BNPL, Cards and Wallets: The Technology That Connects the Dots

Buy Now, Pay Later (BNPL) wallets were once dubbed a “billion-dollar plan to destroy credit Read More →

Funding Societies Secures US$27 Million Debt Financing

Funding Societies | Modalku, an SME digital financing platform in Southeast Asia, has raised US$27 Read More →

Thought Machine’s Modern Core Enables Nikel to Close the Small Business Credit Gap

Thought Machine, a cloud-native banking technology company, has empowered Nikel, a fintech startup that unlocks Read More →

GCash looks beyond Philippines for growth

GCash, the e-wallet provider with the largest market share in the Philippines, is looking to Read More →

KASIKORNBANK in Talks to Buy Home Credit Vietnam for US$1B

Thailand’s KASIKORNBANK (KBank) is reportedly mulling the acquisition of consumer finance provider Home Credit Vietnam Read More →

Vietnam’s Earned Wage Access Firm GIMO Raises US$17.1M to Fuel Expansion

Vietnam-based earned wage access startup GIMO announced that it has closed its US$17.1 million Series Read More →

Opn Offers Flexible Payments in Malaysia, Singapore With Atome Partnership

Opn, formerly known as Synqa and Omise, announced that its online payment platform has started Read More →

StanChart and Atome Form First-Of-Its-Kind Lender of Record Partnership

Standard Chartered announced that it has formed the first-of-its-kind Lender of Record partnership in Singapore Read More →

finbots.ai Partners Sathapana Bank to Make Foray Into Cambodia

Cambodian commercial bank Sathapana Bank has partnered with finbots.ai, an AI-powered credit scoring software provider Read More →

Indonesian Credit Scoring Firm Skorlife Raises US$4 Million Seed Funding

Indonesian credit scoring firm Skorlife has secured US$4 million in a seed funding round led Read More →

Vietnam’s MoMo Rolls Out BNPL Payment Option for Online Apple Store Purchases

Vietnamese e-wallet M-Service which operates under the MoMo brand has begun offering its local customers Read More →

Temenos Rolls Out AI-Powered Digital Mortgage Solution

Banking software company Temenos has rolled out an AI-powered mortgage solution to will help lenders Read More →

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 Read More →

GXS Bank Launches Flexible, Instant Personal Loans From S$200

Grab and Singtel’s GXS Bank has launched its instant personal loan product available to all Read More →

Inypay Inks MoU With AAARYA Business College for Study Now Pay Later Offering

Soon-to-be-launched Singaporean neobank Inypay has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the AAARYA Business Read More →

UOB and Lazada Collaborate to Offer Loans for Sellers, Co-branded Credit Cards

UOB and Lazada Group will collaborate on retail products and banking solutions for their combined Read More →

Mobilewalla LendBetter: The Future of Lending for New-To-Credit Prospects

Financial inclusion and credit access are essential for driving economic growth and improving livelihoods in Read More →

Mizuho Leads Kredivo Holdings’ US$270 Million Series D Fundraise

Kredivo Holdings, the parent company of Kredivo and Krom Bank Indonesia formerly known as FinAccel, Read More →

JIVF Partners With OpenWay to Bolster Its Suite of Credit Offerings

JACCS International Vietnam Finance Company (JIVF) announced that it will be migrating to Way4, a Read More →

Vietnam’s Earned Wage Access Firm GIMO Closes US$5.1 Million Series A

Vietnam-based earned wage access startup GIMO raised US$5.1 million in the first close of its Read More →

CIMB Philippines Closes 2022 With Strong Performance in Deposits, Lending Portfolios

Digital banking services provider CIMB Bank Philippines has ended the year 2022 with a strong Read More →