Lending
Validus Partners Proptech Startup Really Singapore to Offer Collateral-Free Loans for SMEs
Really Singapore, a proptech startup specialising in a full suite cloud-based data-driven property management software solution, and Validus, a Singaporean SME financing platform, have partnered to enable pre-approved working capital for SMEs providing products and services to property owners with
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Competition Heats up in Southeast Asia’s Buy Now Pay Later Market
In Southeast Asia, buy now pay later (BNPL) is becoming an increasingly popular way for shoppers to pay for purchases and players including Grab, GoJek, Razer and Oriente have all jumped at the opportunity. BNPL allows customers to make purchases
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Grab Ties up With Citi to Offer in-App Loans
Citi and Grab, South East Asia’s super app, have expanded their partnership in consumer lending with the launch of the bank’s first API-enabled lending capability in Asia Pacific. Beginning with Singapore with more markets in the region to follow, existing
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Agoda Rolls Our Buy Now, Pay Later Payment Solution With Atome
Digital travel platform Agoda has launched a regional partnership with Singaporean buy now, pay later platform Atome to offer flexible instalment payment options for accommodation bookings first in Singapore and Malaysia, before rolling out to include eight additional markets in
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Razer Fintech Partners Rely to Provide Pay Later Solution for Its Merchants in South East Asia
Razer Fintech has partnered with Rely, a Singapore-based Buy Now Pay Later (BNPL) service provider, to offer BNPL services in South East Asia to merchants registered under Razer Merchant Services (RMS), its B2B solution. Through this partnership, RMS’ merchants will
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Rely Secures S$100 Million Capital From Goldbell to Expand its Pay Later Services
Singapore-based fintech startup Rely announced it has secured a facility from Polaris, the strategic partnerships arm of Goldbell Financial Services, to process transactions of up to S$100 million. This will enable them to expand their Buy Now Pay Later (BNPL)
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Experian and Standard Chartered to Bolster Credit Decisioning With Machine Learning
Experian, a consumer financial data service provider, has partnered with Standard Chartered to drive financial access across key markets in Asia, Africa and the Middle East by leveraging the “latest technology innovation” in credit decisioning. Without enough credit bureau data
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Validus Makes Waves as First Fintech in Singapore’s Enterprise Financing Scheme
Validus, peer-to-peer (P2P) lending platform for SMEs, is Singapore’s first fintech to be approved as a Participating Financial Institution (PFI) under Enterprise Singapore’s Enterprise Financing Scheme. This is the first time that a fintech has been onboarded under the scheme,
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IFC Acquires Stake in Collectius To Launch US$60M Investment Platform
Collectius, a credit management servicing company, will launch a US$60 million regional investment platform with IFC, a member of the World Bank Group who has also become a minority equity shareholder in the company. The platform is solely dedicated to
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hoolah Launches Buy Now Pay Later Solution for Physical Stores in Singapore
Singapore-based hoolah extended Buy Now Pay Later to an in-store solution that offers consumers the option of completing their purchases in three separate 0% interest monthly payments. This solution helps merchants solve some of their biggest challenges around driving conversion
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