Digital banking

Grab-Singtel’s GXS bank cuts about 10% of workforce as it moves on from early-stage operations

Loss of 82 jobs part of the group’s transition from building a bank to running the operations: CEO Lai Pei-Si

A Grab-GoTo merger, along with a successful IPO for Superbank, could chart a clearer path towards profitability for the Grab-backed lender.

Grab-GoTo merger could be ‘colossal’ for Indonesia’s fintech hopefuls, say analysts

Merging the superapp giants could change not only the face of South-east Asia’s ride-hailing market, but also its digital lending space

Revolut says its global retail customer base crossed 65 million in 2025.

Revolut’s valuation hits US$75 billion as it completes fundraising

Investors Coatue, Greenoaks, Dragoneer and Fidelity lead the round

The scam and fraud claims against digital banks represent a small percentage of total claims against all financial institutions, but there is an increasing trend.

Fraud and scam claims against digital banks in Singapore on the rise

The banking industry, together with regulators and other stakeholders like the telcos, has stepped up the fight against scams

It is not illogical to believe that in the short term, AI could actually wind up displacing a lot of the jobs as we know them.

Reinventing finance in the digital age

AI is changing how banks operate and displacing jobs – a profound shift in skills and ethical guardrails is needed

CGS International expects Grab to post a 50% year-on-year increase in financial services revenue when the company announces its Q3 results next month.
BROKER’S TAKE

CGS International upgrades Grab to ‘add’, raises target price to US$7 on financial services turnaround

Segment losses are expected to ‘narrow sharply’, says analyst Jacquelyn Yow

With embedded finance, platform operators can create new revenue streams while strengthening engagement and relationships with micro, small and medium-sized enterprise customers.
BRANDED CONTENT

Access to credit and cross-border growth: How embedded finance deepens MSME relationships with business platforms

As micro, small and medium-sized enterprises seek faster financing and seamless transactions, platforms can offer financial services by integrating Anext Bank’s compliance-ready API infrastructure

Money locking features reduce the risk of unauthorised transfers.

Almost 400,000 Singapore bank customers stow away over S$30 billion under money lock feature

DBS, OCBC, UOB introduced money lock features in 2023, followed by other banks

Accompanying a family during the guided shopping experience were Dr Syed Harun (first from left), Member of Parliament for Nee Soon GRC; Dwaipayan Sadhu, CEO of Trust Bank (second from right); and Denise Low (first from right), service delivery division director at MSF.
TAKING HEART

Trust Bank launches S$100,000 giving-back initiative with FairPrice tie-up

Beneficiaries learn how to use GenAI to shop and eat more healthily and affordably

KAF Digital Bank is the second Islamic digital bank to go live in Malaysia, after Aeon Bank, which debuted in May 2024.

KAF Digital Bank joins Malaysia’s digital banking ranks, completing the first cohort

It aims to focus on empowering underserved communities through innovative banking services that are also aligned with syariah law, says its CEO