Posts From Fintechnews Indonesia
10 Fastest Growing Fintechs in Indonesia According to IDC
IDC Financial Insights today released the 2020 update of its FinTech Fast 101 research which details a list of fast-growing fintechs in Asia/Pacific excluding Japan (APEJ) from 11 key markets. IDC’s FinTech Fast 101 research refers to fast-growing fintech players
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How is Indonesia’s Economy Coping with COVID-19?
The hullabaloo surrounding the most contagious global pandemic in recent years is having a devastating impact on the Indonesian economy. According to Statista, 57% of Indonesians believe that the current COVID-19 outbreak will have a major impact on the national
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5 Emerging Fintech Startups from Indonesia to Watch in 2020
The Indonesian fintech industry witnessed steady growth in 2019 with several companies in the sector reaching notable scale and recognition. Ovo, a digital wallet, emerged as the country’s fifth startup unicorn, while several others, including Akulaku, a consumer installment loan
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Indonesia’s is WeChat Pay and Alipay’s Next Battleground
The mobile payment scene in Indonesia is burgeoning, with research indicating that it will exceed US$ 15 billion by this year. This trend is largely driven by heavy investments into the space by major players like GoPay and OVO, alongside
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Indonesia’s P2P Lending Sector Sees 642% Growth in Disbursements
Peer-to-peer (P2P) lending is a booming sector in Indonesia’s rapidly growing fintech industry, representing 43% of the country’s fintech companies, according to a paper by the Asian Development Bank Institute released earlier this month. In December 2018, disbursement of credit
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Grab Reportedly Eyeing to Merge OVO and Dana in a Bid to Compete with Gojek
Ride-hailing giant and super-app aspirant Grab is rumoured to be in talks to merge Indonesian digital payments firm OVO with DANA in which Grab is eyeing to acquire a majority interest in. Currently, Grab already own shares in OVO and
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Indonesia-Based Lending Fintech Raises US$ 24 Million in Gobi Partners Led Round
Indonesia based SuperAtom has closed its latest funding round of US$24 million. The round was led by Gobi Partners through the Meranti ASEAN Growth Fund with NYSE-listed Cheetah Mobile as a co-investor. Founded in 2018, SuperAtom is a startup incubated
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Grab Takes The Fight to Go-Jek’s Home Turf with US$ 2 Billion Investment
Grab announced today it will invest US$2 billion into Indonesia over a period of five years with the capital invested by SoftBank, to accelerate the development of the country’s digital infrastructure. The investment will go towards creating a next-generation transportation
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Go-Jek Has Brought in Rival E-Wallet LinkAja Into its Ecosystem
Go-Jek announced that it will integrate its rival e-wallet, LinkAja by the end of this year, which means that it will operate alongside Go-Pay within its extended ecosystem. Go-Pay is an extension of Go-Jek and often, seen as a rival
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Indonesia’s OVO Adopts Refinitiv’s World Check to Boost KYC Capabilities
OVO, one of Indonesia’s leading digital payments platform, has selected Refinitiv’s World-Check to support its Know-Your-Customer (KYC) and Anti-Money Laundering (AML) procedures to minimize its exposure to financial crime risks. This partnership comes at a time when OVO looks to
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