Media Coverage 2021
2021 December 13th – capital.com – China DeFi sector booms despite regulators’ crypto crackdown
2021 November 26th – Voice of America – COVID-19-era Border Closures Stunt Business, Befitting China’s Aim of Self-Reliance
2021 November 24th – Bloomberg – Singapore Central Bank Weighs Action Over DBS Service Glitch
2021 November 19th – Deal Street Asia – BNPL is booming in SE Asia but faces regulations, crowded market
2021 November 15th – Business Insider – A patent filed by China’s central bank shows the country hasn’t given up on crypto trading
2021 October 27th – SupChina – DeFi: Can decentralized finance defy China’s crypto controls?
2021 October 26th – Financial Times – Fintechs and traditional lenders do battle across south-east Asia
2021 October 25th – S&P Global – Payments to continue to drive finance M&A in Asia Pacific
2021 October 24th – Voice of America – Zoom Gets More Popular Despite Worries About Links to China
2021 October 15th – Nikkei Asia – Fintechs and traditional lenders do battle across Southeast Asia
2021 October 2nd – Voice of America – How China’s Ban on Cryptocurrency Will Ripple Overseas
2021 September 29th – Tech In Asia – Indonesia fintech hits hurdle with new rules on foreign control
2021 September 29th – Quartz – China’s answer to crypto is the digital yuan
2021 September 28th – KrAsia – ‘Buy now, pay later’ is taking off in Indonesia, but risks are high
2021 September 24th – Deal Street Asia – Why Alibaba-owned Lazada is doubling down on payments in Southeast Asia
2021 September 20th – Tech In Asia – Stripe readies Indonesia entry, but the road just got rougher
2021 August 26th – Nikkei Asia – Singapore’s Razer gives up costly ASEAN e-wallet battle
2021 August 26th – IG – Are Razer shares worth buying?
2021 August 24th – Al Jazeera – What is driving Bitcoin’s rise?
2021 August 19th – Finextra – APAC holds fertile ground for burgeoning regtech sector
2021 August 7th – SCMP – Singapore to grant licences to digital payments services providers in ‘momentous’ move for cryptocurrencies
2021 July 31st – SCMP – Malaysia gears up for the future of finance as AirAsia, Sea Group, Grab face off in bid for digital banking licences
2021 July 29th – The Ken – BRI Agro’s push to make ‘big bank’, not ‘big tech’ write Indonesia’s digital bank playbook
2021 July 27th – Protocol – Who should be scared of China’s big, bad digital yuan?
2021 May 24th – SCMP – Gojek and Tokopedia’s holding group GoTo plans fundraising ahead of blockbuster IPO this year
2021 May 21st – Deal Street Asia – GoTo can propel Bank Jago’s growth, but it has incumbents to contend with
2021 May 17th – Financial Times – Indonesia’s Gojek and Tokopedia agree $18bn merger
2021 May 10th – Straits Times – China’s much-hyped digital yuan fails to impress early users
2021 April 14th – S&P Global – Ant Group’s revamp to hit biggest revenue source as regulators nix cross-selling
2021 April 12th – Reuters – China’s Ant Group to restructure under central bank agreement
2021 April 9th – KrASIA – AirAsia’s new services take flight in bid to form Southeast Asia’s next super app
2021 March 10th – Business Times – Google Pay shaping up to be serious contender in South-east Asia
2021 March 9th – Sifted – Fintechs, Chinese investors are coming for you
2021 March 8th – Deal Street Asia – Fintechs feel the heat as Indonesian lenders lead country’s digital banking transformation
2021 February 16th – NIKKEI Asia – China’s New Year digital yuan tests hasten Asia e-currency race
2021 February 5th – KrASIA – Too big to fail: Are Gojek and Tokopedia about to merge?
2021 January 22nd – Deal Street Asia – Gojek, Tokopedia, explore holding company structure as merger talks move forward
