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The Full List of Fintech Unicorns in Asia (2025)

Fintech News

billion payments Advance Intelligence Group Valuation: $2 billion Founded in 2016, Advance Intelligence Group is the parent company of Atome Financial, ADVANCE.AI, and Ginee. It provides access to game credits, gift codes, and vouchers using familiar local payment methods such as mobile carrier billing and e-wallets.

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The End of Average: AI Is Rewriting the Rules of Digital Banking CX

Finextra

Banks turned to a powerful ally: artificial intelligence. AI didn’t just automate services—it began shaping intimate, context-aware journeys that feel less like banking and more like a personal concierge for your financial life. Banks around the world rolled out AI-powered personalization features in 2024. The result?

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Mobile Banking On The Rise In France

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New research from comScore MobiLens revealed that mobile banking penetration in France is almost 30 percent. In Q2 2016, more than half (54 percent) of the country’s internet users visited online banking sites on a monthly basis, averaging 10 visits per month lasting more than five minutes each time.

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Mastercard U.K. bets big on Pay by Bank in 2020

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Pay by Bank service has been slow to get off the ground since its 2016 launch. But Mastercard predicts Pay by Bank will see significant adoption in 2020 due to the partnerships it has established with banks and processors, and the popularity of mobile banking among Britons. Mastercard's U.K.

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APAC’s Digital Banking Growth Sparks a Surge in Fraud Cases

Fintech News

In Asia-Pacific (APAC), fraud is becoming an increasingly serious challenge for financial institutions, an issue that has been exacerbated by the rapid adoption of digital transactions and online banking. A year later, Kathmandu-based NIC Asia Bank suffered a major heist, with hackers managing to make about US$4.4

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FinTech LendingClub Buys Radius Bank For $185M

PYMNTS

LendingClub provides personal lending online, and it wants access to funding that is more stable and not as expensive. The bank is one of a few smaller lenders that has teamed up with FinTechs who need services only an FDIC-regulated institution can provide. This is the first time a FinTech has purchased an actual bank.

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A List of Digital Banks in Asia

Fintech News

Are digital first banks in Asia poised to lead a disruptive charge against well-entrenched, established commercial banks? In the traditional banking sphere globally, but especially true in Asia, there is a considerable proportion of unbanked and underbanked populations who lack complete or any access to banking services.