Crowdfunding
Southeast Asia’s Underbanked Consumers and Businesses Embrace Alternative Financing Platforms
In Southeast Asia, digital financial services are contributing to advancing financial inclusion for both individual and business users, oftentimes arising as the last resort to secure much need financing, according to a new report by the Cambridge Centre for Alternative
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P2P Lending Platform SeedIn Rebrands to BRDGE, Plans Expansion Into Indonesia
Singapore-based P2P investment network SeedIn has announced its rebranding to BRDGE. With the rebranding, BRDGE aims to better reflect the company’s mission to serve Singapore’s small and medium enterprises (SMEs) not just through financial support but with the long-term aim
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The First Real Estate Crowdfunding Platform for the Philippines
Signet Properties officially launches Flint, the first, tech-enabled real estate crowdfunding platform in the Philippines. Co-presented by SeedIn Technology and RE/MAX Premier Manila, it is touted as the next best thing not just for Filipinos, but also foreigners who wish
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Estonian Investment Marketplace Secures License in Singapore
Estonian fintech startup Funderbeam announced today that it has secured the Capital Market Services License and Recognise Market Operator license from the Monetary Authority of Singapore, marking the startup’s entrance into the Singaporean market. Funderbeam’s marketplace enables investors to buy
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Philippines’ Regulators Issues New Crowdfunding Rules
Philippines’ regulator, Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has released its rules and regulations on crowdfunding as its way of providing certainty in the market so that startups and SMEs can access funding, while the public is given more investment options.
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Vietnam’s Deputy Prime Minister Says It Will Be Piloting P2P Lending Soon
Deputy Prime Minister Vuong Dinh Hue announced during a ministerial meeting recently that the Vietnamese government will soon issue a decision to allow a pilot implementation of peer-to-peer (P2P) lending before officially developing a regulatory framework for the new fundraising
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This Singaporean Team Wants to Combat Crypto-Scams with a Board Game
Cryptocurrency has been the subject of a huge amount of interest by the populace, yet if you pulled someone off the street to ask them specific questions, there’s a very high chance that they’ll draw up a blank. The crypto-world
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FundedHere Launches FundedX, a Blockchain Powered Secondary Market for Startups
[Update] FundedX to cease operations, no authorisation to run a private exchanges/secondary market read more here Singapore-based crowdfunding platform, FundedHere, announced the launch of FundedX, a new private stock exchange to facilitate the trading of shares of high-growth startups and privately-held
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FundedHere Raises Capital for F&B Mobile Ordering and Payments App Waitrr
Local crowdfunding platform FundedHere has raised a significant amount of capital for homegrown Waitrr – a first-of-its-kind ‘mobile waiter’ app which automates food orders to eliminate users’ wait times when dining in restaurants or ordering takeaway food – in an
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OurCrowd and Bangkok Bank Announce Strategic Alliance
OurCrowd, an Israel based global equity crowdfunding, announced its further expansion in Asia, with an innovative partnership with Bangkok Bank Public Company Limited. OurCrowd and BBL have already launched their cooperation in support of Thailand’s tech ecosystem which will create key
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