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ITU focus group on financial inclusion to meet in KL
The ITU Focus Group on Digital Financial Services (DFS) for Financial Inclusion will be meeting in Kuala Lumpur at the end of the month to continue discussions on what the International Telecommunications Union (ITU) has described as one of the world’s most challenging social and economic issues: Access to formal financial services by the world’s poorest two billion people.
APAC outpacing rest of the world in mobile payments: IDC
Mobile payment growth in Asia Pacific is outpacing the rest of the world, and will make up half of the global market by 2017, according to International Data Corporation (IDC).
PawnHero from the Philippines wows ‘em at Echelon 2015
Fintech startup PawnHero from the Philippines was crowned the winner at Echelon Asia Summit 2015, bucking the trend of Thai startups claiming the top prize over the last two years.
Banks don’t hold the future of banking: Akamai exec
Banks may talk about a customer-centric experience, but there is too much governance and too much legacy, and they are horrible at innovating, says Akamai’s John Ellis.
Japan’s Credit Saison invests in Singapore fintech startup MatchMove
Singapore-based MatchMove Pay announced that it has completed an investment round, with Japan’s Credit Saison as the lead investor. The sum was undisclosed.
Gree invests in Ayannah, which provides financial services for the unbanked
Manila-based Veritas Mobile Holdings Ltd, which operates as the Ayannah digital commerce and payments services for migrants and the unbanked, said it has raised undisclosed additional equity financing from Japanese early stage Internet and technology investor Gree Ventures Inc.
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