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P2P Lender Validus Raises Over $US 14 M in Oversubscribed Series B Funding
Validus a P2P lending platform announced today that it has successfully raised $US 14 Million in an oversubsribed series B funding round. Investment in Validus’ Series B round was led by FMO, Netherlands’ public-private development bank. FMO has over 300 investments
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Thai Insurtech Startup Raises US$ 10 M Funding, Eyes Expansion into Singapore
After successfully raising a US$ 10 Million series A led by Vertex Ventures, Thailand-based insurtech startup Sunday is eyeing expansion into Singapore, Malaysia and Indonesia. This new funding round puts Sunday among the top-funded fintech startups in Thailand Sunday is
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5 of Vietnam’s Top Funded Fintechs
Fintech development is accelerating in Vietnam with companies in the sector attracting US$117 million last year, the maximum funding in Vietnamese startups in 2018. Fintech surpassed e-commerce at US$104 million and other sectors, according to funding data by local accelerator
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Revolut Wants to Hire More Singaporeans Because of Brexit
Against the backdrop of a looming Brexit on March 29th and the need for Revolut to ramp its hiring activities, its founder Nik Storonsky has voiced its concerns over the British government’s lack of progress on the fast tracking of
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Ping An Aims to Bring In China’s Fintech Expertise to Indonesia
Ping An, the world’s largest insurer by value, has announced the launch of it’s fintech arm OneConnect in Indonesia. The fintech arm will be offering a suite of services ranging from Artificial Intelligence, Blockchain, Biometrics and other tech that were
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10 of the Top Funded Fintech Startups in Thailand
Thailand has certainly evolved into an interesting landscape for fintech as of late, thanks to a big push by the government in developing its fintech industry as part of the country’s broader Smart Cities and Thailand 4.0 initiative. The goal is
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Experian Expands Innovation Lab to Tackle Financial Inclusion
Experian, a consumer financial data service provider is currently expanding its Experian X Labs, an innovation lab looking into becoming an Asia Pacific incubator and collaboration center. The goal is partly to address the gaps in financial inclusion well-known amongst
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10 of The Top Funded Fintechs in Singapore
Depending on whether you count Grab (and that can be a contentious argument), Singapore has yet to produce a homegrown unicorn operating in fintech: but all signs point to one emerging in the future. Singapore only has Hong Kong as
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10 Top Funded Fintech Companies in Indonesia
Indonesia’s fintech is probably one of the fastest growing tech sectors recently, thanks to the proliferation of peer-to-peer (P2P) lending. According to the Indonesian Financial Services Authority (OJK), transactions through P2P lending totaled US$951 million (Rp 13.8 trillion) in the
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Digital Debit Group Releases Retail-Grade QR App Powered by PayPal
Ready to use upon download, without card swipers or terminal hardware, the Digital Debit app make its way to a ready marketplace. Newly-released in the Apple App Store, merchants and freelancers can now accept in-person payments for services rendered from
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