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MoneyHero Group Named “Personal Finance Tech of the Year” at the Prestigious Asia FinTech Awards 2024

MoneyHero’s personal finance platform recognized for its incredible innovation, capabilities, and service Award further-solidifies the Company’s leading market positioning throughout Greater Southeast Asia SINGAPORE, Aug. 26, 2024 (Korea Bizwire) – MoneyHero Limited (NASDAQ: MNY) (“MoneyHero” or the “Company”), a market-leading personal finance and digital insurance aggregation and comparison platform in Greater Southeast Asia, today announced it has been [...]

DigiAsia Corp. Announces Completion of Convertible Note Financing with Helena Partners and Extinguishes Outstanding Debt

~ Prompt Extinguishment of Debt Following Recent Listing as a Public Company Prioritizes Financial Responsibility with a Healthy Capital Structure ~ NEW YORK, July 02, 2024 (Korea Bizwire) – DigiAsia Corp. (NASDAQ: FAAS) (“DigiAsia” or the “Company”), a leading Fintech as a Service (“FaaS”) ecosystem provider, today announced it has received net proceeds of $3.0 [...]

Pet Insurance Set to Become the Next Big Trend in Fintech as Companies Prepare to Launch Comparison Services

SEOUL, Feb. 15 (Korea Bizwire) – As the appeal of car insurance comparison and recommendation services wanes, industry insiders are turning their gaze towards pet insurance as the next promising market. Amid the growing trend of value-seeking consumers in a high-cost economy, pet insurance is emerging as a new focal point for financial tech services. Notably, [...]

Naver Q4 Net Profit Soars 129 Pct on Strong Commerce, Fintech Biz

SEOUL, Feb. 2 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean tech giant Naver Corp. said Friday its fourth-quarter net profit jumped 129 percent from a year earlier, largely driven by robust growth of its commerce and fintech businesses. The net profit came to 301.8 billion won (US$226.6 million) in the three months ending in December, compared with [...]

Temenos to Work with MAS to Advance Sustainable Finance

Collaboration with Gprnt on technology solutions powering the future of sustainable finance SINGAPORE, Nov. 16, 2023 (Korea Bizwire) – Singapore FinTech Festival – Temenos (SIX: TEMN) today announced a collaboration with Gprnt, a new integrated digital platform launched by the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS), to cooperate on technology solutions, explore data integration and foster product development [...]

Seoul Fintech Week to Bring Together Global Fintech Experts in Seoul Next Month

SEOUL, Sept. 11 (Korea Bizwire) — The Seoul city government will hold a global financial technology (fintech) conference next month, bringing together fintech experts from around the world to discuss the digitalization trend in the financial industry, officials said Monday. The 2023 Seoul Fintech Week will kick off on Oct. 4 for a three-day run [...]

Fintech Startup 8percent Seeks to Expand in Niche Lending

SEOUL, July 22 (Korea Bizwire) — Borrowing money online from total strangers was an unfamiliar concept in South Korea in 2014, when Lee Hyo-jin founded 8percent, a peer-to-peer (P2P) lending service targeting people with low-to-mid credit ratings. A former banker of 8 years, Lee was confident there was huge demand in the loan market that [...]

Prima Asia Limited to Launch Blockchain Payments Technology and Dominate the Asia-Pacific Market

HONG KONG, March 29 (Korea Bizwire) – Prima Asia Limited, an evolving fintech startup, is set to launch its innovative blockchain-powered payments technology across the Asia-Pacific region. With a release date set for Q4 2022, Prima Asia Limited believes that their ground-breaking payments technology “Primawire” will provide clients and businesses with faster transfer speeds, a highly [...]

Ellipse Introduces EVC® ALL-in-One, the First EMV Micromodule with an Integrated Screen to Display a Dynamic Security Code for E-commerce Protection

LOS ANGELES, Nov. 23 (Korea Bizwire) – Ellipse is proud to announce today the launch of EVC® All-In-One, the first EMV module that transforms a basic payment card into an e-commerce EMV security product. The patented EVC All-In-One module features a built-in screen that displays a refreshed security code (also known as CVV/CVC) during every contact or [...]

LiquidX Named Finalist for Singapore Global FinTech Awards 2021

NEW YORK, Nov. 2 (Korea Bizwire) — The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) has named LiquidX Insurance Services (Singapore) Pte. Ltd. a finalist for the Singapore FinTech Festival (SFF) Global FinTech Awards 2021 in the Singapore Financial Institution category. The awards are a highlight of the annual festival, which takes place November 8-12, 2021. The [...]