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INTERNET group Sea, formerly known as Garena, is the first applicant to go solo in its bid for a digital full bank licence in Singapore.

STANDARD Chartered has launched a publicly accessible portal which allows cross-border payments to be traced real-time like how parcel deliveries are tracked.

European companies are limbering up for a Japanese-style foreign takeover binge. A shrinking domestic market and super-low borrowing costs spurred firms in Asia's second-largest economy to pursue ever-bigger overseas targets. Now their European Union (EU) counterparts, facing similar challenges at home, are poised to follow suit....

THE Monetary&nbsp;Authority of Singapore (MAS) on Tuesday announced that it has received a total of <a href="https://www.businesstimes.com.sg/banking-finance/21-singapore-digibank-a... target="_blank">21&nbsp;digital bank applications</a>, with two-thirds for&nbsp;digital wholesale bank licences.

THE consortium comprising&nbsp;AMTD Group, SP Group, Xiaomi Finance and Funding Societies, on Tuesday announced that it has applied for a digital wholesale banking licence in Singapore.

A TOTAL of 21 digital bank applications were received by the&nbsp;Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS), the regulator said on Tuesday.

HONG Kong financial services group AMTD Group has linked up with some prominent Singapore names as well as a familiar partner - Chinese tech giant Xiaomi Corp - to vie for a digital wholesale bank licence in Singapore, BT understands.

THE Singapore Business Federation (SBF) announced over the weekend that it will be making the leap into digital banking - an unusually bold move for a chamber known for its conservative approach to championing the interests of the business community.

PRUDENTIAL Vietnam Assurance, a subsidiary of mainboard-listed Prudential plc, will be offering its life insurance products to Southeast Asia Commercial Joint Stock Bank (SeABank) customers.

HONG Kong Exchanges and Clearing Ltd (HKEX) aims to boost its market connectivity and embrace technology to ensure Hong Kong's relevance as a connector between East and West.