FinTech

South and Southeast Asia fintechs raises $53.3B to date in alternative lending, digital banking, payments and transfers, and e-wallet

Over the entire history, fintechs in alternative lending, digital banking, payments and transfers, e-wallet sectors have raised a grand total of $53.3 billion and earned $17.8 billion, said in a study revealed by Robocash Group on last Thursday.

India’s XFlow raises $10.2M in Pre-Series A funding led by Square Peg

XFlow, an India-based financial services and infrastructure company, has on Thursday announced that it has raised a Pre-Series A round of $10.2 million. The round was led by Square Peg with participation from Moore Strategic Ventures and existing investors Lightspeedand General Catalyst.

MoneyHero plans to go public via merger with Bridgetown

CompareAsia Group Capital Limited (MoneyHero), a Singapore and Hong Kong-based financial products platform, is planning to go public in partnership with Bridgetown Holdings Limited, a special purpose acquisition company formed as a collaboration between Pacific Century Group and Thiel Capital LLC.

Axiata plans to launch digital bank by year-end – report

Malaysia-based telco Axiata Group Bhd plans to launch its digital bank by end-2023 and targets to make it profitable over the next three to four years

Atome partners with Amazon to offer deferred payment option during checkout in Singapore

Atome, a Singapore-based buy-now-pay-later (BNPL) platform, has on Wednesday announced that its flexible buy now pay later payment option is now available for Amazon customers in Singapore during checkout.

OCBC partners ADDX to launch tokenized equity-linked structured note

Singaporean bank OCBC Bank has partnered with the country's private market exchange ADDX to distribute its first tokenised equity-linked structured note to accredited investors.

Superbank, Home Credit join forces to provide financing solutions for underbanked Indonesians

PT Super Bank Indonesia (Superbank) has announced a strategic partnership with PT Home Credit Indonesia (Home Credit) to expand access to inclusive financing for underbanked communities in Indonesia.

India’s PhonePe secures an additional $100M investment from General Atlantic

Indian financial technology firm PhonePe has on Monday announced that it has secured an additional $100 million investment from General Atlantic, a global growth equity firm, as part of its ongoing fundraise.

MoMo offers flexible payment options for Apple Store Online purchases in Vietnam

MoMo, a Vietnam-based fintech company, has on Thursday announced that the firm now offers customers of Vietnam’s Apple Store Online flexible payment options, with the launch of monthly Instalments for Apple Store Online.

Futu launches trading platform Moomoo in Malaysia

Futu Holdings Limited has on Tuesday announced its expansion into Malaysia with its super investment platform, moomoo, introducing a comprehensive suite of tech-driven offerings to promote financial inclusion.