TNGlobal Q&A and Interviews
Carsome spots a gap in auto-financing for graduates, aims to introduce similar product in Indonesia, Thailand after Malaysia
Carsome plans to introduce auto-financing for graduates in Indonesia and Thailand, as it targets a loan size of at least MYR 100M ($24.17M) for its auto-financing business in 2022.
Targeted e-commerce should be a discovery-led experience, says edamama’s Bela Gupta D’Souza [Q&A]
Decisions on what products to buy or services to avail of as parents are often influenced by research, social proofing, and seeking out detailed reviews. We, therefore, think that shopping increasingly needs to be a discovery-led experience instead of a search-driven process.
For Kickstart Ventures, investment strategies revolve around the digital ‘new consumer’ [Q&A with Minette Navarrete]
Our investment strategy revolves around today’s new customer, who might be the digital consumer or the digital company. They might be digital natives, or they could be newly digital. In any case, technology plays a bigger, more important, more fundamental role in their daily lives today.
The future of MSME financing will be collaborative, says IFS Capital’s Renchun Zeng [Q&A]
The future of SME financing will be increasingly tech-driven, inclusive, and accessible. Innovative financial solutions by traditional financial institutions and fintech firms will emerge.
SGX-listed iFAST Corp to continue digital bank ambition in Malaysia [Q&A]
It will target B40 segment while eyeing low-cost deposits globally.
Chicago-based foodtech Nature’s Fynd is out to capture APAC’s slice of the alt-protein pie [Q&A]
Fresh off a US$350 million Series C round led by SoftBank’s Vision Fund 2, Chicago-based fungi protein startup Nature’s Fynd is bypassing typical alt-protein markets in Europe to expand across Asia Pacific aggressively in 2022. Nature’s Fynd Chief Marketing Officer Karuna Rawal tells TechNode Global why.
Meaningful cloud transformation requires measuring value, costs, and consumption, says Apptio’s Sunny Gupta [Q&A]
When cloud providers take care of most IT operations, technology leaders focus on optimizing IT to deliver business capabilities. This simplifies the relationship between technology and business leaders as the capability is the focus, not the underlying infrastructure to support it.
PropTech boom is driven by data, says WeMaintain’s Byron Fuller in a discussion on IoT, green tech & engineering [Q&A]
Deep tech in PropTech provides asset owners with digital solutions and helping them realize healthier, more profitable buildings. But you need to be a digital-first company to think that way.
Does Axiata-RHB consortium have what it takes to win a digital bank license in Malaysia? [Q&A]
In an interview, Boost CEO Sheyantha Abeykoon told TechNode Global the competitive edge Axiata-RHB consortium have against other contenders and how will it position the digital bank should the consortium were granted a digital banking license.
