Lending
BNPL Platform Fundiin Secures Funding for Vietnamese Market Expansion
Fundiin, a Vietnamese Buy Now, Pay Later (BNPL) platform, has raised an undisclosed sum during its venture funding round led by 1982 Ventures and Zone Startups Ventures. This round of funding will allow Fundiin to expand their early lead in
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STACS Teams up With Bluecell for Blockchain-Powered Green Loans
Bluecell and Hashstacs (STACS) announced a new collaboration to offer green and sustainability-linked loans though GreenSTACS, which runs on top of latter’s patent-pending blockchain technology. Bluecell will connect its live end-to-end loans matching engine integrated with MyInfo, to STACS’ sustainability-enabling
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Validus’ Indonesian Arm Batumbu Granted Digital Lending License From OJK
Validus’ Indonesian subsidary Batumbu has received regulatory approval to operate as a licensed digital financing platform from the Indonesian Financial Services Authority (OJK). Since the launch of its operations in 2019, Batumbu said that it has disbursed over S$207 million
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Traveloka Plans to Launch BNPL Services in Thailand and Vietnam
South East Asian online travel startup Traveloka announced plans to launch buy now, pay later services in Thailand and Vietnam to its 40 million active monthly users. Traveloka’s president said in an interview to Reuters that the startup had recently partnered
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6 Key Players in Asia’s Buy Now Pay Later (BNPL) Battleground
‘Buy now, pay later’ (BNPL) adoption is set to grow exponentially in the coming years with Asia Pacific (APAC) being the key driver. A study by Coherent Market Insights estimates that the global BNPL was valued at US$7.3 billion in 2019,
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Funding Societies Crosses the S$2 Billion Mark in SME Loan Disbursals
Funding Societies, a Southeast Asian SME digital financing platform, announced that it has made S$2 billion in disbursals of business financing to small and medium sized enterprises (SME) across the region as it enters its sixth year of operations. Funding
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hoolah Welcomes MAS’ Decision to Review Buy Now Pay Later Schemes
Singaporean buy now, pay later (BNPL) platform hoolah issued a statement welcoming the decision of the Monetary Authority of Singapore to review the sector over growing concerns for consumers’ financial welfare. The Singaporean regulator had previously stated that it would be
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Funding Societies Notched up Its 4th Market With Thailand Expansion
Funding Societies, Southeast Asian SME digital financing platform, has launched in Thailand and will operate under the debt-crowdfunding license given by Thailand’s Securities and Exchange Commission. This expansion comes after more than one year of working with Thai regulators and
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Validus’ Thai Entity Secures Crowdfunding License From Local Regulator
SME crowdfunding platform Siam Validus has been granted a debenture crowdfunding license by the Securities and Exchange Commission of Thailand (SEC). Siam Validus is a joint venture between Singaporean SME financing platform Validus and SCG Distribution, a Thailand company focused
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MAS Mulls Regulating BNPL Schemes Amidst Concern of Rising Consumer Debt
Amidst the popularity of buy now, pay later (BNPL) solutions, the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) has raised growing concerns over consumers being trapped in unseen debt leading to potential financial difficulties. The boom in the BNPL solutions have prompted
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