Author: Rupert Shaw, Chief Commercial Officer at Ding

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Rupert Shaw is a Chief Commercial Officer at Ding since July 2019. He has more than 15 years of experience in the mobile, and technology space. As a commercial strategist he has built teams all over the world – from Japan and Korea, to Europe, Africa and North America.

Startup funding is currently flowing at an unprecedented rate, and fintech is turning out to be one of the biggest beneficiaries. In the first quarter of 2021, Singaporean fintech startups saw a surge in funding of over 350% compared to the previous year, and Golden Gate Ventures has forecast that Southeast Asia will produce a record number of exits over the next few years, with fintech one of the most significant drivers. The role of APIs in this rapid growth cannot be understated. If financial applications can be imagined as a vast sprawling city of skyscrapers, then APIs are the…

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