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Validus Names Former Traveloka Exec Anshul Johri as Group CTO
Southeast Asian SME financing platform Validus announced the appointment of Anshul Johri as its Group Chief Technology Officer (CTO), effective 5 April 2023. Anshul brings over 17 years of technology expertise in driving growth and scale for startups and large
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Validus Secures Funding for Its Series C-1 Fundraise
Southeast Asian SME financing platform Validus today announced that it has raised its Series C-1 funding round. Details of the fundraise was not disclosed. New investors joining the round include NongHyup Financial Group, NorinChukin Bank, Aizawa Asset Management and Lotte
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Top 10 Highlights from Last Week’s Singapore Fintech Festival
The seventh edition of the Singapore Fintech Festival (SFF), one of the world’s largest annual fintech events, kicked off on October 31, 2022 as an in-person event at the Singapore Expo. This year’s event, themed “Building Resilient Business Models amid
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Meet the 36 SFF Global Fintech Awards Winners
36 companies and individuals have been selected as winners of the SFF Global Fintech Awards 2022 under the theme “Embracing Digital, Charting the New Normal”. The winners, which were announced during the Singapore Fintech Festival’s Fintech Awards Dinner, were selected
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Meet the 65 Finalists at the SFF Global Fintech Awards 2022
The SFF Global Fintech Awards 2022, presented by Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) and the Singapore Fintech Association (SFA) and supported by PwC Singapore, is themed “Embracing Digital, Charting the New Normal”. 223 submissions were received across nine award categories,
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SME Lender Validus and Citi Set Up US$100 Million Securitisation Facility
Southeast Asian SME growth financing platform Validus and Citibank announced the establishment of a US$100 million securitisation facility. This will be collateralised by SME loans originated by Validus in Singapore. In March this year, Validus announced that it had inked
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Validus Inks Deal to Acquire CitiBusiness’ Loan Portfolio in Singapore
Southeast Asian SME growth financing platform Validus announced that it has entered into an agreement to acquire CitiBusiness’ loan portfolio in Singapore. The move is set to bolster Validus’ revenue, customer base, and expand its growing loan book. Validus’ acquisition
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Validus Makes Two Key Hires to Support Tech and Neobank Initiatives
Southeast Asian SME growth financing platform Validus has announced two key additions to its senior leadership team. Vishal Shah has joined as President, Emerging Markets, and is responsible for driving growth in emerging and new markets. He is a financial
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Validus Acquires KlearCard to Pave the Way for Its SME-Focused Neobank
Validus, Southeast Asia’s peer-to-peer (P2P) lending platform for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), announced that it has acquired KlearCard’s business payments and expense management technology platform. The acquisition of the KlearCard platform will pave the way for Validus to accelerate its
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Validus Exceeds S$1 Billion in SME Lending, Plans to Double That in 2022
Validus, a peer-to-peer (P2P) lending platform for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), announced that it had exceeded S$1 billion in disbursals across the region. The firm said that this development comes as it enters its sixth year of operations. In
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