Malaysia is taking new steps to enhance the growing popularity of virtual banks and the benefits they can offer to customers. The country's central bank, Bank Negara Malaysia (BNM), will issue up to five licenses to digital banks in Malaysia. BNM is currently working on releasing the "Exposure Draft on Licensing Framework for Digital Banks", or…
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Fnality and Finteum have announced last week that they have joined forces to deliver interoperability between the Finteum application, built on R3’s Corda platform, and Fnality’s Utility Settlement Coin (USC) solution, based on Ethereum. LeapRate reminds that Corda Network facilitates full interoperability between applications and businesses on Corda. This allows data used on one application to be shared…
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Fintech is exploding in Hong Kong and the entire APAC region. The latest winner in terms of funding goals is the Hong Kong-based fintech company WeLab that just raised $156 million during its Series C funding round. Some of the investors included the China Construction Bank and Alibaba Hong Kong Entrepreneurs Fund. The Founder and CEO…
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Saxo Bank has just announced that it has teamed up with Geely Sweden Holdings AB, a subsidiary of Zhejiang Geely Holding Group Co. Ltd, to establish a technological joint venture (JV). The two companies will now provide financial and regulatory technology solutions to financial institutions such as banks and fintechs in China. The ownership structure…
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Amun AG is a Swiss fintech company that announced this Tuesday that it has gained approval from the Swedish Financial Supervisory Authority (SFSA) to offer crypto ETPs in the European Union. Amun offers ETP products (exchange-traded products) backed by either basket of cryptocurrencies or single cryptocurrency. The company currently has 10 of its products listed on…
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It was not that long ago that the phrase “fintech” would have fallen on deaf ears, but in recent years, our lives have been re-ordered in a way by computer programs, apps, and technology that have taken our banking and financial services to new levels. The digital age has ignited a number of debates between…
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The fintech industry in Nigeria is becoming more popular and startups are capitalizing on the trend. Migo, a Nigerian fintech startup is a company that focuses on offering credit-as-a-service to big companies. Migo has recently raised a Series B round of $20 million - a round that was led by Valor Capital Group, a Brazil-focused…
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Fintech company Integral has released its volumes report for the month of November. Average daily volumes (ADV) across Integral platforms totaled $34 billion last month. This represents a drop of 7% MoM. LeapRate reminds that Integral and Jefferies, a global investment banking firm, have recently launched a fully integrated service designed for buyside firms to conveniently…
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Global provider of market data and technology tools for the financial industry Refinitiv, formerly the Financial and Risk business of information giant Thomson Reuters (NYSE:TRI), has announced that it has joined TS Marketplace. Its institutional-grade platform is now accessible within Tradesocio’s ecosystem. This integration benefits financial services providers forming the fintech company’s ecosystem in multiple ways, allowing them…
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Banking and financial services have generally been viewed as a staid and conservative sector of the business community, but technology allows no one to escape the threats of competition armed with innovative and disruptive ideas, as evidenced by the emergence of fintech. Artificial Intelligence (AI) and blockchain, along with a host of other innovation trends,…
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