Grab Acquires BNPL Platform Atome Financial for $1.49 Billion CNBC, Posted September 15, 2026 Singapore-based tech giant Grab announced a definitive agreement to acquire an initial 60% controlling stake in leading Asian buy-now, pay-later (BNPL) platform Atome Financial for $1.49 billion in cash. Plans are set to purchase the remaining 40% roughly two years later […]
Ant International Launches AI-Powered Agentic Mobile Protocol Across 10 Asian Wallets Fintech News Singapore, Posted September 11, 2026 Ant International has deployed the first phase of its Agentic Mobile Protocol (AMP) across 10 major Asian digital wallets, including Alipay, GCash, and KakaoPay, connecting over 1.5 billion user accounts with global acquiring partners like Adyen and […]
Alipay+ Face India Regulatory Hurdles in Push for UPI Grid Gulf Business, Posted September 2, 2026 Indian government bodies and financial supervisory authorities have initiated an evaluation of security protocols regarding the Alipay+ platform. The inspection follows the Chinese operator’s objective to interface with the national UPI instant payments network. While the integration aims to […]
BofA to take 49.9% stake in Jio Credit India for $1.9bn FinTech Futures, Posted August 12, 2026 Bank of America is entering a joint venture with Jio Financial Services in India to acquire a stake of up to 49.9% in its digital lending subsidiary, Jio Credit. The total investment amount is up to INR 18,268 […]
LTP Makes Strategic Investment in Digital Prime Technologies to Accelerate Global Expansion of Tokenet Across Asia-Pacific The Asian Banker, Posted August 12, 2026 Digital Prime Technologies, the institutional technology provider transforming digital asset lending markets, today announced a strategic investment from LTP, a leading global institutional digital asset prime brokerage. The investment further strengthens the […]
Atome Financial hits second year of profit as revenue surges 80% Asian Banking & Finance, Posted July 30, 2026 Atome Financial said that it achieved full-year profitability for the second consecutive year with revenue rising 80% in 2025. Revenue is $470m, up 80% year-on-year (YoY), whilst total operating income is $360m, a 52% YoY jump […]
Singaporean FinTech funding soared 3.4x QoQ as investors loosened purse strings in Q2 Fintech Global, Posted July 20, 2026 Singaporean FinTech market raised $544.2m across 11 deals in Q2 2026. That is broadly flat against the $543.5m recorded across 20 transactions in Q2 2025, a near-identical funding outcome achieved with almost half the number of […]
GXS Loan Portfolio Tops S$1 Billion as Business Lending Expands Fintech News Singapore, Posted July 15, 2026 GXS Group more than quadrupled its loan portfolio in 2025 as business lending became a major part of its digital banking operations. The Grab and Singtel-backed group narrowed its net loss to S$208.1 million from S$214.3 million, according […]
Asia’s banking elite celebrated at Asian Banking & Finance Awards 2026 Asian Banking & Finance, Posted July 3, 2026 Banking leaders were celebrated for their innovation and growth that have transformed the sector across Asia. The Asian Banking & Finance Awards 2026 marked another year of celebrating the financial institutions setting the pace in a […]
Finweek KL 2026: Where European capital meets ASEAN scale Asian Banking & Finance, Posted June 25, 2026 The premier EU–ASEAN institutional fintech summit brings 1,000+ delegates to PARKROYAL Collection Kuala Lumpur on 11 to 13 November 2026 for three days of cross-border deal-making. Finweek and Fintech Valley Europe today announced Finweek KL 2026, the premier […]