startup news
Asia-wide in 04/2016
Startup News Asia’s first online collection of tech and startup news from across Asia, gathered from the online press in April 2016.
At this point, we’d were busy setting up and figuring out the best process, and so this listing is an all-locations collection, spanning startup news across the entire, broad region we look at: South and Southeast Asia, Australia and New Zealand.
In later months, as we refined our approach, we started delivering country- and jurisdiction-focused monthly news collections.
- A look at Convergence Ventures and its activities in Indonesia, Southeast Asia
- Re-insurer firm Swiss Re launches India startup accelerator
- ABN Amro builds 30-person team for blockchain exploration
- 2016 Philippine Startup Challenge launches, with focus on IOT
- ING fintech on app-only banks: Where is the money? Where is the return?
- How Australia’s real estate boom hurts startups
- Malaysia’s Beaupass acquires S’pore beauty svcs platform Wellnessly to expand
- Iran: As sanctions lift can entrepreneurship transform the nation?
- Unitus Impact looks to Vietnam for investing in social good
- Walmart steps up retail tech search with Technology Innovation Open Call
- Vietnam co-founded education startup Gotit! lands funding
- Queensland banks on Au$8m relocation program to lure int’l startup talent
- Australia’s Bytes4Health incubator aiming to grow digital health startups
- 5 things that could be gone in 5 years, thanks to tech
- Deutsche Bank launches new banking app
- A look at digital disruption in US small-business insurance
- Telenor Myanmar names 2 startups for first accelerator
- Fintech flourishing in Asia Pacific, with 347 investment deals last year
- Singapore’s Boxgreen snack startup lands funds to get people off junk food
- India’s Impact Guru lands funding from RB Investments, Fundnel
- Indonesia wants farmers and fishermen to join ecommerce revolution
- HK: 10 finalists of DBS Social Innovators 2016 announced
- A look back at the recent Lufthansa Startup Expo held in India
- Aus fintech startup Third Party Trade streamlines US stock access
- Tilt, ‘social payments app for Gen Y’, launches in Australia
- Computershare teams up with start-up SETL on blockchain project
- Visa opens innovation centre in Singapore
- InfoSys subsidiary launches blockchain framework aimed at financial services
- Vietnam’s smaller e-commerce players gear up for Alibaba’s foray
- Twitter’s Promote Ads API Challenge: build the best Twitter ad tool
- India: early-stage YourNest Angel Fund gears up for 2nd fund
- HTC to launch $100m VR startup accelerator program
- A look at some innovative startups in insurance tech
- Where are the more active corporates & VCs investing in real estate tech?
- Thai startup Wongnai lands series B for online-to-offline push
- Philippine digital newsstand startup Freyo lands funding
- HK’s Cyberport Incubation Programme open for applications
- German discount platform CupoNation eyes entry to SE Asia
- Cyberport Creative Micro Fund launched: HK$100k grant
- 2016 Tech Pioneers report: Australia & New Zealand (pdf)
- Australia’s next startup ‘landing pad’ opening in Berlin
- NZ startup First Table lands 200 restaurants for early bird dining
- Data, CRM crucial to media, entertainment stakeholder engagement
- Nida Rooms raises $4.2m in battle for Southeast Asia budget travelers
- June: Echelon Asia Summit – 2 days, 5000+ professionals & entrepreneurs
- Infographic: the Mobile Point-Of-Sale opportunity, from @BankingTechno
- Vietnam: The US Ambassador’s Entrepreneurship Challenge
- Rocket Internet to sell Zalora’s Thai, Vietnam fashion e-commerce businesses
- Singapore: DBS acquires stake in financial AI startup Kasisto
- BioBeats raises funding for platform to replace stress therapists
- How Loomio, a worker-owned tech startup, found investors and kept its values
- HyperTrack: A start-up to track people and products
- Bitstamp granted license by Luxembourg to be regulated exchange in the EU
- Asia-Pacific internet users use more devices, often 4+
- DBS launches India’s first mobile-only bank, digibank
- Ashran Ghazi takes CEO helm at Malaysia’s MaGIC
- Australian startup Spacer eyes Asia’s $4bn storage market
- Yahoo Japan & East Ventures launch Code Republic to be Japan’s Y Combinator
- Startup Weekend Saigon set for May 13th-15th
- Vietnam Silicon Valley: tough name to live up to for gov’t-backed accelerator
- New $20m Dragon Egg fund to back Aus startups expanding to China
- Sapien Ventures’ first fintech investment is in Hashching
- American Express to launch online small business loans with Lendio
- FinDEVr Silicon Valley 2016 now accepting applications for October
- Backers pour $15m into Australia’s telecom/advertising startup Unlockd
- Australia’s all-you-can-fly startup Airly aims for Q3 launch
- ING Direct report: Gen Y unimpressed with robo-advisors
- Could Blockchain enable a true P2P insurance model?
- A slide-deck look at what’s happening in wearable tech
- Orange buys Groupama for 2017 mobile bank launch
- A brief interview with the Thai PM’s Digital Advisor
- A look at Malaysian gov’t initiatives to boost startup activity
- ‘Australia’s scattergun startup funding short changes accelerators and won’t work’
- Shopious closure a warning to Indonesia’s bootstrapped startups
- Cash, fear & uncertainty: The Holy Trinity of Bitcoin and blockchain
- Thailand eCommerce Summit 2016 set for June
- Morgan Stanley report on Blockchain in banking: disruptive threat or tool? (pdf)
- VC Gurley warns startups to beware of toxic funding deal terms
- Sustainability Startup/Innovation Weekend Melbourne set for May
- Thailand sets $570m startup fund, aims for ‘startup districts’
- Hong Kong startups ‘better off’ raising VC funds than seeking gov’t support
- Mexico City asks 9 million citizens to crowdsource a new constitution
- A look at China’s emergence as a tech innovator
- Losing money: part of being an investor
- Jakarta’s HR platform Rekruta gains funding
- NZ’s SuchCrowd startup: musicians, artists secure an audience before touring
- Is ‘going micro’ the next big thing for insurance tech?
- Alibaba-backed UCWeb launches $20m fund for gaming startups
- Indonesia: regulator to intro micro VCs and other incentives to boost startups
- Small Industries Dev Bank of India sanctions funding to 30 venture funds
- US Embassy to run Entrepreneurship Challenge to fund Vietnam startups
- Knolskape gamification startup raises funds to boost work training & engagement
- Singapore’s SoftPay Mobile acquires Vietnam’s MPOS Technology
- Melbourne’s Hava SaaS startup lands $500k
- NZ startup Dotterel wins innovation award for drone noise reduction tech
- Australian entrepreneur on the problems with today’s startups
- Can blockchain and bitcoin help the world’s poorest?
- Why big banks won’t be able to join the fintech boom
- Alibaba affiliate raising funding at $60bn valuation
- China forms ‘ChinaLedger Union’ Blockchain-based coalition
- Infographic: 10 facts about mobile banking
- UK-based payments firm Moni goes to receivership
- Japan’s VR startup Cluster raises $456k
- DBS banks inks cross-referral agreements with 2 S’pore P2P lend platforms
- CUneXus to power Digital FCU mobile lend platform
- China tightens on internet finance firms, suspends new registrations
- US Federal data should be open to public by default, say lawmakers
- Philippine edtech Ritmo closes 2nd seed, led by Future Now Ventures
- FinDEVr Silicon Valley, October: latest tools, platforms, APIs, case studies
- Singapore 4xLabs expands forex comparison app to HK, Mumbai, Bangkok
- Online travel industry may give insight into India and China
- Abraaj Group bets on Southeast Asia’s growing ecommerce sector
- PWC & Startupbootcamp: ‘APAC fintech ecosystems are thriving’
- Online exports: a look at the opportunities for Vietnam
- A look at Vietnam-Finland Innovation Partnership Program
- More on Vietnam opening doors to venture capital
- Singapore inventory startup TradeGecko appoints VP of marketing
- Melbourne’s Airly to jet to Europe after pitch contest win
- Hoozu aims to link tech with social media talent in Australia
- Australia’s BugCrowd digital security startup raises $19m
- Gaming Top Talent coming to Casual Connect Asia, Singapore, in May
- 4 crowdsourcing projects operated by governments
- Great ideas often look like bad ideas
- Vietnam: AlphaStartups Xpress session @ DreamPlex
- A look at 50+ cannabis startups, spanning delivery, compliance, news & more
- https://t.co/2CxM9ZTfWj expands to S’pore, based on medical tourism demand
- India: Target accelerator’s new startups – AI, AR, IoT
- AP exec on cultural differences between Australian and Asian companies
- Erotic ecommerce gaining steam in India
- Pepper, AOL founder back US-based startup incubator
- Microsoft to bring MassChallenge startup accelerator to Australia
- MasterCard moves to strengthen remittance services in Bangladesh
- Mobile accounts for rising share of ad spend in India
- Tech labs give creative jolt to Vietnam’s schoolchildren
- First look at Singapore’s driverless pods, trialing late 2016
- New tech startups hub ‘La French Tech Philippines’ launched
- Thai moguls chase deals in Vietnam as ‘buy-Thai’ market booms
- Nets to launch HCE mobile payments in Denmark
- Travel tech startup funding surges 133% in Q1 2016
- A look at the 85 fintech graduates of Y Combinator, 2005 to 2016
- Sydney custom dressmaker Fame and Partners raises $10m from US
- Drive Yello food delivery app helping Australians earn an extra buck
- TruePillars connects smart investors with businesses for small loans
- Branson, Wozniak and Facebook VP seeking world’s best startups
- Startup launches WelcomeOver, the Airbnb for food, in Australia
- Data61’s Ribit.net collabs with ICT Geelong to spur regional startups
- Front End of Innovation conference, Ideation To Execution: Boston, in May
- Women in GovTech set for September, in Singapore
- A look at Google AdWords industry benchmarks
- Computer usage falls as 20% of millennials go mobile-only
- Oxford University launches fintech lecture series
- China’s Silicon Valley dream is powering the rise of health startups
- Sensors + brains: 17 IoT companies using artificial intelligence tech
- IoT competition aims to turn Ho Chi Minh City into smart city
- MYOB, ANZ team up to help Kiwi startups
- Code for Victoria innovation teams devise tech fixes in Australian gov’t
- Thailand’s Medical Departures: Live founder/CEO interview, May
- Visa, Malaysian Islamic bank assoc’n seek ASEAN fintech startups
- Report: Global health-tech firms seeing funding traction
- Forget Melbourne vs Sydney, Aus fintech must take global view
- Forget how Blockchain works, talk about what it does
- European Parliament to host blockchain conference
- Melbourne tech community works to help refugees settle in Australia
- Japan plans fingerprint payments system for 2020 Olympics
- Mondo cofounder leaves to launch fintech consultancy
- Asia Pacific now 2nd biggest region for fintech investment
- Singapore launching biometric system for immigration
- ‘Fintech’s $138 billion opportunity’
- Extra-thin LEDs put a screen on your skin
- News Corp leads seed round in Australian augmented reality startup, Plattar
- Spring.ph breaks 50 startups target, adds 7 firms
- India’s new payments banks seek global talent to steer ops
- Alibaba-Lazada deal may turn SE Asia into e-commerce battleground
- Philippine SaaS tech startup CloudSwyft raises $200k
- Ripples from Estonian blockchain experiment may be felt globally
- 13 startups to watch from ASU GSV Ed Tech Summit 2016
- Indonesia’s KREN ventures into travel e-commerce
- Pich wins Santander InnoVentures fintech venture day in Madrid
- $100 million ‘global first’ Australia-China science precinct for UNSW, Sydney
- Tech and telco companies invest US$31b in IoT in 5 years
- Meraki’s success proves virtual reality is here and now in India
- Accenture seeks FinTech innovators for APAC accelerator programme
- On Bloomberg: Has the Asian startup bubble burst?
- China’s startup boom could turn to bust on Beijing’s signal
- Inside Seoul’s Innovation Bureau
- ‘Absolute crisis’ facing Australian tech: “Nobody wants to come here anymore”
- Australia Post to trial drone delivery
- A look at fintech startups guiding 100M Pakistanis towards financial inclusion
- America launches ‘citizen science’ engagement platform
- Augmented/Virtual Reality revenue forecast to hit $120bn by 2020
- New $190m seed fund eyes India and Indonesia
- Ethereum used for ‘first’ paid energy trade using Blockchain tech
- Spare5 combines AI with crowdsourced human savvy to make sense of data
- Launching a healthcare startup in Asia: Challenges and opportunities
- Digital disruption in the US small-business insurance market
- WorldRemit targets world’s 2bn ‘unbanked’ citizens, eyes Asia Pacific
- Melbourne augmented reality startup scores $1.1m seed
- Vietnam’s Kyna.vn lands 7-digit funding from CyberAgent Ventures
- Malaysia’s Marna Capital invests in SEA-focussed Spot News app
- Airbnb acquires bitcoin/blockchain expert team
- Inaugural Singapore Fintech Festival set for November
- 5 trends and opportunities in Indonesian tech & startups
- GREE launches $12m fund aimed at VR content startups
- Australia & New Zealand tech deal activity jumps 8x since 2011
- Industrial IoT driving roughly 1/3 of investment in broader IoT
- Microsoft to support Da Nang on startup programme
- Hong Kong startup, HKDSmart, enters overseas remittals market
- Australia considering startup landing pad in India’s Bengaluru
- India’s WedWise gains funding from StartUp Equity Partners
- Bitmex beats 475 startups to win Tech in Asia Singapore Arena
- 4 simple ways IOT is expected to boost Singapore’s economy
- What a tech startup’s pivots say about Bitcoin’s future
- Singapore to regulate fintechs only when they pose risks
- Provo, Utah: More VC-funded startups than anywhere – here’s how
- Australia calls for global ISO Blockchain standards
- Tension mounts between banks and fintechs over password sharing
- Fishburners plans 4-fold Sydney expansion
- The right business to build is the one you *want* to build
- Marketing can’t rely on the funnel when buying is no longer linear
- VR activities that interest smartphone users, end of 2015
- Singapore’s Migme buys Indonesian ecommerce startup in latest purchase
- 6 of Asia’s finest startups, pitching at Tech In Asia Singapore
- Some of the rising startups in Asian fintech
- 500 Startups Japan announces first 2 investments
- UK’s Nationwide Building Society develops biometric banking app
- Loot, student banking app, raising over £1 million
- In Japan: fingerprints to be tested as ‘currency’ for payments by tourists
- GGV Capital raises $1.2bn to back tech startups in US, China
- Indonesian startups to get $76m in gov’t micro-credit guarantee program
- For Visa, marketing tech is about making data actionable
- Goldman Sachs unit looks to invest in Indian fintech startups
- HaxAsia hardware accelerator rebrands as Enchant VC, launches new program
- Vietnam’s young tech talent pulls foreign funds to booming startup scene
- Vietnam edtech startups win $90K from Google, Facebook
- Canberra’s eWay acquired by US giant, Global Payments, for US$50m
- Credit Sesame launches SnapLoan, one-click for consumer loans
- Applications open for QUT CEA Creative3 Pitch event
- Connect Expo 2016, Melbourne: business, technology, innovation
- MadPaws, ‘Airbnb for pets’ startup, partners with PETstock
- Beijing to spend $1.5bn on ‘Silicon Valley of China’
- $20 million Dragon Egg Fund launched for Australian startups to crack China
- Startup Buckitdream aims to tap ‘bucket list’ data
- Vietnam: VC license within 3 days of application, regardless of fund size
- Next week in Singapore: Future Bank Asia 2016
- Earthport and Ria Money Transfer join forces for remittances
- KPMG launches Digital Village to fill crucial gap in startup ecosystem
- Google joins health app space with launch of ‘health card’ tool
- Wanted: Entrepreneur-in-Residence at muru-D, Australia
- LaunchVic, Australian $60 million startup fund, open for applications
- India’s audacious plan to bring digital banking to 1.2bn people
- Fintech threatens 250,000 jobs as European insurers cut costs
- AI: Google, Facebook, Amazon, Apple pursue artificial intelligence startups
- Australian trade delegation seeks opportunities for startups in China
- Sigfox deal with Microsoft latest sign of IOT startup’s expansion aims
- Aus startup system will “fall hopelessly behind” if gov’t doesn’t fix immigration laws
- Sequoia Capital, Airtree lead $10m funding of NZ startup 90 Seconds
- Vietnam to ease VC rules to realize ‘startup nation’ dream
- Korean startup takes saliva to give DNA-based diet advice
- Equity and debt crowdfunder FundedHere raises US$1.29M
- Singapore PM’s office sets up joint Smart Nation research unit
- Indonesia: startups and President partner to improve farmers’ lives
- After losing his grandmother, this entrepreneur uses IoT to save lives
- Meet Alpha Startups Indonesia’s 1st batch of winners
- Australia’s Blockchain Summit 2016 set for June, in Melbourne
- Why Barclays sees banking’s future as an information business
- BNP Paribas embraces Silicon Valley through Plug and Play partnership
- Hyderabad to host Asia’s biggest startup conclave, Impact Charter
- New fintech startups challenging Asian private bankers
- In Indonesia: Top 20 startups receive $336m from foreign investors
- Vietnam’s telecom co Viettel to launch venture capital arm
- In Shanghai: Digital Disruptors in Asia & the Power of Partnership
- Brisbane credit union CUA partners Sydney fintech hub Stone & Chalk
- LA meet Australia: Emerging Innovators Xchange 2016
- South Korea to build US$86million AI supercomputers
- Hong Kong event: Digital Disruptors in Asia & the Power of Partnerships
- Ireland’s Seedcorn Competition 2016: €280,000 in prizes
- ‘..launch pads overseas will only undermine talent creation at home..’
- VC funds, think tanks puzzle over startup ‘valley of death’
- 4 of India’s startups: home services, food, cars, and beauty
- Deals to real estate tech startups hit record levels in Q1 2016
- Sydney event: Stories from media-tech startups at different stages
- A look at 26 funded edtech startups across Southeast Asia
- FPT Ventures: US$1 million for Vietnam startups in 12 months
- China’s Unicorn Capital Partners closes $210m debut VC fund
- A look at 125 startups in Human Resources: recruiting, benefits, payroll…
- Indonesian fintech to complement banks, not compete, startups say
- Amazon mulls fintech acquisitions as valuations fall
- Hyperledger may be on verge of merging Blockchain, IBM, Digital Asset code
- Digital ad spending in India to surpass $1Billion in 2017
- Microsoft adds Ethereum blockchain to Windows platform for developers
- Malaysia’s BookDoc launches web portal targeting medical tourists
- Malaysia: Cradle Fund aims for $51m for co-investment fund, 9 deals in line
- Indian gov’t looking to boost domestic startup funding
- A quick look at 10 Malaysian startups
- Indonesia’s Telkom wants to nurture 40 tech startups a year
- India: Healthcare startup Imedilane, edtech firm Vahan raise funds
- Citi fintech study predicts 17% of consumer banking revenue to go digital by 2023
- 8 ways blockchain tech will change mobile payments
- Open source giant Red Hat launches OpenShift Blockchain Initiative
- A quick look at some startups trying to take blockchain beyond fintech
- Could fintech make travelling safer?
- ‘China’s startup and innovation scene exploding because gov’t wants it to’
- Australian startup SkedGo wins Rio Olympics Transport Challenge
- SwipeStox launches live trading for iOS & Android
- 3 consumer trends that may shape success for Asian startups
- Circle: “…instantly send value, without fees, with the convenience of sending a text”
- Deutsche Bank opens innovation lab in Silicon Valley
- Chinese payments giant Alipay expanding into Europe
- Aus fintech market to hit $4bn by 2020; banks may lose $10bn
- Indian e-wallet MobiKwik keeps fintech focus
- Malaysia’s online baby boutique Applecrumby & Fish raises $300k
- Telkom’s MDI Ventures to invest $25m in 10 Indonesian startups in 2016
- Singapore’s adventure tours marketplace Traca secures seed funds
- Philips may launch venture fund to invest in Indian healthtech
- Microsoft strikes partnership with banks on blockchain tech
- ‘Asia is post-mobile’ says report by Taiwan adtech startup, Appier
- Telstra CTO: Australia is outpacing the US in IoT adoption
- A look at the recent Victorian gov’t BudgetHack event
- Australian startups: more commitment, less conversation
- Tuhua fund raises $10m to invest in 25 New Zealand startups
- Is fintech losing some of its attraction for investors?
- 5 must-know tips for e-commerce entrants and startups in Vietnam
- In the IOT age, the question of who owns data is about to get trickier
- Research: “..internet enables private monies like Bitcoin to competitively emerge..”
- A quick look at IoT and its next step, the IIOT
- On Finovate: fintech fundings Q1 2016: 334 deals totalling $6.7 billion
- FinDEVr tech-focused conference set for October this year
- pwc fintech report: next 3-5 years, FinTech investment could exceed $150bn
- FinTech: US$150 billion expected to be invested by 2020
- US smartphone users: 1/4 watch videos daily – but 1/4 never
- India: SaaS companies now making over $1m annually
- Digital ad spending in India set to surpass $1bn next year
- Bangkok Entrepreneurs networking event: Advanced Tech, a unified theory
- Singapore’s restaurant booking app Chope acquires MakanLuar, enters Indonesia
- Funding Societies startup aims to change lending in SE Asia
- CitrusPay fintech startup wants to be India’s payment universe
- A quick look at 54 fintech companies making waves in Europe
- Grab, World Bank debut ‘OpenTraffic platform’ in the Philippines
- Net-scraping startup, Predata, predicting the future by decoding the past
- Malaysia natural 1st market for SEA expansion says SG startup Ninja Van
- A primer on Singapore’s tech and startup scene
- A look at the insurance-tech equation
- Funnel Ventures: bridging social gap between Aus startups and Silicon Valley
- Perth’s IOT startup Quantify Technology hires 2 ex-Cisco execs, preps for launch
- 6 tips for early-stage fintechs from an Australian investor
- clapit breaks Australian record with seed funding of A$2.57m
- March 2016 Startup News summary: online & offline
- Australia’s Bombd sets up shop in Venice Beach, aims at social networking presence
- Inside Malaysia’s national big data plan
- LinkedIn launches US$59M Singapore data centre, its 1st outside US
- Singapore’s Monk’s Hill Ventures hits final close on maiden $85m fund
- A look at 36 of Southeast Asia’s top startup investment firms
- Malaysia: ideas competition for civil service, business, social sector
- Fintechs, prepare for a wave of mergers and acquisitions
- 64 healthcare IoT startups: Monitoring, clinical efficiency, biometrics…
- Astroscale eyes way to cleanse skies of space junk
- Pouch cashless wristbands aim to make concerts a safer experience
- 21 startup companies serving the underserved
- A quick look at 4 Thai startups on the rise
- Entrepreneurship & Venture Capital announce $50m India-focused fund
- India to set up world’s largest startup incubation facility
- A quick look at 5 new travel-related startups
- Telenor Myanmar to invest $100k in 2 tech startups
- Japan’s F Ventures launches $4.5m fund for Fukuoka region
- Digital ID company iSignthis facilitates instant Bitcoin purchases on Coinify
- Singapore’s F&B POS startup, Sphere, raises $340k seed funding
- Carlyle Group to raise $1bn for new Asia private equity fund
- Australian startup aims to matchmake startups with big business
- A look at DRU, the world’s first pizza delivery robot
- Western Union launches digital B2B payments platform for SMEs worldwide
- StartupAUS director: Fix immigration or lose people like me
- Google’s VR View tool allows embedding of 360-degree content
- ‘Win-in-Suzhou’ Oceania Start-up competition New Zealand launched
- China’s CPFA Microfinance may land $25m equity from existing investor
- IIIT-Hyderabad establishes accelerator for AI and deep tech
- Philippines’ startup ecosystem faces barriers, yet to take off
- Is online financing the death of the credit card?
- General Motors launches new platform made by Australian startup
- Fintech startups reveal disruption plans at FinTech Innovation Lab
- Insurance industry braces for fintech shake up
- Social media startup Vamp aims for IPO in Australia
- Some of 500 Startups’ new bets in Asia
- Apparition Media advertising startup uses mural art for customer engagement
- Cardect startup on Indiegogo aims to be the end of the business card
- A look at Asahi Shimbun’s Media Lab Open Innovation Office & accelerator
- Pollenizer partners University of Western Australia for entrepreneurship
- A look at 3 of India’s promising healthcare startups
- Wall Street is Blockchain’s weak link
- A look at some of the devices demo’d at IoT Asia 2016
- 12 fintech startups added to Afiniation Melbourne event
- TV, internet and health plan providers rank worst for customer service
- Mobile wallet interoperability: consumer to merchant, minus intermediaries
- Flipkart buys mobile payments startup, PhonePe app, founded by ex-employees
- In the NYT: Ethereum enables transactions that rival Bitcoin’s
- SG-Innovate: connecting entrepreneurs with mentors, advise on fintech funding
- Some of the downsides of startup incubators and accelerators
- US Federal Reserve report: Consumers’ Use of Mobile Financial Services
- Citi GPS report: How FinTech is Forcing Banking to a Tipping Point (pdf)
- Swiss banks and SIX plan national mobile payments platform
- Cards & Payments Asia 2016 expo set for April 20-21 in Singapore
- A look at Timo, Vietnam’s first digital-only bank
- Philippines’ SkyEye, land & property survey startup, lands funding and incubation
- Indonesia considering tax holiday for e-commerce startups
- FPT, Dragon Capital partner to launch Vietnam Innovative Startup Accelerator
- Australia’s ‘trust economy’ startup, Meeco, in global push
- Australia’s Remarkable Accelerator to develope disability-focused startups
- Applications for DBS-NUS Social Venture Challenge Asia 2016 now open
- ‘Users interested in VR but not interested in purchasing VR headsets’
- CIPS seeks greater share of China’s cross-border yuan payments
- YonderWork, prof dev concept: learn, network, work in Bali, Chiang Mai, Buenos Aires
- BPC Banking Technologies partners Da Afghanistan Bank to launch payment system
- Mobile commerce growing slowly in Southeast Asia
- HotelQuickly marks 3rd anniversary with new look, new features
