon launched the world’s first blockchain-based carbon trading exchange, which will allow airlines and other corporate buyers to buy and sell tokens backed by carbon offset credits approved by the International Civil Aviat

(Nov 11): Mikkel Larsen, chief sustainability officer at DBS Group Holdings, sees fintech’s purpose as more than making banking accessible and convenient to millions with a mobile phone. Increasingly, fintech - which has made banking easy through smartp

SINGAPORE (July 19): Jay Ng had a near-death experience in the UK a couple of years ago, when London was experiencing a fintech boom.