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1.3KRidesharingGO-JEK Rolls Into Singapore
Indonesian ride-hailing startup GO-JEK is getting set to launch a preliminary version of its ride-hailing app in Singapore this week, taking on...
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3.0KB2B PaymentsDeskera Launches B2B eCommerce Portal, Raises $60M
Deskera has secured an investment of more than $60 million from Jungle Ventures and other backers in support of its small business...
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2.5KB2B PaymentsSingapore’s DBS Launches QR Payment App For Small Business AR
Singapore bank DBS is introducing a new solution for small businesses to embrace digital payments and better manage cash flow, according to...
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2.1KB2B PaymentsSingapore Alt-Lender Merges With eProcurement Platform
Two Singapore-based FinTechs are combining their services to create a unified supply chain financing tool. Reports in Vulcan Post on Thursday (Nov....
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108Smarter PaymentsDeep Dive: How Faster Payments Change Business As Usual
The adoption of faster payment systems is a worldwide trend, with more than 40 countries now offering their own schemes. The following...
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4.3KBitcoinBitcoin Daily: Bitcoin-Stealing Malware Attacks 700K Websites; Blockchain Tackles Renewable Energy Trading
Canada’s St. Francis Xavier University of Nova Scotia (StFX) had to temporarily shut down its entire network due to a crypto-jacking attack....
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2.4KRidesharingGo-Jek Gearing Up To Expand Into Singapore
Go-Jek, the Indonesian ride-hailing startup, is gearing up to expand into Singapore, taking on rival Grab in its hometown. According to a report, Go-Jek is...
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1.3KRidesharingSingapore Regulator Slaps Grab And Uber With Fines
Grab and Uber, the Singapore ride-hailing companies, were slapped with fines and restrictions after regulators concluded the merger between the two has...
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1.7KGlobal PaymentsOrigami Partners With UnionPay For Global Expansion; Aircoach Rolls Out Contactless Payments
Welcome to The Axis, your late look at payments news from around the world. In Japan, Origami rolls out its international Origami Pay mobile service, Moody’s lauds...
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3.8KInnovationNew Global FinTech Deal Highlights Collaborative Trend
The latest global FinTech collaboration ties together Singapore and Dubai in a deal designed to encourage innovation in digital payments, online and...
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3.2KInternationalSingapore Provides ‘Springboard’ To Asian Markets For FinTech
Singapore’s FinTech scene is booming: Funding for the burgeoning sector in the island country topped nearly a billion dollars in 2017, reaching...
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3.2KSecurity & FraudSingapore Minister Says Breach May Have Been State-Linked
Singapore’s Cabinet Minister for Communications and Information S. Iswaran said on Monday (Aug. 6) that the cyberattack that infiltrated 1.5 million health records in the...
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2.9KB2B PaymentsHong Kong Smart Banking Via API And Citi Pay With Points
Government initiatives can serve as a tailwind under bank/FinTech partnerships, as shown in Hong Kong and beyond. And APIs gain ground with...
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2.0KGlobal Payments
ShopKeep Teams Up With Gravity Payments; Singapore Requires Banks To Step Up Verification Efforts
Welcome to The Axis, your late look at payments news from around the world. Coverage includes The Monetary Authority of Singapore’s requirement...
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3.1KSecurity & FraudSingapore Cuts Off Internet Access For Public Healthcare Workers
Singapore has moved to disconnect computers from the internet at public centers in an effort to stop cyberattacks that could have the...
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5.3KAppleApple Investigates iTunes Fraud
Apple is currently investigating reports of fraudulent credit card charges being made through iTunes. According to Channel NewsAsia, dozens of Apple customers...
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2.4KSecurity & FraudSingapore Health Database Breached In Cyberattack
In what has been described as a serious breach, Singapore experienced a major cyberattack on its health database. The personal information of...
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2.8KMastercardMastercard: Helping Law Enforcement Fight Back Against Fake Cards
Since the migration to EMV in the largest card market in the world (the U.S. in October of 2015), the incidences of counterfeit card fraud...
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2.9KRidesharingUber, Grab To Face Fines In Singapore Over March Deal
Grab and Uber’s merger is facing heat from the anti-trust body in Singapore, which wants to fine the companies and warned it...
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3.4KB2B PaymentsSingapore’s PayNow To Include Corporate Payments Service
Singapore’s PayNow is entering into the world of corporate payments. Reports in Vulcan Post said PayNow, developed by the Monetary Authority of...
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3.1KPayment MethodsSingapore Launches PayNow To Reduce Cash, Checks
Singapore is launching a payments platform in an attempt to reduce the use of cash and checks as the country moves towards...
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4.1KToday In DataThe Power — And Perils — Of Expanding Access
The era of expanding access through the magic of digital connection has made things that were previously unimaginable almost commonplace today. It’s...
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3.6KB2B Payments
Singapore Weary Of Forcing Open Banking On FinServ Market
Singapore is ready for open banking, but regulators don’t want to force it on the financial services market, according to reports in...
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4.6KToday In DataToday In Data: Self-Employment, Finance Jobs And PayPal’s Woes
Today in PYMNTS data, self-employment is on the rise, finance jobs could shift out of the U.K. in the Brexit aftermath, Flywire...
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4.5KCross Border CommerceFlywire: Why Going Global Requires A Local Focus
“People always say, ‘Think global, be local,’ but very few understand how big a challenge that is,” Flywire’s Head of Operations for...
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2.7KBitcoinBitcoin Daily: South Korea’s Crypto Flip Flop, Singapore Frets Over Future Crash
Following raids on crypto exchanges, the South Korean government said Monday (Jan. 15) that it will make a decision on a cryptocurrency...
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3.5KPersonnelGrabPay Names Visa Executive As Managing Director
Southeast Asian ridesharing company Grab has hired Ooi Huey Tyng to serve as managing director of its payments platform, GrabPay. According to...
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3.0KBitcoinBitcoin Regulatory Roundup: SEC Swoops In On The Crypto Company After Surge
Amid rising interest and investment in digital currencies like bitcoin, some countries are issuing new warnings about the volatility involved in cryptocurrency...
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4.4KBlockchainXinFin Moves To Standardize Enterprise Blockchains
Blockchain technology firm XinFin announced Sunday (Dec. 3) that it is integrating a new technology into its Hybrid blockchain, which aims to...
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7.6KB2B PaymentsAxis Bank Launches Global, Real-Time Payment Service With Ripple
India’s Axis Bank has launched its instant, cross-border payments solution less than a year after announcing a collaboration with blockchain technology firm...
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9.1KSouth East AsiaSoutheast Asia’s Real-Time Payments Push
Singapore is separated from Malaysia by a 1,056-meter (or 0.65-mile) Johor-Singapore Causeway, yet crossing the narrow strip of water separating the city-state of Singapore...
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4.5KB2B PaymentsSingapore’s Big Week In Blockchain Progress
The Asia-Pacific region is a rising star in FinTech innovation, but this week, the blockchain spotlight landed on Singapore as more distributed...
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6.2KB2B PaymentsB2B Not A Vital Part Of Real-Time Payments Innovation, Yet
Faster payments schemes across the globe are placing new definitions on what it means to be fast, especially as more initiatives heard...
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4.9KBankingOCBC Lets Users Bank Via Facial Recognition
Singapore’s OCBC Bank announced news on Monday (Nov. 6) that it has rolled out a facial recognition enhancement to its consumer and...
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7.8KVISAVisa Greenlights Singapore Prepaid Cryptocurrency Card
Singapore residents will soon be able to make purchases with a prepaid Visa card backed by the cryptocurrency platform Monaco. “Our team...
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5.3KB2B PaymentsBlockchain To Link Hong Kong, Singapore Trade
Hong Kong and Singapore have reached an agreement to link their perspective trade finance platforms using blockchain technology, according to news from Reuters on...
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4.3KPayment MethodsOCBC Launches Android Keyboard For P2P Payments
Singapore-based OCBC Bank has reportedly rolled out an Android-based keyboard enabling users to make peer-to-peer (P2P) payments. According to a report in...
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6.4KWearablesIgniting Smartwatches One Student At A Time
Despite Tim Cook’s most enthusiastic comments that the Apple Watch is doing “great,” the figures on the ground in the U.S. indicate...
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3.0KRidesharingUber Rented Drivers Cars It Knew Were Unsafe
Uber Technologies may have a new fraud problem on its hands after The Wall Street Journal reported news that Uber managers in Singapore...
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5.3KVISAVisa Announces Plan To Open Two New Data Hubs
“Our mission is to be the best way to pay for everyone anywhere,” Visa’s Executive Vice President of Technology Rajat Taneja, told...
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Amazon
Report Claims Amazon Is ‘Set’ To Launch Services In Singapore
Amazon continues to expand internationally, with Tech Crunch reporting the company is getting set to launch its services in Singapore — officially...
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4.7KMobile CommerceToday in Data: Uber in Danger Zone?
2017 has not been the best of the best for ride-hailing company Uber. From its CEO stepping down to employees filing and...
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2.9KRidesharingGrab Poised To Raise $2B In Funding
Grab Taxi Holdings, the Singapore ride-hailing company and Uber Technologies’ largest rival in Southeast Asia, is in the processing of raising $2...
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9.2KMastercardBicycle, Bicycle — Why People Want To Ride Mobike’s Bicycle
Bike-sharing has become big business worldwide in a relatively short span of time. Virtually unheard of even a few years ago, these...
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3.1KSecurity & FraudPoorer Nations Are Teaching Their Richer Counterparts About Cybersecurity
A new United Nations (U.N.) survey on cybersecurity found Singapore is taking a close to perfect approach at the same time that...
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3.7KB2B Payments
Visa, Validus Use Visa Virtual Card For Singapore SMEs To Pay Invoices
Alternative lending platform Validus is deploying Visa virtual card technology to help small and medium-sized enterprises in Singapore with unpaid invoices access...
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4.0KB2B PaymentsRevolut Steps Up Corporate Payments Offering
Revolut may have made its entrance on the payments stage with a consumer solution, but the company is stepping into the world...
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3.6KPayment MethodsUnionPay Launches QuickPass QR Code System In Hong Kong, Singapore
UnionPay, the mobile payments company, has made its QuickPass QR code payment system available in Hong Kong and Singapore. According to a...
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2.8KPayment MethodsSingaporeans Ditch Cash For Digital Payments
The number of consumers in Singapore who prefer electronic payments over cash increased 11 percent in 2016 to 87 percent. That’s according to...
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4.7KInternationalAlibaba Tracker: Going Global
It’s been awhile since our last edition of Alibaba tracker, and a great deal has happened since then. There’s a lot to get...
