Asia and the Pacific

Asia and the Pacific

Telenor Microfinance Bank Wins “The Innovators 2020” Award for Easypaisa App

Telenor Microfinance Bank’s mobile banking platform, Easypaisa has been awarded by Global Finance Magazine as ‘The Innovators 2020’ in the field of Payments. The Easypaisa...

Axiata Secures RM3.5b Islamic Sustainability-Linked Syndicated Financing

Axiata Group Bhd has completed the first-of-its-kind syndicated multi-currency shariah-compliant sustainability-linked financing facilities of US$800 million (about RM3.5 billion)(syndicated financing). In a statement, the regional...

World’s First Halal Network Launched Aiming to Tap $5 tr Market

With an aim to help investors, businesses, entrepreneurs and startups during the COVID-19 pandemic times, world’s First Halal Angels Network was launched on Sunday. The...

Bridging the Gap: Malaysian Islamic Fintech Opens the Doors for Crypto...

The value of Bitcoin around the world collectively stands at around US $160.4 billion. Bitcoin alone accounts for 0.4% of the world's money. On a...

Top Korean Blockchain Platform Joins Celo Alliance

Klaytn, the public blockchain platform developed by Ground X, an affiliate of the major South Korean internet company, Kakao, joined Celo’s Alliance for Prosperity on May 8. Celo, a...

South Korea to Develop an Identity Platform on the Blockchain for...

The government of South Korea’s planned city Sejong — which is the country’s testing ground for major smart city solutions — announced Friday that...