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Mar

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

Asia Banking Research

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…

Mar

Asia Banking Research

Fintech firms eye Myanmar opportunities

Myanmar is an intriguing market for fintechs. It is one of the fastest growing of all Asian economies. Annual GDP growth has exceeded 6% in recent years. The government has embraced digitalization and to a certain degree, foreign investment, a remarkable turnaround for a country that had been closed to…

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