Digital banking

Singapore-based banking group DBS, Southeast Asia’s largest lender by assets, has teamed up with The Sandbox, a blockchain-based Metaverse gaming platform, to develop new...

A new digital bank has started operations in Singapore after receiving approval from the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) to commence business on June...

Green Link Digital Bank, or GLDB, the first digital bank to operate in Singapore, opened its virtual doors for business on June 3, the...

Malaysia awarded digital banking licenses to five companies out of a total 29 which have applied for them, the country’s central bank said in...

Siam Commercial Bank (SCB), Thailand’s fourth-largest bank by assets, on February 15 announced that it is investing $100 million in Indonesian fintech startup Akulaku,...

  Thailand’s central bank has started working on a regulatory framework for virtual banks in an aim to keep pace with consumer needs in the...

Indonesia’s central bank on December 21 launched a new retail payment system called Bank Indonesia Fast Payment, or BI-Fast, aimed at reducing cash use...

The Philippines is moving fast forward into the digital banking age with the fifth license granted to a neobank by the central bank Bangko...

Automatisation, digitalisation are the nails in the coffins of physical bank branches As the entire banking industry shifts...

Bank Negara, the central bank of Malaysia, said on July 2 that it has received a total...

Philippine fintech startup Voyager Innovations has raised $167 million in a funding round from its existing shareholders,...

Line, the messaging app division of South Korea’s online platform Naver , is launching a digital banking...

Tonik offers virtual banking only The first digital-only bank –or neobank – has launched in the Philippines on...

Digital banks – also known as neobanks – are preparing their market entry into the Philippines as...

Singapore-based Tonik Financial, the first digital-only bank in Southeast Asia founded in 2018, will launch operations in...

Singapore-listed wealth management fintech platform iFast said it is leading a consortium with Chinese partners to submit...

Singapore is undertaking steps to become a regional hub for technology firms with advanced data expertise, particulally...