financial technology (FinTech)

SINGAPORE (Dec 12): Yahoo has revealed the top search trends, happenings and events that Singapore’s Internet users were captivated by in its 2016 Year in Review (YIR).

SINGAPORE (Dec 11): It has been an interesting year for jobs and employment in Singapore. On the one hand, jobs have been harder to come by, and more people are clinging on to their positions at work because of a lack of options.

SINGAPORE (Dec 5): Step aside, Silicon Valley, New York, and London. The Asian dragon has awoken, and it is claiming its place on the financial technology (fintech) throne.

SINGAPORE (Dec 2): “Hidden defection”, they call it. This is the term Bain & Company uses to describe the act of purchasing a new banking product from a competing bank or financial technology (fintech) firm.

SINGAPORE (Nov 18): At Singapore’s very first FinTech Awards on Thursday, the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) and The Association of Banks in Singapore (ABS) awarded 10 financial technology (fintech) companies a total of $1.15 million to recognise

SINGAPORE (Nov 10): Investment firm Marvelstone Group today launched its financial technology (fintech) initiative, Lattice80, which the group touts as the “world’s largest fintech hub” with a floor area of 30,000 sq ft.

SINGAPORE (Nov 7): Bank of New York (BNY) Mellon is opening its eighth Innovation Center on Nov 17 in Singapore, in conjunction with the Singapore Fintech Festival.

SINGAPORE (Sept 30): Singapore’s financial technology (fintech) sector is set to grow while others around the world struggle with regulations and political instability, according to a report by the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA).

SINGAPORE (Sept 23): Results from State Street Corporation’s latest survey suggests that  asset owners and managers in Asia Pacific (APAC) are not quite ready to adopt blockchain, despite generally positive sentiments of the technology in general.

SINGAPORE (Sept 19): Spiking, a financial technology (fintech) mobile application which helps average traders to follow the stock market activity of big investors, on Monday announced it has exceeded its Series Seed Funding target of $1 million.