FinovateAsia Sneak Peek: Libertypool

A look at the companies demoing live at FinovateAsia on October 14 through 15, 2019 in Singapore. Register today and save your spot. Libertypool is empowering people around the world to achieve financial independence through asset accumulation, especially by cryptocurrency investment. Features A borderless investment platform for busy investors A diversified portfolio reflecting the entire cryptocurrency market Read more…

Fintech in Asia: From Payments and Lending to the Challenge of Financial Inclusion

If there is one region where “A Tale of Two Fintechs” applies, that region is Asia. From blockchain-based innovations in trade finance to leveraging mobile to better serve the historically underbanked, fintech’s role in Asia is not just a tale of economic and technological development. Increasingly, it is a story of leadership in solving real Read more…

FinovateAsia Sneak Peek: Xen

Xen is transforming the alternative asset management industry by creating a fintech solution which allows accredited investors in Asia fractionalized access and tradability in alternative investments. Features Secondary trading of illiquid assets Fully digital KYC / onboarding Built-in compliance and AML Why it’s greatXen offers access and liquidity in private market opportunities. Presenters Katrina Cokeng, Read more…

Kreditech Looks to India for Expansion; Mexico’s Klar Scores $57.5 Million in Funding

Join us in October as our annual Asia-Pacific fintech conference returns to Singapore! FinovateAsia is one of the best ways for fintech startups and innovative industry veterans from the region and around the world to showcase their latest technologies before an audience of C-level decision-makers, venture capitalists, all-star analysts, and more. For information on how to participate Read more…

Finovate Alumni News

Around the web TransferWise announces that TransferWise for Banks is now live in the U.S, enabling FIs in the states to integrate with the international money transfer specialist. Onfido forges strategic partnership with blockchain-based, e-voting provider Agora. Digital mortgage solution provider BeSmartee integrates with cloud communications platform Twilio. YUKKA Lab joins Deutsche Börse Venture Network. Read more…

ThetaRay Opens Mexico City Office; Dubai’s Foloosi Turns to KSA for Expansion

Join us in October as our annual Asia-Pacific fintech conference returns to Singapore! FinovateAsia is one of the best ways for fintech startups and innovative industry veterans from the region and around the world to showcase their latest technologies before an audience of C-level decision-makers, venture capitalists, all-star analysts, and more. For information on how to participate Read more…

Arival Bank Nets $2.3 Million in Equity Crowdfunding Campaign

FinovateAsia 2018 Best of Show winner Arival Bank announced this week that it raised $2.3 million (£1.87 million) in a pre-Series A, equity crowdfunding campaign. The Singapore-based fintech bank for businesses and entrepreneurs soared past its fundraising target of $864,500 (£700,000), and now boasts a pre-money valuation of more than $14.8 million (£12 million). “We’re Read more…

Winners Circle: Finovate Honors Fintech’s Finest with New Awards Series

A new initiative now makes Finovate’s historic Best of Show awards just one of two ways that our conferences recognize exceptional achievement in fintech innovation. The Finovate Awards, launched this year, leveraged the insights of fintech experts, analysts, and professionals, to produce what we believe is a true winners circle of our industry’s most impressive Read more…

Mexican Fintech Minu Makes History; India’s Namaste Credit Becomes a Neobank

Join us in October as our annual Asia-Pacific fintech conference returns to Singapore! FinovateAsia is one of the best ways for fintech startups and innovative industry veterans from the region and around the world to showcase their latest technologies before an audience of C-level decision-makers, venture capitalists, all-star analysts, and more. For information on how to participate Read more…

Hydrogen Brings its App Building Platform to the Oracle Cloud Marketplace

Financial and blockchain API provider Hydrogen is the latest technology to achieve “Powered by Oracle Cloud” status, making the app building platform available to Oracle Cloud customers via the Oracle Cloud Marketplace. “Hydrogen’s participation in the Oracle Cloud Marketplace further extends our commitment to the Oracle community and enables customers to easily reap the benefits Read more…