Tag: Thailand

Thai payments startup Omise plans to raise up to $16m by allowing investors to use cryptocurrencies. Read more: www.techinasia.com

Siam Commercial Bank Pcl, Thailand's oldest homegrown lender, plans to reinvent its mobile digital payment platform. Read more: www.bloomberg.com

SET is launching a blockchain-based marketplace for trading in startups later this year. Read more: www.cryptocoinsnews.com

Thai employee financial well-being startup MoneyTable has closed $1.5m in a seed round from K2 Venture Capital and Kejora Ventures. Read more: www.fintechroundup.com

Thailand is due to roll out a national digital-payment system that levies much smaller transaction fees than the nation’s banks. Read more: www.bloomberg.com

Bangkok Stock Exchange listed mobile distributor company Jay Mart is targeting on fintech companies and startups to embark on a transformation of its business. Read more: www.econotimes.com

The system created by Kasikornbank will allow for direct settlement of transfers between baht and yuan or Thailand and China without any need for the currencies to be converted to USD at any point. Read more: www.cryptocoinsnews.com

“Move fast” is a tireless maxim in the startup world and fintech company MC Payment has taken it to heart. Read more: www.techinasia.com

UTU, a cross-border loyalty and rewards platform that enables people to earn and redeem points through their smartphone, launches. Read more: www.prnewswire.com

Thailand's Kasikornbank Pcl has joined with the Thai unit of International Business Machines Corp to develop blockchain services. Read more: www.reuters.com