Tech-savvy upstarts race for Singapore digital banking licenses

More than 40 companies set to apply for five slots by Dec. 31

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Singapore's central bank hopes that a group of tech-savvy new entrants will be able to carve a niche among the country's 150 deposit-taking institutions with a total asset size of $2 trillion. (Nikkei Montage)

DYLAN LOH, Nikkei staff writer

SINGAPORE -- A wide array of tech-savvy startups are lining up to apply for Singapore's first batch of digital banking licenses as the global financial hub strives to encourage a new wave of technological innovation.

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