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Tradition and Technology: Bhutan’s Journey into Fintech and Financial Inclusion

The Fintech Times

Financial services, digital and fintech An account from the Asian Development Bank (ADB) illustrates the state of Bhutan’s financial services sector around 2010. Thimphu, the capital city of approximately 114,000 people, remains one of the few capitals globally without traffic lights, and nearly all businesses are locally owned and operated.

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The Full List of Fintech Unicorns in Asia (2025)

Fintech News

billion financial services platform Dianrong 1 billion lending solutions Wacai 1 billion wealth management CGTZ 2.41 billion asset management XTransfer 1.4 billion XTransfer created a global payment platform powered by data insights, automation, and risk management tools. billion debt investment platform eDaili 1.90

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13 APAC-Born Companies Recognized Among Top Global Cross-Border Payment Leaders of 2025

Fintech News

SBI Remit (Japan) SBI Remit remittance process illustration, Source: SBI Remit Founded in 2010, SBI Remit is a Japan-based financial services company specializing in international money transfers, offering fast, secure, and low-cost remittance solutions.

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Avoiding AI Pitfalls in Financial Decision-Making

The Fintech Times

“For example in 2010, there was the Flash Crash – a poorly designed algorithmic trading system executed a large sell order without considering price or timing, causing other AI trading systems to withdraw from the market, causing a $1trillion market value drop.

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Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act examined: A guide to avoiding failure-to-prevent fraud measures

The Payments Association

Businesses must review and strengthen their frameworks to ensure compliance, as failure to do so risks financial loss, reputational damage, and potential criminal liability. Sally Felton Director, Fraud Risk Management, BDO The new FTPF offence is another example of the shift towards increased corporate criminal liability.

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Why This Chinese Unicorn is Betting Big on Southeast Asia’s B2B Cross Border Payment

Fintech News

Trade between China and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) has more tripled since 2010, soaring from US$235.5 Risk management is another challenge. Transaction data is often unstructured and inconsistent, requiring market players to build their own systems to manage risk. billion to US$696.7

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Addressing Portfolio Risk in Economic Uncertainty: Part 4 (2022)

FICO

Properly managed and strategized, the debt collections process can be an effective customer service asset and anti-attrition tool, in addition to being its classic role in portfolio risk management. Figure 1: Early-stage collections contact options and illustration of treatment prioritization by risk.