Asia Banking Research

Mar

How long will it take for Malaysia to go cashless?

Across Asia, there is a race to go cashless as financial digitalization accelerates. Financial services companies want to capture business from digital payment adoption, while regulators want to reduce costs by printing less paper money and minting fewer coins. Consumers want convenient payment options.

Mar

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Eyeing fintech, Grab steps up bid to be Asean’s ‘super app’

Singapore’s Grab is rolling out a suite of digital financial services in a bid to become Southeast Asia’s preeminent app. The services including micro-lending, micro-insurance and payments. Like China’s ubiquitous messaging app WeChat has done, Grab wants to build an ecosystem where consumers can bank, order food and shop –…

Mar

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STOs coming soon to Taiwan

Virtual currency adoption looks set to accelerate in Taiwan as the island plans to establish a mechanism for security token offerings by mid-year. The move is in line with Taiwan’s launch of a fintech regulatory sandbox that allows firms to experiment with novel business models but not fall afoul of…

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