Are Ride-Hailing Apps Responsible for Southeast Asia’s Growing Fintech Market?
Fintech in Southeast Asia is reaching new records for both deals and funding. One of the reasons for this rise ...
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Apple, Amazon, Alibaba Are Coming After Banks, Regulators Say
Giant technology companies are moving inexorably into the finance business and could quickly upend the banking industry, according to the ...
5 Most Influential People in Banking in 2018
A lot was said and done in the world of banking and fintech in 2018. In the midst of all ...
Can QR Codes Make It in America? SwiftPass Thinks So
The scale of mobile payments in China staggers the Western imagination. In 2017, $15.4 trillion in mobile payments were processed, ...
CB Insight’s Top 250 Fintechs Made 186 Deals Worth $24B This Year
CB Insights on Monday named its 2018 Fintech 250, a list of what the research firms considers the most promising ...
Alipay’s Annual Active Users Soar 40% YOY
Alipay has over 700 million annual active users as of August 2018, according to an investor day presentation from parent ...
Ant Financial Looms Large Over Global Fintech Fundraising (Again)
Ant Financial has done it again. In 2Q18, the Chinese fintech raised the largest amount for fintech invest ever. According ...
Latest Funding Round Could Lift Ant Financial to $150B Valuation
Ant Financial, the fintech company that manages popular Chinese mobile payment service Alipay, is looking to raise $9 billion in ...
Google to Expand Tez Outside of India
Google is looking to expand Tez, the mobile payment platform it launched in India last year, to other markets in ...
Alibaba to Buy 33% Equity Stake in Fintech Affiliate Ant Financial
The Alibaba Group will take a 33% equity stake in Ant Financial, it’s affiliate fintech company that operates popular mobile ...
